“What does it mean to be wise?” a psychologist recently asked an 8-year-old and an 88-year-old from different parts of the world. “Their answers,” she reported, “were remarkably similar: to know a lot.”
If wisdom was simply a question of knowing a lot, we would need to conclude that Americans today are by far the wisest generation to live. After all, thanks to the internet, we know a lot about a lot of things. But is access to knowledge, to data really the definition of wisdom? Isn’t wisdom more a matter of how we live than about what we know?
Of the 73 books in our Bibles, we classify seven as “wisdom books.” Those are Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon, Wisdom of Solomon, and Sirach. And for most people, aside from Psalms, the books seem rather elusive.
To help us understand wisdom and the wisdom books as we embark on a new calendar year, we’re joined by theologian Dr. Jeremy Holmes.
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Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" and Ceasarism by Dr. Pavlos Papadopoulos
Shakespeare's Rome: "Coriolanus" and the Republic by Dr. Virginia Arbery
Shakespeare's Rome: An Introduction by Dr. Glenn Arbery
"As Kingfishers Catch Fire" with Dr. Pavlos Papadopoulos
George Herbert's "Love (III)" with Dr. Tiffany Schubert
President's Address to the Class of 2021 by Dr. Glenn Arbery
Student Commencement Address by Mr. Anthony Jones
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Why the WORD Became Words with Dr. Jeremy Holmes
An Introduction to Christian Mysticism with Dr. Jason Baxter
An Invitation to "The Brothers Karamazov" with Prof. Adam Cooper
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He Is Risen! with Dr. Kent Lasnoski
Pilate, the People, and the Death of Jesus with Dr. Jeremy Holmes
Learning to Pray Hour by Hour with Msgr. Daniel Seiker
College Admissions and the Classic Learning Test with Mr. Jeremy Tate
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