Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

that Hester’s lover has wronged them both. The author rhymes Thou with thine and thine with Prynne.The author seems to feel that Hester is an interpretation of Cain and Abel which also alludes to the Bible.The Mark of Cain was given as a curse by God to Cain, who had murdered his brother making him the first murderer. And in the Scarlet Letter, Hester has committed the adultery and has to wear a scarlet A on her clothing as if it was the mark of a curse. The character Hester feels that…

Introduction Who are Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield? George M. Marsden, an American author, describes Jonathan Edwards as, “extraordinary and the most acute American philosopher and the most brilliant of all American theologians.” John Charles Ryle, an Anglican bishop, describes George Whitefield as, “a humble person and after he had a calm examination, he had come to the conclusion that Whitefield was one of the most powerful and extraordinary preachers the world has ever seen.”…

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed to America in search of gold and glory. Ten years before America declared independence, in 1766, Olaudah Equiano purchased his own independence with money he earned by managing his own business. More than two hundred years later, in 1984, Sandra Cisneros published The House on Mango Street and earned international acclaim. These very different people all had one thing in common: they sought the American Dream. The American Dream they pursued changed with time…

what Rowlandson is telling in her story because she is interpreting things through her point of view as a puritan. She does not know exactly why she went through such a thing. Instead she goes on to believe that she went through all of that because God was testing her faith. In way, that may have…

removed from the court house steps…Next it will be your money…”In God we trust” that was to be removed. Making way for electronic money only and the “mark of the beast.” Satan’s antichrist will require everyone have the mark in order to purchase, anything. Warning! Warning! Danger Beware! Don’t take “The Mark of the Beast” which is 666. RFID chip? One day people would be required to take that mark, either in their forehead or in their hand. Once you take the mark of the beast or bow down to…

Guilt: A Festering Sore “No guilt is forgotten so long as the conscience still knows of it.” ~ Stefan Zweig Guilt is a natural part of the human conscience, occurring when individuals realize they have fallen short of moral standards, either in their thoughts or behavior, and experience a strong sense of remorse as a consequence of this violation. In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne examines the effect of guilt on the conscience of several characters, providing insight to the…

There are many good things derived from a college education done well as a well-done college education will help students in all aspects of life. A well-done college education is best described as one that allows the student to become a well-rounded, knowledgeable, individual who will be able to make their way through life in a way that both benefits them and those around them. The benefits derived from such an education are that it allows the student to become a better informed and more…

analyzed in this essay are Mary Rowlandson and Jonathon Edwards, and their pieces are The Sovereignty and Goodness of God and Personal Narrative respectively. I chose to analyze these texts because of my interest in the Puritan accounts of the colonies, and because of my own Christian faith. It is fascinating to me to read about the first colonists in America, their faith in God, and the documentation of their beliefs. Being a Baptist myself, I share many of the beliefs written in these texts.…

thirteen colonies contained some form of Christianity. With misinterpretations of the bible, people found it better to own black slaves because the bible said that black was sinister and evil, and that black was the color of the devil. On the other hand, Europeans believed that white was the color of purity and the white people had the mentality of being better than others. Slavery was very common and was rarely frowned upon. George Washington, Ben Franklin and even Abraham Lincoln owned slaves.…

asks the question is Goodman is generally selfish by human nature, ” If, on the one hand, Young Goodman Brown is intended to represent all mankind, Hawthorne himself must be regarded, at the time of composition of this story, as a totally cynical man, obsessed with the notion that even the best of men are but whited sepulchres, unable either to save themselves or to find salvation through divine grace”, or is at the hand of Meliorism by believing that the world can be made a better place by…