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At only 7 years old, in August of 2005, I received the most devastating news anyone my age could have received. I was told by my family that a hurricane was coming to my city; New Orleans, Louisiana. Because of this storm, Hurricane Katrina, I was told that I would most likely have to move away for a long time; which meant the rest of my life. The hurricane ended up destroying the entire city completely. This was heartbreaking to me for a plethora of reasons, the main one being that I was so…

destroying both sin and death. Because of Jesus you can live a different life. This is the message of John Wesley, who went into the fields and the coal mining camps looking at the forgotten of the world, the refuse of society and preached to them a new life. Wesley truly believed that the grace of Jesus Christ could transform anyone into the image of Jesus. He championed more than belief. He championed…

In terms of religion, government, social structure, and economy, the Southern, New England, and Middle colonies shared both similarities and differences. From New Hampshire all the way down to Georgia, the settlers that settled in the colonies really defined what each colony had to offer. Between the types of religions to the governments they had, there were many clear reasons why they were similar and different. In the Southern colonies, which consisted of Virginia, Maryland, South Carolina,…

Cornelia Hughes Dayton utilizes, as Hemphill does, a primarily legal based methodology in her article “Taking the Trade: Abortion and Gender Relations in an Eighteenth Century New England Village. Examining a variety of depositions and legal documents surrounding a fornication trial in Pomfret, Connecticut, Dayton argues two major fundamental shifts occurred by the 1740s which highlighted how different their society was from that of the Puritan dominated seventeenth century. First, there was a…

Edwards(1703-1758) was a man that was born a preacher, he grew up with religion and he knew it more than the back of his hand. Jonathan had a lot of background in religion, Schafer stated, “ After a rigorous schooling at home, he entered Yale College in New Haven, Conn., at the age of 13.” He was a man that excelled in a lot things fast, he was a very fast learner and had lot of smarts. He was wise and knew how to give a great speech or in other words a sermon or persuasive speech. He was known…

for a safe haven as chaos slowly started to rise. As the streets of New Orleans were flooding various news stations rushed over to the take note of the disaster stricken area. While the families of New Orleans suffered over their loss the media started to benefit off of the disaster caused from Hurricane Katrina. The media started to gather the attention of millions of viewers across the nation portraying all of the events happening in the city of New Orleans. The media’s portrayal of New…

l the real New Zealand man please stand up? He is rugged, strong, unemotional and not to mention heterosexual. That is how the media in New Zealand presents the real New Zealand man. But what does it really mean to be a real NZ man? According to ‘Statistics New Zealand’ there’s a 60 percent chance that he’s overweight and a 27 percent chance he has hazardous drinking patterns, so at the average age of 79 he will probably die from heart disease, a stroke, respiratory disease or lung cancer.…

Greater warmth in the heart rather than the home In the play A Doll’s House written by Henrik Ibsen, Nora, the main character is the epitome of the oppressed women. During the time the play was written women were under the control of men. Ibsen uses the stove, an ordinary household item, as a tool for Nora to free herself from being restrained. Initially she uses the stove for comfort and stability, but as the play unfolds its symbol turns threatening. The first encounter between the stove…

Old World vs. New World “A “new world” exists, having blasted into existence from the technological explosion of the last 20 years. We are going to call this new world cyber-space. Cyber-space is very different from the traditional “old world” we are born into and live and die in every day. The differences between these two worlds is causing some very interesting and very serious challenges.” [1]. The Old World is a completely different world than this New World. This is a New World that needs…

Many Churches across the nation have a youth ministry that offers children the opportunity to learn about their divine designer through Scriptural teachings in youth Sunday schools, and other ministering groups supported within the church family. Although, it does help the youth learn about God, Son, and Spirit it falls short in helping children build a closer relationship with God. Children do need to understand what the Bible is all about, but above all, they need to learn how to develop a…