A New Beginning

Columbus, Was it Worth It? “The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand” -Frank Herbert. Before the Age of Discovery, many people were too afraid of exploring the oceans. At the time, they believed that the world was flat and there were many formidable tales about stupefying sea monsters. Sailors were afraid of falling off the edge of the world or being attacked by an ominous creature. These fears and false beliefs of the world kept many people from pursuing a…

Melvin throws away the soap bar and repeats the ritual over and over again, unwrapping a brand new bar of soap and carries forward his decontamination.…

the 7 Jewish Feasts Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and Ending, the First and the Last. God knows the end from the beginning, He alone traverses time (both past and future) into eternity. God cannot be boxed into time (like humans), He is greater than time – He has no beginning of days or the end of life, He is from everlasting to everlasting. He alone knows the exact day when the kingdoms of this world would end and a new heaven and earth will take their place. About four…

1. What caused the economic decline at the beginning of the thirteenth century? - The beginning of the thirteenth century was a turning point for the worst. A few components that started a famine would eventually turn into the Black Plaque. There was an overpopulation and little soil left to grow crops needed for survival. People began eating anything they could get their hands on, like rats. Adults may have not been a part of the biggest death rates, but they were not really producing…

women’s fashion changed along with their job opportunities. At the beginning of the 1930s, more than 15 million Americans – fully one-quarter of all wage-earning workers – were unemployed (“The 1930s”). When President Herbert Hoover failed at relieving most of the crisis, he lost re-election against Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who promised he’d alleviate some of the Depression. The American people were ecstatic when they heard this news. As millions lost their jobs and, in turn, losing…

Comparatively within the New Testament, the Gospel of Mark states Jesus as saying, “Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables. That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they…

The paper “Postmodern Representation and Commodity Spectacle in Nathanael West’s The Day of the Locusts”, written by Mr. Darvay, allowed me to gain insight on a novel I had never read, and to be frank never heard of either. As I was working my way through the paper, my brain was scattered as I tried to grasp the concept that was being talked about. Although, right of the bat the sentence “compressed into one huge junkyard...commercialized society and culture” truly stood out to me. My first…

Final Reflection This course has been interesting in offering new perspectives on the Bible, especially in the ways in which people’s interpretations of the Bible today are related to the ways and reasons why certain books of the Bible were written. It has also been interesting seeing how Western society and history is very much dependent upon the Bible, and entire eras of history are separated by the ways people began to think and interpret the Bible. Another aspect of this class that was…

A part of President Eisenhower’s new deal was the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority, or TVA. TVA, founded in 1933, was a region in the Tennessee River valley with “hydroelectric powered dams” that powered cities around them. This created more jobs and stopped flooding which got as high as six feet each year. By building these dams, power was generated to more farm based areas so the citizens were able to live off of electric. A benefit to TVA was that it helped with soil not being…

the Old Testament and New Testament are closely related. Throughout the Old Testament, from the Beginning, Genesis, to before the birth of Jesus Christ, the New Testament is foreshadowed, and hidden; it is to be a true fulfillment of the Old Testament in the promise of a…