Soren Kierkegaard (Danish Philosopher 1813-1855) said:
Christ willed to be the socially insignificant one. The fact that he descended from heaven to take upon himself the form of a servant is not an accidental something which now is to be thrust into the background and forgotten. No, every true follower of Christ must express existentially the very same thing – that insignificance and offense are inseparable from being a Christian. As soon as the least bit of worldly advantage is gained by preaching or following Christ, then the fox is in the chicken house.
(Fox in the chicken house … allowing something that is really stupid or against your best interests.)
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