Jersey Devil

On July 1741, in Enfield Connecticut, a puritan man delivered a sermon that is still well-known to this day. The man was Jonathan Edwards, and the sermon he gave is called “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” He uses many rhetorical devices to help get his point across to his people. The sermon is very repetitious, mainly discussing God’s wrath against sinners and hell. The purpose of his sermon was to help his people and sinners to avoid the wrath of God and to convert them into Christians.…

In the sixth chapter of The Cosmic Ocean, Chappell continued to add on to his spiritual journey. Chappell talked about the common demons that live in all humans such as fear, selfishness, and rage. These demons can not be defeated by someone else, but must be defeated by the one that carries them. To defeat these demons, people must feed their spiritual organs by traveling deep into dark labyrinths. In these labyrinths, they must fight their demons and use the light to find the treasure in all…

Paradise Lost by John Milton makes God appear unjust from Satan’s viewpoint. Satan’s grand speeches in books I & II give the reader a sense that Milton is attempting to make Satan the hero. However, Milton later reveals Satan’s exaggerative and untruthful ways indicating he is actually the enemy. Thus, through the character development of Satan and the manner of a true Promethean / Romantic hero, Adam is the true hero of Paradise Lost. Since the reader doesn’t know of Satan’s deceptive ways in…

The devil, Satan, Iblis, is known by many names. In the Christian faith he is called Satan, while in Islam he is referred to in various places as Iblis, or Shaytaan in other places. Satan/Iblis, is mainly first introduced to us in the story of Adam and Eve in both the Christian faith and Islam. He is the first disobeyer to God and thus represents the rebellion against God and the path of the wrongdoers. In Islam, it was mentioned that Iblis is a member of a type of God’s creatures called “Jinn”.…

While studying diabolical literature, different thoughts have come about from specific characters. In Shakespeare’s Richard III, the concept of the devil portraying in Richard’s life remains strongly known throughout the book. The controversial ideas related to the devil in the play, distinguish how diabolical features sustain in people and how affects impact others. Primarily, Richard achieves evilness in the play, but does not remain unstoppable. John Milton’s demonic epic poem Paradise Lost,…

“Humans are born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward” (Job 5:7 NIV). These are the astute words of Eliphaz, one of Job’s well-meaning friends. The observation is on target; as long as a fire continues, sparks blaze upward, are extinguished, and a new shower appears. Likewise, as long as life continues, it is fraught with difficulties. In Job’s case, however, it was not a matter of a cloud of sparks; his life itself resembled a blazing inferno. Here we encounter Job coming to grips with the…

In William Shakespeare's work Hamlet, Shakespeare uses the ghost of the deceased king to play a significant role in the plot of the story as a whole in multiple ways. The first way Shakespeare uses the ghost of King Hamlet is by first using him to play a crucial role in the development of the characters in the play, especially Hamlet. An example of the ghost doing this is sending Hamlet into his descent into madness and furthering his complex character. Shakespeare does this by having the ghost…

Racism is something that has been something occurring in the world for a very long time. The novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad represents the time period of imperialism; when Belgium colonized the Congo. Conrad depicts the racism that occured in the Congo of Africa because of the Europeans colonization. The main protagonist named Marlow, a European sailor, goes on an adventure with his crew through his perspective going up the Congo River with the goal of meeting an idealistic man, Kurtz.…

Even when the Israelites forgot where they came from and had the nerve to want to go back, God still loved them and provided. His love is so unconditional and for that I am thankful. "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us".( Ephesians 3:20) (Holy Bible, 2012) This is the love of God. I think about what caused that trip to take forty years, was the love of God not enough? We know that it was. God 's love…

Too many Christians are being tricked and deceived by the actions of the devil. Resulting in losing battles that God has already won for us. How is that even conceivable possible? To lose battles that God has already won for us? It’s because we are underestimating the devil’s power and the conduits he uses. We have adopted this unrealistic image of the devil that society has built – a red being with horns with a long pointed tail with a pitch fork. If such a creature approached you, you would…