Prayer is our direct line with heaven. ... A quote from Elder Bednar says: "Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as we pray for others.... I had the impression to share this quote that I had found with my cousin Emily. I sent this quote: "Knock, and He'll open the door. ... In closing, I want to leave you this quote I found on Instagram from LDS church. ...

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To find comfort, she quoted Isaiah 54; 7: "For a small moment have I [The Lord] forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee" (90). ... While this quote provides little comfort to contemporary readers, for Rowlandson it assured her that her predicament was the Lord's doing and he would eventually resolve it if she changed her ways. ... In Rowlandson's last citation from the Bible, she quoted Exodus 14: 13: "Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord" (112). ... She deduced the events that befell her were in direct correlation with her religious de...

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Assignment 1 Who is the author and to whom is he writing? Paul is writing to Titus What problems or challenges does the author appear to be addressing? He is trying to help Titus by giving him personal authorization and guidance in meeting opposition, instructions about faith and conduct, and warn...

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Here are some wonderful quotes about faith: "Faith makes things possible, not easy," "Prayer is taking our troubles to God, faith is leaving them there," "Sorrow looks back. ... (Grace Upon Grace Christian Poetry) These quotes are all so wonderful and true! ... Having true faith also allows God to direct our paths that we may take in life. ...

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The Odyssey vs. Beowulf An epic hero is defined as the central figure in a long narrative that reflects the values and heroic ideals of a particular society. The Odyssey, translated by Fitzgerald, is about an epic hero trying to get to his home after twenty long years. Beowulf, which is translat...

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An example of this tug-of-war is demonstrated in the film, "The Exorcist," (1973) directed by William Friedkin. ... There is a quote from the film where Father Karras says; "There isn't a day in my life when I haven't felt like a fraud. ...

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This quote has a direct irony in correlation to Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale of "Young Goodman Brown". ... He refuses to acknowledge the faults in others and himself and directs his anger upon them because of this, and it results in him becoming a bitter old man. ...

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He brings up the question of evil's existence, to quote "The Tyger," from Songs of Experience: "Did he who make the lamb make thee"". ... The Christianity of Innocence is closer to the clear, direct teachings of Jesus than anything in Experience where Blake targets institutionalized Christianity, particularly the Anglican Church of which the king was the head and which backed Government's anti-people policies. ...

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This relates to the Voltaire quote in the sense that for the unknown answers of the world humans construct a sense of hope or a coping mechanism. ... In the end, our existence is pointless and meaningless, specifically because it ends, and nothing you do, nothing you create, nothing that happens in the future, even if it is a direct result of what you create and do now, lives on once your time has came. ...

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The Never Ending Saga The Pagan's epic poem Beowulf is a heroic saga about the young prince, Beowulf, who goes overseas to fight the kinsmen's of Satan, which in the story is referred to as the descendents of Cain. The story explains the battles that every one will fight in their own lives and ...

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When he was brought to church, his aunt directed him to the front row, where he sat calmly and patiently in the heat, waiting for the preacher to begin the service. ... This quote is an excellent example of metaphor. ...

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The Bible is here on Earth to teach us and help us to better direct our paths on this journey that we call Life. ... Therefore I end with the quote: "The striving after God is the desire of beatitude, the attainment of God is beatitude itself. ...

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One quote that shows this is "Let the sole sorry of your parents be that you might become ill." ... That quote shows a man's responsibility for himself and his family. ... The revelations that Muhammad received were collected into a new book, the Koran, directing his followers what to believe and how to live (In the same manner, the Bible is a collection of writings from prophets, including Abraham, Moses, Elijiah, etc. ...

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INTRODUCTION Israel had seen long period of humiliation and spiritual anxiety through the seventy years of Exile prior to Haggai's ministry. One must know something of these trying years and the events at their close which issued in the return of the Jews to Canaan in order to understand the problems faced by this postexilic prophet. Haggai, the tenth book of the twelve, consists of reports of four "words " addressed to Zerubbabel the governor. ORIENTING DATA FOR HAGGAI Content: Four Oracles encouraging God's people to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. Theme: Blessing through obedi...

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What is the Good Life? Living a good life is a view that has changed through ages. What is really a good life has been the question that has been tossed around. What makes the good life? Is it happiness? Maybe it is spiritual love and closeness. It could be on possession. A good life for right now...

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The story, "Parker's Back"," by Flannery O'Connor, is about the marriage of O.E. Parker to Sarah Ruth and the digression that brings them together. O.E. Parker believes that he'll find happiness by turning a deaf ear to God and focusing on materialistic things, rather than spiritual. Sarah Ruth beli...

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His position is affirmed by quoting the 10th commandment itself, "Thou shalt not covet" (Ex 20:17) and the Sermon on the Mount where Jesus reprimands even anger (Matt 5:22) and lust (Matt 5:28). ...

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Capitalism‟s ideology implores parents to raise children who are "winners". the separation and recreation over direct family perpetuation provides the instructions for such a "winning‟ model....

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God, Morality, and Meaning in Cormac McCarthy's The Road Erik J. Wielenberg Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road is, among other things, a meditation on morality, what makes human life meaningful, and the relationship between these things and God. While the novel is rife with religious imagery and ideas, it suggests a conception of morality and meaning that is secular in nature. In this paper I show that while the existence of God remains ambiguous throughout the novel, The Road contains both a clear moral code and a view about what makes life meaningful. I describe this moral code and e...

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