Now the speaker is in anguish needing God to batter his heart, to break down the barrier for it may be the only way to be saved and for peace to enter his heart. ... It appears that the heart of the speaker went astray and is now in captivity. ... This is a very interesting and symbolic part of the poem because it implies that God is the attacker and He is going to have to do significant damage in order to save the speaker's heart. ... "Batter my heart" i. ... There are many things that the heart carries and it is from the heart that sin is born. ...

• Word Count: 1793
• Approx Pages: 7
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• Grade Level: High School

My friend, Erin and I were your typical, inseparable pair of friends "after I took the oath to accept Jesus into my heart of course. ... In order to play here you need to be saved and accept Jesus into your heart,"" she said sternly, though unsure of how I would respond. ... With every new weapon of mass destruction that is created and every new terrorist attack, the brink of extinction creeps closer and closer to our front door. ... At the heart of religious ideology lies the notion that every religion believes it is supreme to all others. ... After the attacks of 9/11, U.S. polit...

• Word Count: 1785
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

All of these are examples in which some forms of Christian beliefs are used to prevent the attack of the Dracula. ... It is said that you must let God into your heart, Dracula may not enter someones house unless they invite him. ...

• Word Count: 621
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Even Martin Luther attacked the book of James, saying it was not faithful to the gospel of Christ, that it had nothing of the nature of the gospel about it. ... At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go sown upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it. ... To withhold the wages of a worker is to attack their lives. ...

• Word Count: 2651
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: High School

Of all the plagues that have infested theirselves in humanity, hypocrisy is the worst, for it attacks trust, faith, and goodwill. ... If one is evil at heart, there is no need for him to be an ambassador of Islam and represent the Muslims, for he has bigger problems to take care of. ...

• Word Count: 765
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He ended up writing ninety-five theses attacking the corrupt ways of the Catholic Church and posted them on the doorstep of the Catholic Church. ... Luther says "It changes our hearts, our spirits, our thoughts and all our powers." ...

• Word Count: 796
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• Grade Level: High School

Prior to this, Mary had no idea of how the Indians lived, or the reason why they were attacking the colonist lands. ... Mary burst into tears and could not speak to them because her heart was so full (97). ...

• Word Count: 1096
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• Grade Level: High School

Before Christianity became a force in Europe, many cultures worshiped numerous "gods" and deities. The Greeks, Romans and Egyptians all believed in more than one god and prayed to them for guidance, provision, health and safety. For instance, the Greeks and Romans were host to a multitude of gods; ...

• Word Count: 1199
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During the first few days of captivity, Mary and her daughter were still trying to recover from the wounds inflicted by the Indians during the attack, with her daughter also having a fever from lack of nourishment. ... Eventually, "my heart began to fail: and I fell a weeping which was the first time to my remembrance, that I wept before them" (82). ...

• Word Count: 1520
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• Grade Level: High School

Dysart (smiling): You mean without his father's knowledge Dora: What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over, does it? ... Alan feels that because there is no control over him he can do whatever he wants and there may be no consequences, this is not the case however when he attacks the horses. ...

• Word Count: 1483
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• Grade Level: High School

'I may be wrong on indulgences,' declared Luther, 'but as to the need for faith diminished the role of the priests who may place awafer in the mouth but cannot engender faith in the heart" (Bainton 107). ... Luther's courage and boldness can be seen in his "Open Letter to Pope Leo X" dated: Wittenberg, September 6, 1520: "I have, to be sure, sharply attacked ungodly doctrines in general, and I have snapped at my opponents, not because of their bad morals, but because of their ungodliness. ...

• Word Count: 2769
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• Grade Level: High School

Some years ago a German scholar came under a terrible attack for describing the poor condition of the church. His article was titled "The Babylonian Captivity". In it Martin Luther pointed out that the church had fallen so far away from truth that it had spiritually become Bablylon: Apostate! ...

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The Korean Religious Heritage Korea's religious heritage has contributed to the teaching of the Unification Church. Since it first appeared on Korean soil and was nourished by the Korean philosophy of life, the new movement was naturally influenced to some extent by its environment. Just as Eastern...

• Word Count: 6321
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• Grade Level: High School

 AN EXEGESIS OF 2 CORINTHIANS 12:7 There are perhaps few passages within the Pauline Corpus1 that have so much ambiguity involved as that of 2 Cor 12:7. Questions arise from Paul's metaphorical use of "skovkoloy th/: sarkiv." There are questions about the dative use of th/: sarkiv. Theories...

• Word Count: 3123
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School