... It was with fear and trembling that I first heard him speak about these topics, but he spoke of them so often that I felt I must consider what he said. From this time I found my mind so confused that I could not remember the truths about God which had appeared so clear to me before. I could not think there was no God but with the greatest horror, yet I questioned the truth of His being. I would not have parted with my hope of heaven for all the riches of the world, yet now I was not sure whether there was any such place. In my confusion I went to my false friend to see what comfort he could give me. He only laughed at my fears and pretended to pity my weakness. His talks only made me more confused, until life became a burden to me. It is impossible to tell you the agonies I felt, until I was pushed to the edge of desperation. I thought, "Why should I linger between despair and hope? Would it not be better to end my life and find out what is the truth?" So I decided to kill myself. One morning I went out into a nearby woods, where I had planned to kill myself. But before I tried to use the knife I heard a secret whisper say, "Do not fall into everlasting...
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...RELATIONSHIPS - PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING WHO YOU ARE Most of us have learned Bible teaches us mainly about two things.... 1. The first is our relationship with God. 2. The second is our relationship with one another. Every book in the bible deals with these two relationships. Almost everything that I talk about from this pulpit concerns our relationship with God. That is a good thing to talk about! Tonight though, I want to begin a new series concerning our relationship ourselves and with others. We are going to address relationships that deal with the husband, the wife, friends, and family, communication...but I want to begin this series tonight by talking about understanding yourself! The first key to understanding yourself is to understand... * Who you are. * Where you come from. * Where you are going. * What is your purpose. ...before you can be successful in any relationship...you must be able to understand yourself! Before you can be successful in your relationship with God you must be able to understand yourself! Tell the person next to you..."I am about to find out who I am." The bible says.... James 1:17-18 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. James, Jesus half brother, wrote...
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...images are the zombie boy fall in love with the girl Julie when she was shooting zombies head(Levine, 2013). The Bible contains the similar idea that sinners will fall into the glory of God shortly. These two ideas are closely related to each other. The explanation is given below. The zombies are the sinners in the movie who represent evil. In the movie, the zombie boy in an airport with other zombies. Obesely, zombies eat humans, especially humans’ brain, which is the best part for them. Once he and his zombie friends go out to hunt some food. At the same time, Julie went into the zombie area to kill some zombies. The zombie boy, R, and his friends smell humans, therefore, they start a flight. It supposed to be either R eats Julie or Julia shoot R. Nevertheless, a dramatic moment happens, when Julie is shooting zombies, R fall in love with her (Levine, 2013)....
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...Demonstrate your understanding of Iliad books 1, 22 and 24 with specific examples and details by integrating quotes and explanation from each book and “lost stars” in examining beliefs in glory, honor, pride and personal excellence and how they apply to Greek life and your life. Although the heroes, Achilles, Agamemnon and Hector, are proud and have achieved glory, they did not earn it in an honorable way. The way the heroes react or deal with their problems is not exemplary, because they dealt with them in a selfish way. In book 1, 22, and 24 of the Iliad we can all see examples of the hero's actions, seeking glory, thinking they have honor, being full of pride and sometimes achieving personal excellence. Agamemnon doesn’t want to give Chryseis back to Troy because of his greed for a wife that is a trophy. The only way Agamemnon will give her back is if his trophy is replaced, with Briseis instead. Because of his rash, harsh and selfish actions, Achilles runs off and leaves the army and begs, his mother, Thetis for vengeance. Thetis on behalf of Achilles asks Zeus to avenge her son, thus Zeus tells Apollo to cast a plague on the Achaeans. Agamemnon gives in and returns Chryseis and gets Briseis. Achilles is throwing...
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...concept that those dying at the peak of their glory or youth are really quite lucky. The first few readings of "To an Athlete Dying Young" provides the reader with an understanding of Housman's view of death. Additional readings reveal Housman's attempt to convey the classical idea that youth, beauty, and glory can be preserved only in death. A line-by-line analysis helps to determine the purpose of the poem. The first stanza of the poem tells of the athlete's triumph and his glory filled parade through the town in which the crowd loves and cheers for him. As Bobby Joe Leggett defines at this point, the athlete is "carried of the shoulders of his friends after a winning race" (54). In Housman's words: The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we brought you shoulder-high. (Housman 967). Stanza two describes a much more somber procession. The athlete is being carried to his grave. In Leggett's opinion, "The parallels between this procession and the former triumph are carefully drawn" (54). The reader should see that Housman makes another reference to "shoulders" as an allusion to connect the first two stanzas: Today, the road all runners come, Shoulder high we bring you home, And set you at the threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. (967) In stanza three Housman describes the laurel growing "early" yet dying "quicker than a rose." (967) This parallels...
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...this begins a new life with a relationship with God. The Christian life is not abstract theology unconnected with life, but it has practical implications that will affect how choices are made in a person’s life each day. Having a biblical worldview sets the foundation of transformation by God’s word in every aspect of life. Paul addresses the issue of creation in Romans 1, “For His invisible attributes, that is, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what He has made. As a result, people are without excuse” (Romans 1:20). God reveals himself in creation. Psalm 19:1 says: “The heavens declare the glory of God and the firmament shows his handiwork.” The entire universe testifies to the Creator and brilliantly displays the glory of God. Nature shows us a God of might,...
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...What Controls the Outcome? The outcome of the war: Is it controlled by the actions of mere mortals? Do the gods determine the successes and failures? Is the outcome solely a matter of fate? Some may believe that mortals have free will, but after a quick skim of the Iliad, this belief is clearly shown to be false. Humans are not given control over their destinies; however, if this is true, then what are these destinies controlled by? Fate seems to be the only answer, yet, can fate alone stop a god from changing outcomes for their personal gain? In the Iliad, gods and humans are shown to have a varying degree of control on the outcome of human life and death. The true controller of the outcome of success vs. failure, and life vs. death, will be analyzed with...
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...(160). Walzer puts forth a compelling argument that this “dirty hands” dilemma is a common dilemma in present day politics. This problem is considered to be an issue mostly for democracies since these are the governments claiming that we are all free and equal and our leaders represent the citizens’ choice and opinions that are moral and ethical. In Communist governments and other types of suppressive governments the public has no say in the decisions of the governments and “Hoerderer in Satre’s play of that name: “I have dirty hands right up to the elbows. I’ve plunged them in filth and blood. Do you think you can govern innocently?”” (161). Walzer believes it is not possible to govern without getting your hands dirty, and that those who govern are not innocent even if their actions are the right thing to do. Walzer uses Machiavelli to further discuss this matter that good people can do...
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...Glory Soc 150 11/20/13 The 1989 film Glory is a classic Civil War film based on the history of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment. The film focuses on the courage displayed by the first black regiment in the Civil War, also known as the “Fighting Fifty-fourth.” The regiment headed by the admirable Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, Matthew Broderick, must overcome an enormous amount of adversity during the war. The film was daring for filmmakers Zwick and Fields because it was a film not only with, “vivid and frightening battle scenes and finely etched dramatic characters, but a film that shattered the great Civil War taboo-it told a story of African Americans. Many articles and texts leading up to the film failed to mention the participation of African Americans in the Civil War. In fact, the participation of African Americans helped turn the course of the war and nearly 300,000 fought for the North. Glory earned an impressive three Academy Awards due to its exceptionally talented cast and arguably some of the most realistic and memorable Civil War reenactments ever shot. The soundtrack, cinematography, and acting captivated my attention with a combination of triumph and tragedy. These men were fighting to free their very own race which adds to the emotion and sentiment this movie invokes. Zwick effectively builds the characters of the 54th regiment by portraying the grueling months of training and development. One prominent example of this is in the end of their movie...
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...Lattimore together with David Grene devised a translation of the famous tragedy: “Antigone” by Sophocles. In the story the chorus claims humans act with deneiron, loosely translated as wondrous yet terrible. Someone who assumes the impossibility of a human acting with deneiron will surely discover his misconception throughout the tragedy. The disturbing relationship between Eteocles and Polyneices, Creon’s contradicting laws, and Antigone’s unique personality all demonstrate the constant deneiron behavior in the “Antigone”. Someone who will do whatever it takes to satisfy his desires acquires a truly wondrous trait. Prior to the main plot of the...
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...“KEEP YOUR ATTITUDE IN CHECK” (Excerpt from The Good Wife’s Guide: Embracing Your Help Meet) When I encourage wives to joyfully serve I’ll often suggest that they look past the family. Look through them almost as if they’re transparent-to where you see God, so that you’re doing the work for the Lord. That’s where you want your Glory to be--not through the praise of mankind. Everything we do should be for the Glory of God, and so if you are cleaning for someone and you feel resentful, change your perspective on it. Say, “You know what? I’m doing this for the Lord, and I desire to please him.” With that in mind, a fellow blogging friend told me that she used to pot this verse on a card and hang it above her sink where she was doing dishes, Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. ~Colossians 3:23-24 I Love that verse because it reminds me that even something as seemingly insignificant as doing the dishes can be done unto the Lord. After all, there’s no better way to joyfully serve than with a heart of WORSHIP! If that verse encourages you to joyfully serve, then why stop at the kitchen sink? Wouldn’t it be uplifting to post scripture around the house as a reminder that we are serving the Lord with a heart of Worship? I think it would! So I dug out a few of my favorite scriptures that I...
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...sonnet is applicable in all human scenarios quite easily. Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end; Each changing place with that which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend The first quatrain uses imagery to compare human lives to the waves of the ocean and the movement of the waves as make their way towards the "pebbled shore" is similar to how the minutes of our human lives "hasten" towards our end. The pebbles of the shore indicate the hardships that we experience in our lives as time passes. There is a sequence to how our lives change and even though there might be other events that occur, the movement forward does not change with the passing of time. Nativity, once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, And Time that gave doth now his gift confound The second quatrain describes how our "nativity" as Shakespeare puts it, or our birth and youth starts by being bright and the "main light" like the sun but gradually as time passes and we move towards maturity it is as if we start getting eclipsed. He compares this to the sun which "crawls" back and the glory of being crowned with the crown of youth is shadowed with age. He is comparing the passing of our lives to the movement of the sun as it rises in its full glory and light and is then eclipsed. It is as if there is a fight taking place for the sun to keep...
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...Their lost soldiers simply cannot rise back up from the dead and fight (335). After praising the power of their country as essentially being infallible, they begin to lose and the pagans start conquering Russia. A strange thing for a story so heavy in the nationalist imagery is that “the princes forged discord against their own selves (352),” the brothers who signify the glory of Russia begin to fight with each other, though not with weapons it seems. The great country of Russia is basically tearing itself apart while the enemy is tearing them apart as well. Though riddled with failures, the mighty power of Russia is not easily stopped. The enemies who are below their mighty power are ruling their country, disgracing Russian glory and singing the glory of themselves. Revenge is taken upon the pagans, the Russian might smites “Konchak, the pagan slave (547),” “turbulent Roman, and Mstislav! (551-553).” The glory of the strong nation must be regained, though the soldiers are dead and “Igor's brave troops cannot be brought back to life (577-578).” The violence brought about by the conquests in hope of expanding the glory of Russia have in fact, caused the downfall of...
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...Furthermore, not only are there weaknesses inherent in Raglan’s pattern but there are also things that I believe simply do not work with the current criteria. First, Lord Raglan omitted any criterion related to personality or character and as a result we end up with individuals that are considered heroic according to the scale yet are not people one should aspire to be. A hero is far more than the milestones he prevails and the qualities he possesses should be a significant factor in evaluating his heroism. For example, both Samson and Achilles are considered heroes in their cultures but they are by no means exemplary men. Samson is seen as an Israelite hero yet he is both impulsive and aggressive, he killed many people from a neighbouring tribe after not getting his way. On the other hand, Achilles was a model Greek warrior but he was...
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...daily basis by all human beings, whether perceived, or not. Worldview is used to interpret, to discern, and to plan. One’s worldview does not only affect the large decisions in life, such as college, or marriage, but also even the smallest choices of daily life, and word-use. ii. 1. As might be expected, a Christian Worldview differs largely from the worldview, or point-of-view, of the secular trends. A Christian Worldview believes that all questions to do with man, the universe, and creation are found and answered through the inspired Word of God. The Question of Origin is answered in Naturalism through Genesis, which states “In the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth”. Naturalists even go further to state that all living creatures, animals and organisms, are created by an ultimate Creator (Genesis 1). This view is in complete contrary to an Evolutionistic belief of humans deriving from animals. 2. The next question to which most people relate is The Question of Identity. The question of what man is, yet again, is answered through the Word of God, as stated in Genesis. God created man in His image (Genesis 1). Human beings were created in a different light, as God states that He created homo-sapiens in His image, and in His likeness. Unlike animals, humans have the ability to reason, to question, and humans also have a soul, or a deeper being. These are unique characteristics of being created in God’s image. 3. The question of meaning/purpose in life is a...
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