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mindset, women are constantly attempting to criticize and fulfill their unrealistic expectations of representing others portrayed in the media. Images that are projected via commercials, advertisements, television shows, news anchors; anything or anyone we see on the daily news or elsewhere tends to reflect what we see in women as they are presented in media: perfection. Granted, although self-esteem and other internal influences may be affecting a woman’s image of herself, it is also prominent…

Essay 1: Many historians in opposition to the Christian Faith try to invalidate Catholicism by claiming that the Gospels are not historically reliable. This accusation is entirely false and can logically be disproven by using the five criteria for judging the historical reliability of documents. Is there eyewitness testimony? Where the documents written within living memory of the events? Do outside, unbiased, sources agree? Do the events relayed in the documents sound ridiculously untrue? And…

A lottery ticket is a voucher for a prize but not a voucher to end a life. Normally people would be so enthusiastic if he or she had won the lottery. As for the short story, “The Lottery” written by Shirley Jackson is a different type of lottery; everyone is expecting to see a villager gets execute. The idea seems to be absurd by persecuting an innocent citizen but it’s a tradition to these villagers because everyone has to participate and not question about it. As for the black box itself, it…

follow. It really depends on where you search for answers in the Bible. The Old Testament is hard to assimilate when it comes to finding authoritative life lessons that could help in life. The New Testament is another story. The New Testament is closer to our era, therefore some of the passages in the New Testament can directly relate with the modern era we live…

Councils, as well thousands of others began marching and demonstrating across the nation to demand relief from then President Hoover . However, it wasn 't until the election of 1933 that hope was given to the struggling. Franklin Roosevelt and his New Deal signified to the population that federal government was prepared to wield unprecedented power in order to provide relief for its citizens . Social and political progress was brought to America in the wake of this Depression, purporting our…

“Why is God so different in the Old Testament than He is in the New Testament?” A question that is asked by many who have the misconception that the God found in the Old Testament is a God of wrath while the New Testament portrays a God of love. At the root of this misconception is a misunderstanding of Scripture and the portrayal of God in both the Old and New Testaments. While the revelations found in actions of God in the Old and New Testaments may seem to contradict each other at face…

THE LAW OF LIBERTY Introduction The Law of Liberty is initially mentioned in James 1:25, “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continue therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” At this point, James is referring to the Gospel, even though it is termed a law, it is not, firmly speaking; a law is authorized and obligated. But, here it is an affirmation of uprightness and deliverance by Jesus Christ, a proposal…

The Lottery was written in 1948 by seasoned author, Shirley Jackson. The short story, originally published in The New Yorker, is about a small village of roughly three hundred citizens that gather in the village square. They are there to participate in the yearly lottery to see who will be stoned to death. Whole families are present to participate, even the children help by gathering the stones that will be used. The lottery consists of two sets of drawings; the first one to be done by the head…

In this passage, possibly the most important nature of Jesus, particularly in his relationship with the Law, is revealed: He is come to bring new order, while maintaining the old. He was the force of a change, and at the same time the protector of the tradition. As stated multiple times, the Law was here to stay, regardless of what Jesus do. The Law was not going to change, but the people were…

and disease between the Old World and New World following Christopher Columbus’s arrival to the New World in 1492. The Columbian Exchange was a revolutionary time period for both the Old World and the New World as it transformed each area in both positive and negative ways. Primarily, the main impacts of the exchange were transformations of the people, animals, plants, food, minerals and commerce in the two areas. Specifically, the Old Word introduced the New World to livestock such as cows,…