Hope and Glory

Similarities occur in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke in that they are both telling the same narrative, with minor differences, however. Each story is from a different point of view, way of looking at things, and each author chose to highlight different parts of His birth story. Matthew gives more attention to Joseph and His lineage while Luke gives more attention to Mary and is also the only Gospel account in which “Gentile Magi come and worship the Christ Child” (Blomberg, 2009, p.149). In…

Futile Essay Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Even the most awe inspiring people and events are forgotten with time. But the inevitability of legacy does not stop every great hero from searching for it, from Odysseus and Achilles from Ancient Greece to Augustus from The Fault in Our Stars. Like every quest for immortality, Gilgamesh’s journey, motivated by pride and fear, is fruitless. Gilgamesh’s lifelong journey for immortality and kleos is undeniably futile, yet he is never able to accept…

The sires passionately say in high cheer voices, “Come closer… Acheas pride and glory… hear our song.” Acknowledging these mythological creatures, they lure men with a tone full of desire, to hear a simple song. A song that could be concluded that may not exist. Sirens feast on mortals, which can be seen. In, Siren's Song, Atwood portrays…

The author I have chosen is F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald wrote Tender is the Night and The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby is a prominent American classic that is enjoyed by most. In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald ties in many themes such as the hope for the unreachable depicted in the green light, and the corruption of the 1920s. In Tender is the Night, Fitzgerald uses themes such as love, betrayal, and deceit. The reason why I chose Fitzgerald is because in his novels he ties in a plentiful…

Lewis, in his essay “The Weight of Glory”, talks of our duty to help our neighbor in the pursuit of eternal happiness. Because man is prideful by nature, it is possible for one to become too prideful in his potential glory, but one cannot think of each other’s salvation enough. God created all things in an order with man at its pinnacle with dominion over the earth (Gen ?). Lewis…

not merely about a discovering the correct “religious path” to walk down, nor is it simply about a plan of salvation, nor is it a puzzle to be decoded. Christianity is about Christ, the King! The King, who reigns supreme, sitting upon his throne of glory ruling the heavens and the earth, the whole of creation – old and new. Here’s the point… If you want to “know” God then look to Christ, who is the very image of God and in whom the fullness of God dwells. If you want to endure and have patience…

slavery. He gave them hope in trusting him to provide all they need and hope for a new and better life in the Promised Land. Then finally he gave them guidance on how to live a daily life that would be pleasing and bring glory to him. The historical issues addressed in this book are the bonds of slavery and the Ten Commandments. Slavery has been something that nations have faced since the beginning of time and that is what this book helps to illuminate. However, this book gives hope that even in…

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…

verbally exerting himself confidence by saying positive things about himself and telling the Danes how he will fight, to ramp himself up so he can win against fiend Grendel. This is common among people to fill their heads with positive experiences in hopes that that will have an affect on their performance, instead of saying negative things because if you set your mind to something, you can attain it. In the case…

and events. They use ambition, determination, and power to get whatever they are striving to receive. With opposing strategies, some characters used foul play, while others were honest and successfully tried to bring back Scotland to its former glory. After reading, it can be assured that this play was full of ambition with tragedy around every…