Repentance

Rebeca Alemán’s Sor Juana was magnificent. She was particularly powerful at the end of the play when she scrawls “la peor de todas” in her own blood in repentance. Additionally, the stage design of the production ensured the focus was on Sor Juana. The only things on set were Sor Juana’s books and several large pillars with images of her face on them. The images made for a very striking effect because, as…

In preaching, whenever the text mentions this topic, I expect to address the topic of race relation reminding the saints and teaching the unsaved that God desires that all come to repentance despite their backgrounds. Through preaching and teaching in accordance with God 's holy word, I look to encourage the saints of God to continue loving one another with the love that Christ has shown to them. I hope to encourage and admonish the…

Herodotus states: “But I cannot judge for certain whether he let these sink…as offerings to the sun…or whether he presented them to the sea in repentance” (7.54.3). Herodotus refuses to offer his definite opinion of Xerxes. By giving these two options, Herodotus leaves it to the audience to judge whether Xerxes offered the libations to the sun or to the sea in repentance. Further, by neither condemning nor praising Xerxes explicitly, Herodotus urges the reader to closely consider whether Xerxes…

I. Introduction A. History Background of Suicide Suicide, as we all know, raises many ethical debates throughout the history in the society. Most people see it as a morally wrong action but others claimed it as an ethical action. Suicide is the act of killing oneself wherein the guilty and the victim therein is the person him/herself. Looking at the history, people of the ancient city-states (especially the Greeks and Latinos) does not regard self-killing as a legal act and there is no such…

I run into my room and slam the door. I stomp my feet and punch the pillow. I want to break something, I have a deep urge to destroy. I take pages from my notebooks and shred them and discard the remains. Tears begin to stream down my face. They are hot and angry. I become angry at myself for crying, it only slows me down, it makes me feel weak when I want to be powerful. My breath is heavy and forceful. I am seething. I feel like there is a small bit of me that is always angry, like a pilot…

for eternity; the holiness of life is important to God’s plan. In the church of Latter Day Saints ordinances are sacred rites and ceremonies, it is an act performed by authority of Gods laws. These ordinances include their faith in Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism by immersion, the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, and the observance of the Lord’s Supper each Sunday. Mormons believe in the gift of tongues and of interpretation of tongues, visions, prophecy and healing (Mead,…

A Brief Glance at Rostin Yates The cathedral was the only unrefined building for fifty kilometres. Grasping at the sky, the peak of the church clawed the clouds, a shard against smooth architecture. It was dingy and the walls were covered in years of smog. It had fallen into abandon, its large oaken doors cracked and chipped. Inside, he withered on a pew worn from age and weathered from the bodies that once littered the church. His fingers were covered by the thinnest of skin. He was an ugly…

He refers to us as “creatures” who were created by God. There are three conclusions about our nature as creatures. (1) We are made of fear, obedience, of submission, of humility, of prayer, of repentance, and love. (2) The only knowledge of importance to use is the study of God’s character. (3) God must be the object of a person’s moral conduct (pg. 355). Faber’s teachings quote “To make God always our end is always to remember that we are creatures…

Reform movements including religion, temperance, abolition, and women's rights tried to expand democratic ideals in the years 1825 to 1850. However, certain movements such as trying to make America a utopia, failed to show the American ideals of a democratic society. The reform movements were spurred by the Second Great Awakening, which began in New England in the late 1790's, and would eventually spread throughout the country. The Second Great Awakening differed from the First in that people…

under lock and key, there was a bloody scourge” (Hawthorne 99). Beating himself, is only one of the many ways Dimmesdale abuses himself in response to his sin. He believed that if his blood was shed it would represent the sacrifice needed for the repentance for his faults. “ It was his custom, too, as it has been that of many other pious Puritans, to fast…” (Hawthorne 99). Dimmesdale did not want to endure the wrath of others peoples justification. He took it upon himself to retributed his own…