Sentences with phrase «described as a prophet»

Instead Jesus appears as the instigator of the conflict, describing himself as a prophet and his listeners as the sorry compatriots who fail to heed.

He is best described as a prophet, a mystic, and an ascetic, and even among eighteenth - century Quakers, he was something of a purist.

But some Ghanaians, including clergymen, have described him as a prophet of doom and a person who thrives on «fear and panic»

Not exact matches

He describes Browder as a «modern - day prophet» and his death having gave way to a discussion on the American criminal justice system's destructive treatment of impoverished black juveniles.

While Muhammad is described as the final prophet from God, he listed the previous prophets and included Jesus in that list.

I was once overheard by somebody connected with Harvard Business School describing one of my courses at Harvard Divinity School as «Prophet Movements.»

Prophets» oracles are located in the context of narratives describing how God is related to Israel, and who Israel is - and is failing to be — in relation to God, and construed as announcements of promise and not simply as predictions of doom.

It described the forelock (frontal lobe) of the brain of someone who used to curse the prophet Mohammed (Peace and Blessings be upon him) as being a lying and sinful.

James Dougherty of the University of Notre Dame describes the modern city as «never silent; it speaks with a voice of its own, the voice of false prophets in Jerusalem, of sophists in Athens and Carthage, of gramophones and television in London and Wichita.

Now he warns the disciples against false prophets, whom he describes as ravenous wolves disguised as sheep (Mt 7:15).

Here at last the two sides of the divine action in history, which the prophets described as God's judgement and His mercy, are organically related.

After describing in some detail the principle of complementarity in physics, Austin suggests that images of God as Father and as Judge are complementary models used to interpret individual and corporate experience.24 The prophet Amos, he points out, interpreted events in Israel's history primarily in terms of God's judgment, while Hosea understood events in terms of God's forgiveness.

Cq The prophets Isaiah and Ezekiel describe Lucifer as the chief angel of creation.

I am no prophet, and if I am in fact attempting to describe this situation of a future Catholic, as the necessary presupposition of the experiment, then the description is not a prophecy but a dream.

It also describes the Prophet as one who gave to mankind all good instructions and forbade all bad actions; therefore, the action he does not forbid is permitted (Surah VII, 157).

The author describes the history and problems of the Islamic society from the time of the prophet Mohammad as it matures to modern times.

The two disciples on the way to Emmaus on Easter evening described him as «Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people» (Luke 24:19).

In this prophecy as well as in the one given by the angel (1:13 - 17), John is described as the Holy Spirit - empowered prophet of the Most High who would lead the people to repentance for the forgiveness of sins and prepare them for the coming Savior.

The social pattern of the Negro community in the post-War period might be described as theocratic with the minister occupying the role of chief, prophet, educator, and political leader.

Those who describe Stephen as the first martyr for the cause of Jesus and the in - breaking kingdom of God should not forget this forerunner from the desert whose actions echo those of Nathan and the prophets of Israel, and whose death foreshadows the death of truth incarnate and love crucified.

I think describing a prophet as one who sees clearly and lives accordingly, which sometimes may include telling what (s) he sees to others, broadens the definition / understanding somewhat.

In the concluding book the New Testament the risen and glorified Son of God, before Whose overpowering majestic presence the prophet fell down as dead, is described as saying to one of the early churches which, like many of its successors across the centuries, was self - contented, lukewarm, neither cold nor hot, that He stood at the door and knocked, not forcing it, but waiting for it to be unlocked, and promising, if those inside would open it, to come in, eating with them and they with Him.

A pure theocracy, such as the prophets had envisioned and foretold, a state of affairs contemplated by Jesus himself and described in his prayer: «Thy Kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven» — this was to take the place of «the present evil age.»

As Daniel continued describing some of his dreams and messages, I waited to hear the visions of damnation and lakes of fire that I expected from modern traveling prophets.

That such a tradition as Käsemann describes existed in the early Church is clear enough, and that these sayings are at home in it is shown both by their form, the two - part sentence with the same verb in each referring to present action and eschatological judgement respectively, and by the fact that a Christian prophet makes use of one of them in Rev. 3.5 b («I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels»).

He describes the Pope's bold affirmation of the power of grace over sin as an echo of Isaiah the prophet: «The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.

(2) But as there were false prophets in Israel, so there will be false teachers among you — and here «Peter» takes over the epistle of Jude in order to describe these teachers and their doctrines.

Like his more speculative contemporary Ptolemy, a moderate Gnostic teacher, he undoubtedly thought of himself as standing in «the apostolic tradition» in a «succession» of teachers.24 Like pagan teachers and rabbis, Justin laid hands upon the head of each disciple on the completion of the course.25 At his trial, Justin, philosopher - prophet - teacher, describes the «school» where he has been teaching for the examining prefect, who will presently put him and several of his students to death.

Described as a «prophet of doom» by some Ghanaians, quite a number of Rev. Owusu Bempah's previous prophecies came to pass.

Early last year, the Prophet Kobi, who is known for giving cars to celebrities, described to GhanaPoliticsOnline.Com that, NPP's internal wrangling as unfortunate, «The people [Leadership] in the NPP are not asking questions — why is it that Nana Addo has represented the party three times without victory?

He has described prophets who engage in such acts as charlatans who need psychiatric treatment.

But Prophet Kobi has described the claims as diabolic and urged his church members and family to dispute them.

Prophet described «Bad Year for Rock and Roll,» another album highlight, in an essay for Talkhouse as «an anthem for anyone who's ever had a bad year and battles late - night bouts of loss of faith.»

The novel will be narrated by Nathan, the biblical prophet Brooks has described as «the keeper of the king's conscience.»

Ebell describes the general agreement among climate scientists that hurricanes have been made worse and longer in duration by climate change as «a lot of loose talk -LSB-...] blown way out of proportion by Al Gore and other Old Testament prophet - wannabes.»

Judging from their manifesto, the ecomodernists could be described as people who heard from the prophets of doom that it would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for the poor of the Earth to enter the kingdom of modernity and prosperity.