Glory

Introduction/Thesis (approximately 75 words) Where persecution existed for the belief that a crucified present from a distant land was either a stumbling block to self-righteousness or foolishness to a Platonian gnostic culture, what can be said to instill confidence to someone who has never met? The book of Romans, written from Corinth by the Apostle Paul to the Roman church in 56-57 A.D. is considered one of the best expositions of the Gospel (Hindson & Towns 2016). This exposition, inspired…

In the introductory sentence of his article Let the Nations Be Glad, John Piper makes both a bold and challenging statement when he asserts that “mission is not the ultimate goal of the Church. Worship is”(64). His statement is bold in the sense that there are many who might disagree with him and it is challenging because we have always believed that the ultimate goal of the church is to fulfill God’s mission through missions. According to Piper, our goal should be to draw people to a place…

After defeating Grendel, the vicious monster that was terrorizing the Danes, Beowulf was rewarded with fame, glory, and treasure. Amidst the celebration, the point of view is flashed back to another time when Siegmund, a great warrior who killed the treasure-rich dragon, foundered as a result of his vanity and pride. In this passage, Siegmund and Beowulf are being juxtaposed because of their similar triumphs and because they both earned many gifts for their feats. However, through a reassured…

the war that kills him. He uses the poem as an anti-war manifesto. His argument in the poem is that people view going to fight in the war and dying for ones country as heroic, but it’s an old lie: that men shouldn’t have die for their country for glory in the terrible war condition the men were in. During the war, it was many men or poets, wrote about their experiences of being on the front line during the war. They used poetry as a medium of opposing war. This idea of…

Anglo Saxon times meant fame after death, is the driving force for warriors to brashly risk their lives in order to be seen as the best. No matter the challenge a warrior faces or how difficult it may be, “he who can earn it should fight / for the glory of his name; fame after death / is the noblest of goals” (1387-1389). In Anglo Saxon culture, shying away from a task is seen as form of cowardice, and it brings dishonor onto one’s race. If a warrior does not defend or fight to honor their…

if not standing for the National Anthem, a Hymn created for our Country as praise, as a freedom of speech. If the Greeks and the Gods were here today they would be laughing at us because of our choices of glory. Glory will forever be modifying in an ever changing world. What will come of glory in the future? Will we up the standards on what or who is glorified or will the human population keep going down hill on the standards of…

of Alexander bore down the habitual restaurants of vigilance and good sense.” What is being said here, Caesar was overly jealous of Alexander the Great and his glory. Caesar was a very ambitious, and that by itself is not a bad thing, however, the problem with Julius Caesar was, he was overly ambitious often putting his want for glory and might over the safety of his men and citizens. He was a man that did not want to be forgotten, he wanted to go down in history, but…

Becket is declared a martyr and saint not by himself or anyone he holds a close relationship with, but instead by the Pope. As the highest priest of the Roman Catholic Church, he would not have appointed Becket to the status of sainthood without truly believing that he was deserving of recognition. Since the Pope, a man who has dedicated his life to serving the people of the church and God, is satisfied with Becket’s position, it confirms that Becket is a devout man. In no way would the Pope…

inside till he should come back with his flocks’” (111). Odysseus is impulsive and does not think before he acts. He is very selfish and only wants to see what glory the Cyclops gives him. He expects everyone to bow down to him, let alone know who he is, contrasting Odysseus when he fights the suitors at the end of the story and receives glory from his city. When Polyphemus, the Cyclops who happens to be Poseidon’s son, returns home, he traps Odysseus and his crew in his cave. Odysseus uses his…

xenia, in his epic The Aeneid, but he transforms it into hospitium. Xenia is the Greco-Roman concept of hospitality. Although Homer’s Iliad is replete with a variety of societal agents, by the end of his story xenia has overcome money, battle, and glory and cemented its place as the most vital of all authorities in Homer’s Greece. In Vergil’s The Aeneid, xenia is still present, although it now goes by the name hospitium. More than simply allowing hospitium to exist, Vergil still places value in…