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- 5451: The Book Of Matthew
- ... Jesus. He also keeps His promises, goes before us, and has all authority. He will prepare a way for us if we trust in Him for he has promised to be with us always. The great message of the Gospels, then, is that God is not up yonder on some throne; He is not waiting in some distant judgment hall to pass judgment upon us. He is ready and waiting to ... all for us. When the King is enthroned in life, the kingdom of God is present. That is the message of Matthew -- "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (Matt 4:17). The great question to which Matthew demands an answer is, "Is Jesus Christ King of your life?" Have you received him only as Savior of the body or Savior of the soul? The question that Matthew brings ...
- 5452: The Bogus Logic Of The Beak Of
- ... doing the research reported by The Beak) were certainly careful to keep their little island as closed as possible. They washed themselves carefully, watched for any alien seeds they might bring, and so on. The great irony is that after twenty five years of observing, the net result is no change: Individual variation from year to year, surely, but nothing even remotely approaching one species turning into something else. The Problem ... Bad Science, Bad Education." Scientific American, Nov. 1997: 114-118. See also http://www.sciam.com/1197issue/1197review1.html. Newton, Sir Isaac. 1687. Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. Trans. Andrew Motte and Florian Cajori, 1939. Great Books of the Western World. Ed. Robert Maynard Hutchins. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 1952. Quammen, Peter. The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions. New York: Scribner, 1996. "The 1995 Pulitzer Prizes ...
- 5453: The Anglo-saxon Literature
- ... to live. The Rood also desires to benefit its community. The ‘°Lord‘―s rood... shall fetch [the persons of the society] forth from this fleeting life and then shall bring [these persons] where there is great rejoicing‘±(The Rood, 140-141). The scop refers the heaven as an eternal place of ‘°great rejoicing.‘± The Rood desires to direct the people of its society to reach that eternal place and its short-lived suffering becomes a significant accomplishment that provides the only salvation. Similarly, the heroes of the ...
- 5454: Things Fall Apart 7
- After the stock market crash of 1929, hundreds of people ended their lives because they just couldn t cope with the fact that they had lost such a great deal of money. Some had lost their life savings - but most hadn t. In fact, most of them still had enough to live better than a lot of lower-class families. But why had they ... him] about the new dispensation. The white man [has] indeed brought a lunatic religion, but he [has] also built a trading store and for the first time palm-oil and kernel [has become] things of great price. and much money [is flowing] into Umuofia. (178) Thiswould of course seem to be a good thing, like freedom over imprisonment, but is change nonetheless and Okonkwo is not happy about it. Another factor ...
- 5455: The Little Prince
- ... pointless activity. The winding logic of the alcoholic shows the stupidity of this activity. Saint-Exupιry also scorns man's obsession with wealth and power, this through the King and Businessman. The king puts a great deal of importance into being obeyed when he orders only what would happen anyway. The businessman takes great pride in owning all the stars, a collector too busy counting them to get any pleasure from their beauty. The little prince tries to show the pointlessness of his "property" by explaining that it does ...
- 5456: The Brothers K
- ... and the future to come. Throughout mankind s occupation of earth, we have been plagued by war and the sufferings caused by it. Nearly every generation of people to walk this earth have experienced a great war once in their lifetimes. For instance, Vietnam for my father s generation, World War 2 for my grandfather s, and World War 1 for my great-grandfather s. War has become an unavoidable factor of life. Looking through history and toward the future, I grow concerned over the war that will plague my generation, for it might be the last war ...
- 5457: To Say Or Not To Say Letters A
- ... and Prejudice Quite frequently in her novels, Jane Austen uses letter writing between characters to explain past events and the exact nature of people s roles in them. It is these letters that always offer great insight into a character s true nature; which, often times, is not what it appears to be. It is this tactic that is consistently prevalent in her 1813 novel, Pride and Prejudice. Throughout the course ... most important of the novel. The severity of the letter lies specifically in the reactions that it evokes from Elizabeth. It is only after her completion of Mr. Darcy s letter, that Elizabeth endures a great recognition of her own nature and a self-realization of her own pride and prejudice. Elizabeth began reading the letter "with a strong prejudice against every thing he might say," but as she reads the ...
- 5458: The Way A Man Breaks The Bonds
- ... in an average city, with an average wife. Montag thought: "It [is] a pleasure to burn, to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in [my] fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world, the blood pounded in [my] head" (3) He thought all there is to life, is TV and burning books. He liked to speed around at upwards of ... nuclear weapons are evil in our world and his; they cause amazing devastation and pain. TV is a strange technology, originally meant to bring books to life; to be a supplement to them, to broadcast great plays, to be able to see what happens on the radio. Yet is ironic how it has ended up replacing them and life, in our world and theirs.
- 5459: The Tragedy Of Oedipus
- ... Thebes where he would become king and marry the queen. He conquered the Sphinx and earned the respect of the citizens. He took a lot of pride in his ability to rule and be a great man. Oedipus did not know that the Oracle's prophecy and his pride would bring down from the ranks of greatness. He could not escape it; it was his fate. Taking a deeper look into ... prophecy made by the Oracle was unavoidable. Another important key to Oedipus's story being tragic is the element of pity. The play induced pity from the audience. Oedipus was a good citizen and a great king but he still wound up in misery. We would feel differently if Oedipus had done something to deserve this fate. We would not feel as much pity for him when he gouges his eyes ...
- 5460: The Mystery That Was Gatsby, T
- The Mystery that was Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald s most famous work of literature is unarguably his great American novel, The Great Gatsby. This is plainly evidenced by its frequent and familiar appearance in the American classroom. The protagonist of the novel is the character mentioned in the title, Jay Gatsby. Though Gatsby s mysterious life is ...
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