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characters’ mental states reflect their physical appearance, as ‘rendered metaphorical representation of his own interior demons.’ However, the story is not just about Larkin’s memories, but the filmmaker’s personal memories as well. During an interview, Chris Landreth replied that he originally intended for the film to be all about…

The TED Talk I watched was titled Why you should talk to strangers. Kio Stark, the presenter of the speech, discussed why there are many benefits to talking to people we don’t know. According to Stark, not talking to strangers causes the opportunity to create unexpected connections. She said people do not talk to strangers because of our fears. Her speech concluded with Stark encouraging people use their senses instead of fears and outlining the steps of how to appropriately talk to strangers.…

The book I am going to be doing my report on is an autobiography written by Chris Gardner and Quincy Troupe. The book is called The Pursuit of Happyness. “ , in May 2006, and became a and #1 bestseller,” said the writers of ChrisGardnerMedia.com. There is also a film based off of the book, Chris Gardner also helped out with that. Born February 9, 1954 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Christopher Paul Gardner's youth was set apart by being poor, having abusive behavior at home, a liquor addiction,…

The Logos Hymn Both Matthew and Luke contain descriptions of the birth of Jesus unlike the Gospels of Mark and John. This difference may be a result of the special Luke and special Matthew sources. Instead of the Christmas story, the Gospel of John replaces the story of Jesus’s birth with the Logos hymn not only to create a universal text, but also to emphasize the glory of Jesus as the continuous creator that allows us to accept unending life. The Logos hymn forms the Gospel into a universal…

Near the end of the movie, actor Matthew McConaughey enters a black hole and gains access to a higher-dimensional world. In this higher-dimensional world, time is represented as a three-dimensional space. McConaughey can move around in this space and access any moment in time in his daughter’s…

Introduction Matthew, also called Levi. Jesus Christ gave Matthew the apostle this name----Levi, it means “the gift of God”. This name also represent the transfer between his sinful past and his future (follow Lord Jesus Christ) and he is not just a gift of God,he is the gift others. He proved this later in Bible stories. Levi is the son of Alphaeus and the brother of James the Less. James the Less is also an apostle of Jesus Christ. The first time Matthew appear in the Holy Bible, he is in a…

"I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream." -Bruce Springsteen. F. Scott Fitzgerald even brilliantly combines the golden age and bible teachings to portray this message that, the American Dream of getting rich is far from the reality of how people actually get rich, in his novel The Great Gatsby. But Unfortunately as the story goes on, we begin to see that F. Scott Fitzgerald commits blasphemy and compares one of his deceitful characters to Jesus…

A DAY OF REFLECTION Theme: SHARED MEAL… SHARED LIFE! I. Welcome: A grace-filled morning, everyone! Today, we continue to immerse ourselves in the abundance of God’s grace in our lives through this day of reflection. This is an opportune time for us to spend a special moment of silence, prayer and reflection with God, the Source of all goodness. God continues to share with us His infinite goodness by giving us Jesus Christ, His only Son, who selflessly share Himself with us through His…

Matthew 7, in addition to emphasizing Jesus’ strong historical/cultural message on the Mount, makes use of some very poignant and effective literary devices to enhance and emphasize the message. Jesus is the one using these literary devices, as he concludes His Sermon on the Mount. Jesus uses a variety of metaphors, personifications, and parables to illustrate his message to and to teach the crowd in a coherent way that resonates with them. In verse 15, Jesus makes the notable comparison between…

Hell is confusing. One of the greatest preachers in American history, Jonathan Edwards, proclaimed, “The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire” (Edwards 97). Yet, another great theologian Jürgen Moltmann stated, “In hell the trumpet signalling liberation has already been…