...A REFLECTION FROM PROPHET JEREMIAH Jeremiah made a significant impact on history. The context to which Jeremiah was called to parallels our context today. God called Jeremiah to nations that embodied a culture which lacked any reverence for God and human life. They had indulged themselves in sinful pleasures that were of the most flagrant disregard for the dignity to which they had been called as the people of God. Even Christians today have lost acknowledgment of God and have erased every trace of their ordination. The obscenities and indecencies of todays culture have permeated into homes through media, airwaves, and every other avenue. We suffer in a great captivity; a captivity not even identified. This captivity has eradicated a value system, moral standards, and a fear of God. This captivity has not only taken a hold of one nation or group of people, but every nation of the world. The critical situation of todays world calls for men and women such as Jeremiah. There has to be a generation that will dare to obey God’s call to “pluck up, break down, destroy, overthrow, build, and plant”. The kingdom of darkness and its principalities must be dismantled and overthrown and the Kingdom of God must be established. Such activity calls for a people who have experienced the vision of God. This vision of God will without doubt bring about a divine disturbance as it did to Jeremiah and the prophets. The Word of God that ‘came’ to them actually ‘occurred’ unto them as an event...
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...syro-ephraimitic war, 1 Isaiah announcing salvation, 2nd Isaiah exile, 3rd Isaiah post exile Ahaz – father of Hezekiah Hezekiah – good king, brought reforms, destroyed idolaters Manasseh – evil king, brought back idolaters Josiah – good king, repeated Hezekiah reforms centralized worship in God’s temple in Jerusalem Ezekial – mentions abominations in temple, people were bowing to sun god (bum to God relieving themselves), laid on side for over a year, ate food from cow dung, symbolized the way Israelites had to eat in exile, announces new covenant Habakkuk – complains to God, God sends Babylonians/ Hasmoneans Jeremiah – weeping prophet, The Book of Jeremiah records the final prophecies to Judah, warning of oncoming destruction if the nation does not repent. Jeremiah calls out for the nation to turn back to God. At the same time, Jeremiah recognizes the inevitability of Judah’s destruction due to its unrepentant idolatry and immorality Tiglath-Pileser III – Assyrian King, dispersed people in given nation, caused intermarriage and loss of identity Sennacherib – general Assyrian leader, attacked southern Israel kingdom, unsuccessful, 180,000 troops killed by angels Nebuchadnezzar – greatest king of the Babylonian Empire, conquered Judah and the destruction of Judah and Jerusalem in 586 BC, Tired of the rebellions, and seeing that Judah had not learned its lesson when he invaded, conquered, and deported Judah in 597, Nebuchadnezzar and his general, Nebuzaradan...
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...The Culinary Revolution was a movement during the late 1960s and 1970s, growing out of the Free Speech Movement,[citation needed] when sociopolitical issues began to profoundly affect the way Americans eat. The Culinary Revolution is often credited to Alice Waters, the owner of Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California; however, such claims are sometimes contested and the movement attributed to collaborations of other individuals. The mantra of using fresh, local, and seasonal ingredients at Waters's Chez Panisse, as well as other similar "New American cuisine" restaurants, has greatly changed food served in restaurants and at home, thus creating California Cuisine and a broader movement in the cuisine of the United States. Contents [hide] * 1 Alice Waters * 2 Chez Panisse * 3 Counter-claim * 4 See also * 5 References * 6 Sources ------------------------------------------------- Alice Waters[edit] Waters developed a new view of the importance of food during her first trip to France in 1965. She began to see that some of her peers deprived themselves of good food. Waters is known to believe that "It’s not enough to liberate yourself politically, to liberate yourself sexually—you have to liberate all the senses." She believed that eating together was a socially progressive act, one that was under threat from the fifties American—TV, frozen-food culture.[1] Waters introduced to America many foods that today may seem commonplace, such as salads...
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...Kenyatta Y. Sutton American Government April 15, 2015 Bonus Assignment David Vitter Speaks at Southern University U.S. Sen. David Vitter gave some Southern University students an overview Wednesday of his bid to become Louisiana’s next governor and didn’t shy away from slamming Gov. Bobby Jindal. Dinging Jindal’s apparent presidential aspirations, Vitter told the crowd that Louisiana faces several challenges, but they can be fixed with the right leader. “That’s the reason I’m running — not to kick the can down the road, not to play politics with the big issues,” he said. “I will be completely focused on what’s best for Louisiana.” A few dozen people gathered in the atrium of the historically black college’s Higgins Hall, home to the Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, to hear the conservative senator give a mostly standard stump speech touching on the state budget crisis, Louisiana’s future and workforce development. Several in the audience were students who were getting class credit; others included faculty and alumni. “Voters don’t trust government, and as a voter I get that,” said Vitter, who has served in the U.S. Senate since 2005 and spent several years in the U.S. House and state House before that. “We’re going to stabilize the budget. We’re going to support higher education.” William Arp, dean of the event-hosting College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, said Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne, also a Republican running for governor, is slated to...
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...Isaiah and Jeremiah were both godly prophets, messengers of the Lord. Both were major prophets in the Old Testament, called to proclaim the will and word of God. Although each prophet lived a similar prophetic life, each spoke a different message. The life of the great prophet Isaiah goes like so. Isaiah was born unto Amoz. His name, meaning ‘Jehovah is Salvation’ was of great importance alone. He comes from a line of royalty. Isaiah married a prophetess and together they conceived of two sons, Shear-Jashub and Maher-shalal-hash-baz. The prior means ‘a remnant shall return’, while the latter means ‘speed the spoil, hasten the booty.’ In chapter one of Isaiah, we read that he received visions from God during the reigns of the four kings...
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...On March 18, 2008, Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, gave a speech entitled “A More Perfect Union” in response to comments and controversy surrounding his former pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, who had spoken racial remarks that scandalized the country and made Obama look bad. Senator Obama felt the need to bring to the public a speech that distanced himself from Reverend Wright. Obama’s speech attempts to accomplish the goal of saving voters after a scandal through the use of rhetorical devices such as parallel structure, metaphor, alliteration, allusion, and repetition of words for effect. Close to the beginning of the speech, one of the rhetorical devices he uses was parallel structure. Obama states that Reverend Wright, “strengthened my faith, officiated my wedding, and baptized my children” (Obama par. 22). Parallelism is an effective execution of words where Obama stacks good, positive words one on top of the other. In this manner, he lifts Reverend Wright up as a person. He uses this device to show that Reverend Wright had done a lot for him. For example, religion, weddings, and children are intimate and crucial to relationships, so these are all good memories for Obama. This makes it harder for the public to believe that Rev....
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...How does Sherriff make this conversation between Osborne and Trotter particularly moving and significant? Sherriff makes this conversation between Osborne and Trotter particularly moving and significant in many different ways. Firstly, the way that Trotter and Osborne converse about home makes this passage very emotional. Trotter says how he “had a decent little grass plot in front, with flower-borders – geraniums, lobelia, and calceolaria – you know, red, white, and blue.” This extract is particularly emotional because it plays a stark contrast to the lives the two of them live now and the surroundings they are in, making them miss home even more. As well as this, the colour’s red, white and blue represent the Union Flag, enforcing the idea of home on to the characters and the reader. Talking about home with each other also offers Trotter and Osborne a form of escapism from the war, which also makes this passage particularly emotional. Another way that Sherriff makes this passage poignant and key is by touching on how Raleigh is coming to terms with how Stanhope has become a changed man during the war. At home, Raleigh viewed Stanhope as his hero but now he does not feel this way. Sherriff shows this by using the stage directions ‘with lowered head’ when Raleigh answers to Trotters’ question, “uncanny, wasn’t it Raleigh?” with regards to how Stanhope didn’t seem to know who Trotter was. This stage direction clearly suggests that Raleigh is very sad when he hears Trotter...
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...Presidential candidate, Barack Obama was placed in a scandal that hugely affected the way the American voters could possibly feel about him. In an effort to address these conflicts throughout the country, he uses different rhetorical devices and explains these issues in a way that all americans can relate to and understand. When faced with the conflicts involving Rev. Wright, he has to speak to the audience in a way where nobody would be offended or believe that he is choosing sides. Barack Obama’s speech in the 2008 election reveals how differently American voters can feel about certain topics just because of what they see in media despite the differences of opinions between the parties. Obama was put in a difficult position to persuade and connect with America as a whole, while at this time everyone was divided. He acknowledges the problems and issues that all American citizens face and tries to present himself in a way that would benefit both sides of each conflict. he emphasizes the word “more” during the speech using repetition. This shows the audience that although we may look at things differently, we ultimately all want the same thing, “a more prosperous America” (Obama 5). His message is showing his belief in equal opportunities for Americans. Obama makes it clear that he understands and acknowledges both sides using parallelism. “We may not come from the same place, but we all want to go in the same direction.”(Obama 5). This powerful statement about the future persuades...
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...The Western experience HIS/110 August 10th, 2015 Joel Getz The Western Experience The following is a journal entry about my life as a Native American that has been displaced from my home and forced to live in Oklahoma. I am a member of the Cherokee tribe. My tribe along with several other’s would soon find out that we would have to move from our land close to the Missippii river on the west side. Every since I can remember there had been talks of our tribe’s being relocated from our home’s to Oaklahoma. As early as 1804, the topic had been discussed of the removal of trive’s from the south eastern side of the Mississippi to the west side of the river. A large portion of our tribe’s had already been moved between the year’s of 1825 threw 1842, when relocation was forced upon us by the federal government ("Ancestory", 2006). In later year’s these regions of land would be named eastern Oaklahoma and Weastern Arkansas, although this was not known at the time. A White man by the the name of President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian removal act in 1830. Jackson, who had been trying to remove us from our land for a great many year’s had been and often had been successful in removing our tribe and many other’s from their land and homes, even prior to him becoming president. Often he was brutal in his attempts and had put a lot of crusades together in order to achieve this success. He wished to remove us inorder to take our land and give it to wealthy white cotton farmer’s...
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...The Western experience HIS/110 August 10th, 2015 Joel Getz The Western Experience The following is a journal entry about my life as a Native American that has been displaced from my home and forced to live in Oklahoma. I am a member of the Cherokee tribe. My tribe along with several other’s would soon find out that we would have to move from our land close to the Missippii river on the west side. Every since I can remember there had been talks of our tribe’s being relocated from our home’s to Oaklahoma. As early as 1804, the topic had been discussed of the removal of trive’s from the south eastern side of the Mississippi to the west side of the river. A large portion of our tribe’s had already been moved between the year’s of 1825 threw 1842, when relocation was forced upon us by the federal government ("Ancestory", 2006). In later year’s these regions of land would be named eastern Oaklahoma and Weastern Arkansas, although this was not known at the time. A White man by the the name of President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian removal act in 1830. Jackson, who had been trying to remove us from our land for a great many year’s had been and often had been successful in removing our tribe and many other’s from their land and homes, even prior to him becoming president. Often he was brutal in his attempts and had put a lot of crusades together in order to achieve this success. He wished to remove us inorder to take our land and give it to wealthy white cotton farmer’s...
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...Pentadic analysis incorporates five basic elements of drama called pentads. These include act (what is being done), agent (who is doing the act), agency (the means employed by the agent to do the act), scene (the backdrop against which the act occurred), and the purpose of the action (the reason why it happened). Act is the artifact itself whatever it may be such as speech, poem, monument, event, etc as it stands for what is actually being done or happening. Agent refers to the main communicator of the artifact which could be an actor, orator, writer or manager of the act. Agency refers to the main medium of communication which includes a book or televised film, presentation or personal communication. Scene is the backdrop against which the action occurs including the actual, physical scene and the context in which something happens and is meant to be understood. Lastly, purpose is the motive or the message which is conveyed and understood. Pentadic analysis has its roots in Burke's Theory of Dramatism which looks at life as a play where symbols and language are used to express thoughts as a way for humans to comprehend the reality of the world. Burke developed this theory as a way to attempt to understand the bases of human conduct and motives. Thus, the purpose of a pentadic analysis addresses the content of what is being done and what are the motives of a certain artifact as crafted by a rhetor. Burke believed that ratios interconnect important terms and map out a clearer...
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...Prophetic Exegesis on Jeremiah 31:31-34 According to the Old Testament, the book of Jeremiah is a prophetic book in which God calls a prophet to deliver his message in the trial days of the kingdom of Judah. This message was repeatedly preached to this nation because of their sins. This message was consisted of warning the destruction that Judah was about to face and to return to God. According to a variety of Scholars, Jeremiah’s prophetic work was assigned to him before he was even born. He fulfilled God’s law and thus changed the nation of Judah from their wicked way of life. Historical Context This text was first addressed to the people of Israel during the exilic period. According to Leslie, Jeremiah started his ministry from 626 BC to sometime after 586 BC. God made a covenant with them at the Mount of Sinai. This covenant which is the Ten Commandments was consisted of laws that...
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...As a Christian, I know that I came from Jesus. In Jeremiah 1:5, Jeremiah describes an encounter with the Lord. Jeremiah writes, "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart for my holy purpose. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations." God formed me and created me because He has a specific purpose for my life. Genesis 2:7 says, “Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man's nostrils, and the man became a living person.” God created Adam, and from him He created Eve. I am a descendent of Adam and Eve, the very first creation of man by God. I am a child of God, created to work for His purpose. I am a sinner, because I am a descendent of the imperfect Adam and Eve who at first lacked the Holy Spirit. My purpose is to glorify God, and share His word with others. He has given me talents...
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...Jeremiah is without doubt one of the saddest books in the Bible. It details the ministry of the prophet Jeremiah at a time where God’s people were entrenched in sin. Despite all of Jeremiah’s efforts, his tender pleading for Judah to repent, and his warnings of God’s coming judgement, the people still refused to turn from their wickedness. Chapter 18 is one of many sections in Jeremiah that clearly depict these depressing events. Jeremiah is commanded by God to speak to the people, and his message concludes with a warning of punishment and an urgent call for repentance (Jeremiah 18:11). However, the people did not heed Jeremiah’s admonition. Instead, they replied, “That is hopeless! So we will walk according to our own plans, and we will every...
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...DB#1-Jeremiah 29:11-13 21 Aug. 2104 BIBL350_B10 Most people have at some point construed Jeremiah 29:11-13 as a promise from God to prosper our individual lives and to offer us hope for the immediate future, myself included. It is printed on coffee mugs and t-shirts, preached to us at church, and offered as an inspirational pick-me-up when we are feeling lost and afraid. We want it to be a personal assurance that God is listening to our supplications, and will come running when we beckon to Him for deliverance from whatever evils hold us captive. While this, in its basest sense, is true—God does hear us and come to our aid when we need Him—in this specific instance, we are entirely missing the point. Without a deeper examination of the original intent of these verses, we fail to see that God is giving a corporate blessing, meant to give hope to a nation during their time of captivity. We are often so self-involved that when we come across verses such as these, we misidentify their true significance. We must focus our thoughts on the bigger picture and understand that not everything God does is specific to us as individuals, especially in the circumstances surrounding the events associated with Jeremiah 29:11-13. “…I was violating the context and completely missing the fact that God was talking to a nation (not an individual), a nation that had to go through seventy years of heartache and exile before there was any hope of freedom from captivity. And if it could not be...
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