Goliath

(2013). How Fern Creek Is Beating Goliath. Educational Leadership, 70(8), 66-70. This article is about a small urban school where the students’ face many problems such as poverty, homelessness, mobility, instability, limited parent involvement, and violent neighborhood surroundings. To work…

O. Henry starts the story with two scheming pals, Bill and Sam, who have an idea for kidnapping a wealthy man’s son in a town named Summit. They soon acquire Johnny Dorset, son of Ebenezer Dorset, (the wealthy man) and run off with him to a cave. Johnny, also called “Red Chief”, turns out to be more trouble than he’s worth, literally! The two friends expect a ransom of $2,000, but “Red Chief” causes so much chaos and havoc that the conmen are willing to give up the ransom just to get rid of him…

good looking. He was basically a boy, but the greatest thing about him was his love for the Lord. God knew that by choosing David as the Israelites new leader would be the greatest decision because of his bravery. David gaining his victory against Goliath showed that he wasn’t afraid unlike Saul. He took on the fight with confidence, “in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.” (7) Unlike Saul, David gave all the glory of the victory God. David’s…

target their customers’ demands: Home Depot verse Lowes and Ace hardware store, The Home Improvement battle for first place. Before considering Home Depot, as one of the top home improvement retailer, it is important to note that Lowes is also a goliath in the retail business. On the other hand, we have a simple mom and pop hardware stores like Ace Hardware that are independently owned entrepreneur stores. These three major competitors have been matching giants of their industry for many…

In the nearly 150 years since the official ending of the Civil War, we have had the privilege of being able to look back and see why things happened the way they did. We can see that both the North and South came into battle with certain advantages, as well as disadvantages. One question that remains involves whether or not the North was an inevitable victor. Here we will examine the advantages and disadvantages of both sides and come to a conclusion to this question. We can begin with the most…

Last summer visiting my family in California was such an exciting thing. I haven’t seen them in over two years, so it was such a great chance to have before going to college full time, and getting my first job. When visiting my family for a few weeks, my dad decided that we were going to Six Flags Magic Mountain for my birthday. I was too happy and thought that was the most exciting thing that has ever happened to me. My sister, brother, and I had count down the weeks and days till it was the…

Packer begins his book by emphasizing on knowing God. He points that “knowing about God is crucially important for the living of our lives” and promotes the study of theology (Packer 19). Deeper knowledge of God would lead to fear of the Lord because God is not just the God of mercy, but also the judgment. There may be a spiritual gap in the lives of many believers because they lack Biblical understanding and the full picture of God. Therefore, the church should equip saints with theological…

Understanding the bible is a life-long process, one can read the bible their entire life and never clearly understand it. Growing up in the church and my grand parents forcing me to go to Sunday school I never fully understood the point of all the different stories that we read about or why we were reading about them. The biblical language made it equally tough because they read to us from the King James version, which is totally different from the convention English of today. As an adult…

This year is my first year in high school. It’s a lot different than I expected. When I thought about high school, I thought about bullies, constant homework, cliques, and kids getting shoved in lockers, but I haven’t seen any of that so far. In lots of movies, there are horrible queen bees and musical lunchrooms. That’s a scary prospect, so it’s a good thing those are just for entertainment purposes. High school is actually a lot better than it seems. The classes in high school are pretty…

The Conflict of Great Kingship in Sophocles Play “Oedipus the King” The righteousness and transgression of two great kings, Oedipus and the biblical character David both have similarities in their sudden rise to success as kings in their young age and their degradation at the end of their reign as prominent monarchs. These powerful kings descended into sin, immorality, and lack of perception to distinguish their false self-righteousness. King Oedipus is the victim of a cruel sinful fate, which…