Mumford & Sons

As a freemason he befriended Doctor Joseph Warren who contributed greatly to Revere becoming a patriot. Revere became a member of the Sons of Liberty soon after it formed in 1765. Using his skills as an engraver Revere made many pieces of propaganda. His two most famous engravings are British ships landing at Boston and the famous cartoon of the Boston Massacre. Becoming a major part…

In the frozen climate of Chicago, Richard Wright’s historical fiction novel called Native Son takes place. Bigger Thomas is a young African American man that grapples the challenge of living as a black man in America during the 1940s. Richard Wright effectively creates sympathy for Bigger by showing Biggers physical pain, along with the newspapers dehumanizing him, and by describing his family's condition. Wright uses the harsh winter climate of Chicago to inflict pain on Bigger multiple times…

away from the situation or will attack the source of my fear. Multiply this fear by millions of people and society has events like lynching’s and burning of blacks, methodical starvation of the Irish or the Holocaust. Richard Wright’s novel Native Son is imperative to history and the lessons we should learn from the events of slavery and the Jim Crow laws. Unfortunately, those who need to learn from history usually are the ones who turn a blind eye and create their own detrimental events to be…

Before Jesus came to earth, some Jews knew that they were missing something. They were missing a leader, a messiah. The Jews needed someone they can recognize to lead them on the right path in life and grow closer to God. Those who waited were able to understand Jesus was this one immediately when they met him, but it took others longer. Some Jews wanted to hurt this man who came on earth claiming to be God because they did not believe. They wanted to punish him for a lie he was not committing,…

the narratives around the Father-Son relationship of God and Jesus because of how much of an impact God’s sacrifice has on Jesus’ ministry. “God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life” (John 3:16). Throughout the book of John, Jesus repeatedly says that he is the Son of God, the Son of Man, and God. If Jesus is both the Son of God and God, then it follows that God himself is the Son of Man as well. However, how…

Term: Anaphora- “In writing or speech, the deliberate repetition of the first part of a sentence of neighboring clauses in order to achieve an artistic effect is called anaphora” (literarydevices.net) Context: Unaware of his family’s murder, Macduff has fled to England to plead to Malcolm, heir to the Scottish throne, to fulfill his duties as the new King and overthrow Macbeth immediately. However, the state in which Macduff finds Malcolm is wretchedly pitiful; Malcolm has resigned, even…

with a son like Nwoye. “Okonkwo’s first son, Nwoye, was then twelve years old but was already causing his father great anxiety for his incipient laziness. At any rate, that was how it looked to his father, and he sought to correct him by constant nagging and beating ( 13-14).” Okonkwo thought that by doing this he could turn Nwoye into his idea of what a real man was. While Ikemefuna was part of the family, Nwoye and him were inseparable. Okonkwo was pleased with the direction his son was…

N.T. Wright’s book, The Challenge of Jesus, drew my attention to three very interesting and important concepts. The first, discussing the importance of relating to Jesus in Jesus’s time. Especially when it comes to the use of figurative language, expression, cultural and societal norms of the time, as well as getting to know how exactly it was that people understood God and the arrival of the Messiah, for first century Jews. The second thing that really got me thinking, when reading the book,…

I read 100% of the assignments for week four. The intention behind the book of Roman’s reveals Paul’s theme of being delivered from sin via God’s righteousness for those who believe in Jesus (Gundry, 2012, p. 435). Paul exuded excitement not only in his future travels to Rome, but also in being able to share what he thought was good news regarding salvation, which is illustrated in this verse, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God salvation for everyone who…

lives and turn over our heart to Him. God has shown Himself to us through Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. I strongly believe God wishes for us to live a life with other followers of Jesus Christ that constantly gives ourselves to Him. He sent His son, Jesus, to lay down His life for us. So what’s stopping us from doing the same? Dr. Diller spent some time on the meaning of doubt and what that means to us. I think we have many doubts in our minds keeping us from growing in relationship with the…