Sentences with phrase «wise men in»

I seem to remember Mark Twain saying that it would take all the wise men in the world to answer the questions of just one fool.

He is one of the world's most respected wise men in history.

From this quick examination of the Osiris tradition, we can see that he was NOT called by the same names that were used for Jesus, and while he was connected by some to the Orion constellation, there is NO mention of three wise men in the Osiris birth story.

So Socrates sought to determine if the answer was correct by questioning all the wise men in Athens.

Is it too far fetched to infer from the reference to shepherds and wise men in the first few pages of SMW that he did not begin serious work on his lectures until the winter vacation, in an atmosphere of Christmas preparations?

Hence, in the pursuit of development, there is a need for «the deep thought and reflection of wise men in search of a new humanism which will enable modern man to find himself anew.»

The teleological or, perhaps better, the eschatological dimension of a dream may lead to wise choices, like that of» the wise men in Matthew, or to the choosing of an alternative future, as in the case of Jacob.

Unfortunately when analyzing the time frame of Jesus Birth which some have examined to be sometime in April and the visit of the wise men in October.

They follow Muslim jurisprudence in marriage, divorce, and inheritance, but resort to the judgments of wise men in questions of war, tribal solidarity, and trade.

insisted that his only claim to being the wisest man in Greece lay in the fact that he knew nothing, while everyone else was in the same boat, but claimed to have the truth.

Socrates made this point clear in the story of his friend Ciaphron asking the oracle at Delphi, «Who is the wisest man in Athens?»

Forum: When bliss is ignorance — Ralph Estling muses on the honesty of the wisest man in ancient Greece

And when he was judged by the Delphic oracle to be the wisest man in Greece, this must have needled the ignoramuses in Athens a lot — I mean the people who liked displaying what they took to be their intelligence.

And remember Socrates, who had no answers, just a whole lot of questions and vast, boundless ignorance and who was reckoned by the Delphic oracle to be the wisest man in Greece.

Our antagonist is Scarecrow, once king of the Emerald City, later ousted in a coup, and eventually exiled to a life of solitude, despite being described as «the wisest man in all Oz.»

Not exact matches

The latter had to step away from his creation in disgrace before eventually returning to the helm an arguably wiser man.

Warren Buffett likes to say, «What the wise man does in the beginning, the fool does in the end.»

The Bible teaches the hypocrisy in men that prayed in public to get the public's attention and to seem wise in front of their eyes.

New Testament Fulfillment: «About that time, some wise men from eastern lands arrived in Jerusalem, asking, «Where is the newborn king of the Jews?

I heard a wise man once say that he would rather live his life in peace knowing God on earth, only to find out there is no God, than to live a life of not believing, only to find out that He is and they are condemned forever.

In Matthew, there's no manger story and Jesus was born in his «house» in Bethlehem with «wise men» present instead of «shepherds.&raquIn Matthew, there's no manger story and Jesus was born in his «house» in Bethlehem with «wise men» present instead of «shepherds.&raquin his «house» in Bethlehem with «wise men» present instead of «shepherds.&raquin Bethlehem with «wise men» present instead of «shepherds.»

They include structural differences in the skeleton, the muscles, the skin, and the brain; differences in posture as - 0sociated with a unique method of locomotion; differences in social or - ganization; and finally the acquisition of speech and tool - using, together with the dramatic increase in intellectual ability which has led scientists to name their own species Ho - m - o sapiens sapiens — wise wise man.

He sent soldiers to kill al the boys in and around Bethlehem who were two years old and under, because the wise men had him the star first appeared to them about two years earlier.

You are faced with the really strange fact (attested in the Bible) that a woman who supposedly had a virgin birth of the Son of God and was visited by the three wise men did not believe that Jesus was divine.

A very wise man once wrote, «Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it» (Proverbs 22:6).

Stronger, braver, wiser, more intelligent, more scientifically minded men and women than I have believed in God.

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you But make allowance for their doubting too, If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal in lies, Or being hated, don't give way to hating, And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

20 For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity; that they may be without excuse: 21 because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 and changed the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, and four - footed beasts, and creeping things.24 Wherefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts unto uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves: 25 for that they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed for ever.

More recently another wise man, the American trendspotter George Barna, writing in «Transforming Children into Spiritual Champions» (Regal), identified the spiritual upbringing of children as the most critical factor in the church's survival.

And he further commends as «the essential characteristic of human existence... «that man is an individual and as such is at once himself and the whole race, in such wise that the whole race has part in the individual, and the individual has part in the whole race» (CD 26).

There is one further point to be made, however, to bring these remarks into relation with the deepest insights of the Christian tradition in its best moments, and into relation with the convictions of the wisest men and women — past and present, in our own family, of our own acquaintance or within our own awareness and observation.

Though later wise men from the East come to Herod's palace to pay homage to the newborn «king,» they find him in the only place consistent with the rest of the biblical tradition: among the lowest of the low.

Jeremiah 9:23 — Thus saith Yahweh, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; 24but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Yahweh who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Yahweh.

As a wise man said in a video posted on this blog (not sure which article) faith is pretending to know what you do not know.

If it did nothing else but keep alive in the world the disturbing and revolutionary notion that humble service is better than strutting power, wise men would support and foster the church with all the strength at their command.

«Because in my violence I sometimes slay my lovers; because he who touches me never knows what power he is unleashing, wise men fear me and curse me.

Jesus was not born in Bethlehem at least the one we are familiar with and there were no pretty wingie thingies singing from on high, no slaughter of the innocents by Herod, no visiting wise men and no escape to Egypt.

I agree Ducatihero that it isn't wise for a man to visit a vulnerable woman alone in her own home, but it was the norm for ages.

My point wasn't to make out that she was doing anything wrong, but that in some circumstances it making be wise to be careful what we do in ministry one on one between men and women with caring and protection for each other.

In Matthew (23:34) Jesus continues, «Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.&raquIn Matthew (23:34) Jesus continues, «Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.&raquin your synagogues and persecute from town to town.»

Bill Scarrott, after hurting myself laughing over your post about finding Jesus in places that smell like manure, it occurred to me that after the wise men showed up, there was incense as well.

The wise man recognizes also that no other being in the universe is worthy of such names, for all these beings are creations — changeable, needy, and deficient.

Aristotle wrote that the criterion of good moral action is not a principle or a law so much as «the man of practical wisdom» ¯ that is, the person in your environment who habitually makes the wisest and bravest decisions of anyone else you know.

You must have knowledge to have wisdom, believing in a book written by man and advertised as the word of a God does not make you wise, it makes you naive.

So Jeremiah's companions in disaster asked him to pray that «God may show us the way wherein we should walk, and the thing that we should do» (Jeremiah 42:3) With God conceived as infinitely wise and good, reasonable prayer must be conceived not as a means of forcing on God the bidding of man, but as a means of releasing through man the purpose of God.

«Therefore, behold, I AM SENDING you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city,» Matthew 23:34

Jesus was not born in Bethlehem at least the one we are familiar with (Professor Bruce Chilton in his Rabbi Jesus) and there were no angels, no slaughter of the innocents by Herod, no visiting wise men and no escape to Egypt.

True, in a particular case I do claim the right to be more objective, farseeing and wiser than a certain other person whose opinion I encounter, but I do this only because I attribute reason and honesty to all men, at least in principle, and hence also to myself, not because I prefer my own subjective opinions.

This freedom means that all men are to be immune from coercion on the part of individuals or of social groups and of any human power, in such wise that no one is to be forced to act in a manner contrary to his own beliefs, whether privately or publicly, whether alone or in association with others, within due limits.»

Festive cards usually depict a serene tableau set in a stable complete with shepherds, wise men and baby Jesus with a halo.