Sermon

message intended by God. The mistreatment of this word has brought about attempts to study the Bible as if it were a book of history, science, or philosophy. The sermon combats these misapplications by reminding its audience of the proper use of God’s word, the importance of its divine message, and its claims concerning its own inerrancy. The sermon resonates with me because it reminds me of the pertinence of God’s word and how important it is to use it with the utmost care. I believe that…

these two leaders are famous for their dissertations concerning virtue, their principles differ greatly. In Jesus’ The Sermon on the Mount, he presents his teachings concerning how to be a virtuous individual in a series of values that even the poorest and humblest people can strive for. On the other hand, in his work Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle declares his…

structure in which they follow. When people enter the church on Sunday people are welcomed to participate in the structure of service; first there is a fellowship hour which is praise and worship, which is then followed by greeted visitors. After, the sermon then begins tithes and offering then the closing of the…

Winthrop compares an individual as one part of a body, serving God. He felt that individuals within a community should live with one another, in harmony. The bond between Christians should be like the love of a mother and her child; loving and not expecting anything to come of it. Love is not imaginary, and is necessary to the being a part of the body of Christ. He felt that compared the need for love in a community to ligaments being necessary to the body. He said “this love is a divine,…

man, did he use the term to humble himself, or did he use it to exalt his status to that of a divine judge? • Did Yeshua choose the Mount of the Beatitudes for his Sermon on the Mount to harken back to the hideouts of previous revolutionaries, or was it matter only a matter of personal preference or convenience? • Did Yeshua have the Sermon on the Mount to only teach about morals, or was it a rally to create interest in his movement? • Was Pilate coaxed into condemning Yeshua by the Jewish…

There are countless ways to tell a single story. The Wife of Bath in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales has been heavily debated for its supposed genre: is the prologue a sermon or an autobiography, an exemplum, or perhaps something else? Analyzing the prologue leads to the most clear choice being a confession. Though it certainly borrows from other styles of writing, the Wife of Bath’s prologue is primarily a confession from the Wife. “People who study medieval stuff generally recognize the…

about whaling. The story demands multiple readings to understand some of the subject matter, like what Father Mapple tried to teach through his sermon on Jonah and the whale. While the sermon doesn 't seem completely out of place on the first read through, it can initially be difficult to understand why it takes up a whole chapter. Fortunately the sermon takes place in the beginning of the story. Thus, upon starting a second time, the reader can effortlessly see that the story of Jonah, as told…

Fear is a remarkable human emotion with the power to relentlessly protect and encourage an individual. It serves as humanity’s fiercest and most devoted protector, as stated in the short essay “Is It Foolish to Fear?”. In the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, preacher Jonathan Edwards demonstrates that fear can be an impressively influential motivator. At the same time, however, fear is believed to be useless and even harmful to humanity. Nevertheless, this is disproven by the…

Her husband attempts to rationalize his actions by referring to a sermon where Reverend Brook suggested that slavery was not an evil practice. Margaret only responds by saying that she wishes to never hear the Reverend's sermons again (pg. 27). Conflict such as this vital in developing the plot of the story because it shows they way humans could change religious texts to better suit their conditions. Arthur only brought up the sermon to bring comfort to his wife and perhaps himself for…

knew how to get the attention of people. All his sermons started off with “Radix malorum est cupiditas…” (Chaucer l. 8). That means money is the root of all evil. The Pardoner started his audience off thinking that he was not out for their money. He knows what he should say to get people to give him money: “The curse of avarice and cupidity / Is all my sermon for it frees the pelf” (Chaucer ll. 16-17). The Pardoner preaches out of greed. His sermons are about money being the root of all evil,…