Daniel Keyes

Critics assert that Jeremiah’s record of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign and Daniel’s are contradictory (Dan. 1:1; Jer. 46:2; Archer, A Survey of Old Testament Introduction, 364). Jeremiah claims Nebuchadnezzar’s reign began in Jehoiakim’s fourth year, whereas Daniel says it was Jehoiakim’s third. Furthermore, some critics point to the lack of historical verification for the siege of Jerusalem…

Certain experiences, challenges, and encounters people endure each day impact the lives of each individual and create the identities all humans possess. Whether it be learning from a mistake or dealing with that unpleasant boss at work, these events that occur in all lives develop the character and personality of each person. Incidents of the past determine the way in which one behaves, thinks, and responds to each new problem or situation. For instance, teenagers have more intense emotions than…

Every day, more or less, is the same for the average person. We rise, work, and return home to start over. The only reason anyone would succumb to a seemingly dreary existence is because there is a light inside that tells us everyday we get through is another day closer to that thing we want most for ourselves. This is seen in “War Dance”, a documentary about the yet to be mitigated Uganda, and the wondrous film “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”. One could even see it in the classic novella “Of…

A half decade after the conclusion of the National Literacy Crusade, Deborah Brandt composed an analysis on the history of Sandinista education entitled, “Popular Education” in Nicaragua: The First Five Years (1985, edited by Thomas W. Walker). Brandt argued the symbiotic relationship between the militia members of the Sandinista National Liberation Front or the Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) and the historically disenfranchised rural peasants through popular education programs…

ON a cold winter night Daniel was walking and overhears a conversation. Did you hear that the king put money on top of Mt.Helen? A man asks a group. That caught Daniel's attention , Mt.Helen, that's not too far Daniel thought to himself. There is nothing to do here so why not try to get some money Daniel says in his head. Daniel goes home and packs for the journey, after he finishes packing he sets off to Mt.Helen. A few hours later Daniel has scaled about half of the mountain he decides to rest…

The Devil in the White City Book Report In The Devil in the White City, the author Erik Larson tells the story of an architect and a serial killer in Chicago during the 1890’s. He tries to describe how Daniel Burnham, an architect, builds the Chicago World Fair in an innocent or white city while at the same time helps Henry Holmes, the devil in the innocent city, to satisfy his craving of power, blood, and fear. Burnham tries to give Chicago a more positive reputation, but it ends of having a…

Rowland dissects the theology and apocalyptic hermeneutics of famous theologians, Thomas Muentzer and Gerrard Winstanley, so that political discourse does not make facile Biblical interpretation. The apocalyptic language of Daniel is of significant scholarly interest, especially in regards to the biblical metanarrative, but Rowland advocate for a rebalance in Danielic exegesis. Rowland poignantly comments that the scriptures are not for appropriation, political or otherwise; of this he critiques…

According to Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, the fundamental need one must satisfy is the ability to be physiologically sound and financially secure. On the other hand, passion is an aspect that can only be achieved once an individual is able to secure such fundamental needs. In the articles Why You Shouldn’t Follow Your Passions by Alison Green, Why “Follow Your ‘Passion” Is [Bad] Advice by Joshua Fields Millburn, and Why “Follow Your Passion” Is Pretty Bad Advice by Nathaniel Koloc, the…

Denise Mina is a Scottish playwright and crime author that also dabbles in comic book writing from time to time. Denise Mina was born in Glasgow in 1966, but has lived all over Europe from Bergen, London, Hague, to Paris. It was while she was researching and teaching criminal law and criminology at Strathclyde University in the 90s, that she decided to write a novel about the effect of mental illness on female offenders, Garnethill published in 1998. Denise Mina is best known for the Garnet…

Daniel Hawk talks of how and what Saul is as king and in how he is a figurative sacrifice for the country Israel for all of the times that they had turned away from God during the rule of the judges. When the people cry out for a king God sees this as a direct rejection of His rule. Samuel recounts to the people of their sins and transgressions and that God will make them pay, however, later Samuel assures them that God will not abandon them. Hawk talks of Saul and how his life/rule play out in…