Amazing Grace

Relationship between each of the four main covenants The following paper will show the relationship between the Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic and New Covenant by defining each as presented in context, and then explaining and validating how each covenant relates to each other. Abrahamic Covenant The Abrahamic Covenant is a covenant made between God and Abraham. In looking at the context, the promises of the covenant were outlined first in Gen 12:1-3, and later the covenant was confirmed in Gen 15.…

In the famous novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald exhibits the beliefs and experiences of his own life in the 1920s, which also still have impact today. History.com states, “The 1920s were an age of dramatic social and political change. For a small handful of young people in the nation’s big cities, the 1920s were roaring indeed.” Fitzgerald was a prominent author during this time due to his famous novel The Great Gatsby. In his works, he illustrated events in his own life and related…

are Jehovah’s witnesses. They are a very different debnomination than most of Christianity and often are thought of as strange or foreign by many others. Although they believe in many of the things that other Christians do, such as salvation through grace, God as the ultimate creator, heaven, and Jesus as a savior, they are missing many other core ideas such as that of the trinity, hell, and the full divinity in addition to the full humanity of Christ while he was on this earth. Jehovah’s…

George MacDonald’s works are known for their uses of Biblical symbolism. MacDonald’s works are a product of his calling to reawaken the perishing Christian faith (Scorgie 108). MacDonald started his ministry as a pastor in Scotland; but still feeling the calling of God, he started to use the medium of artistic writing to help revitalize the Christian faith (Scorgie 108). MacDonald is even known for influencing some of the greatest Christian writers of today, including the very famous C.S. Lewis.…

The First Apology, written by Justin Martyr, is addressed to the emperor of Rome, Antoninus Pius, the Roman senate, and the people of Rome. The work has two goals, proximate and ultimate. The proximate goal is to foster toleration for Christians. The ultimate goal is the conversion of the emperor and all those who read the letter. It deals not only with the persecution of Christians, but also with the morality of Christians. The First Apology also sets forth a defense for God and the Christian…

Q2. Why I listed each of these books from most to least difficult because “Romeo and Juliet,” by William Shakespeare had always rearranged his words, which we may have two different interpretations inside our mind. This play makes us think outside the box because of the challenging words being given to us. Many of the literary terms are related to “Romeo and Juliet” (e.g. pun, syllogism, syntax…); therefore, this makes our mind filled with confusion, unless we read over and over again. “Pride…

memoriam of his work NASA named the Hubble Space Telescope after Edwin Hubble. Hubble also has an asteroid and a crater on the moon named after him. Since it was launched in 1990,101years after Hubble’s death, the Hubble Space Telescope is still taking amazing photos of galaxies, planets, nebulae, and supernovae. It has provided a wealth of information about the cosmos transmitting thousands of images to scientists back on Earth and allowing them to make more precise calculations of the age of…

Sold: A Touching Story of a Girl Who Goes Through the Unbearable An average American girl may spend her days dazzled by a device that allows people to speak to each other from far distances, enjoying the lovely aroma from the pretzel shop in the mall, or even just meeting up with her friends to grab some burgers and milkshakes, but that is not the case for a Nepali girl named Lakshmi. In Patricia McCormick's book, Sold, a young girl, Lakshmi, who is thirteen years old lives with her mother,…

Sandra Cartica ENG 221 – CSS Prof. Donnelly 11-11-2014 Critical Analysis Essay – “Good People” The Battle Within “Good People”, written by David Foster Wallace, and published in the February 2007 issue of The New Yorker magazine is a story about two young Christians who are faced with the issue of an unplanned pregnancy. The critic reviewing this short story is Matt Bucher. He takes a psychological/philosophical approach and references the division and dichotomy within the story.…

I can still hear the soothing sound of the waves crashing down as I woke up from my nap with sweat glueing my sun beaten face to the blanket upon a bed of sand. Digging holes with my dad or riding the surf my long days by the ocean exhausted my younger self. For as long as I can remember at the same time in July every year my family set to the road for a 6 hour journey to the coast. A tradition that has been a part of my family for years. When we finally arrived at the breathtaking shore, we…