The Jesus I never knew is an interesting book. There are many insights about Jesus throughout chapter 1. Throughout‚ chapter 1 the author and I both agree on similar things such as us studying the gesture and words in the gospel but we can’t see Jesus in the flesh. We live too far away from God‚ both distance and era. Another thing I agreed with the author is “Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them was written down‚ I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the
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In "yancey’s "book Jesus I never knew" in the last chapter titled "what he left behind". When I first read the title I could releate a lot to this title. I remember after graduating high school I was at home applying to college. My little cousin was in elementary school she brought her assignment from her Christian religious study class and one of the question was "what did Jesus leave behind for us?" my little cousin said to me "what’s the answer" I said "he left so many things behind for us
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The Downfall of a Society People Once Knew According to an article title‚ “Atrocities against Native Americans”‚ over 90% of the Martians and Native Americans died due to not having any immunity to diseases from different cultures (2016). The way people treated each other in the past is unacceptable. In this analogy‚ the Martians are portrayed as the Native Americans while the Earthlings are portrayed as the European settlers. After learning about the Martians in Earth history and comparing it
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BACK WHEN I KNEW YOU presents with an excellent concept. The tone is reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock film or a Twilight Zone episode. The concept skillfully takes an ordinary couple and places them in an extraordinary situation. The goal is clear and the stakes are high. The tone is foreboding and ominous‚ perfect for the plot. One can easily envision this as a film. While there are elements that can be further clarified‚ overall the script delivers a tense thriller. The script offers the core
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dream. In grade one we all wanted to be superheroes‚ grade two and three we wanted to be models or spies. In grade five we began to realize that there are more options and we wanted to be teachers‚ astronauts and firefighters. Then we realized that those jobs don’t pay so well‚ so we went for other options. Surveys show that less than 1% of kids chose the career they picked in grade 2. Why is that? Because people don’t follow their dreams. When you ask a jailbird why his life turned out this
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Surviving “We are so busy making a living that we forgot to make a life.” This statement is one of the best descriptions of Hong Kong dwellers. There are multitudinous researches have stated that Hong Kong is one of the fastest pace of living‚ one of the cities having the most expensive land price in the world‚ one of the most stressful city…etc. I believe these “one of the” can explain why Hong Kong people are so unhappy. In the following paragraph‚ I would like to discuss the contradiction
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Do we ever realize life while we live it? In Our Town this question is touched upon the entirety of the play. With the death of Emily Gibbs‚ she wishes to go back and live in the realm of the living again. She only realizes it is depressing to find out that she never fully appreciated certain moments that she could not have valued properly without the knowledge she has after death. “They’re sort of shut up in little boxes‚ aren’t they?” (Wilder 89). Emily implies here that they are trapped
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child that would eventually dictate‚ run‚ and be the deciding factor of who I would become. Well‚ let’s be honest‚ still defining who I will be. Today‚ I feel the effects of how a teenage pregnancy‚ now glorified by reality TV‚ has truly impacted my life now as an adult. How did this happen? At seventeen I entered my junior year of high school with a plan‚ I would graduate early‚ midyear at seventeen and head off to Kent State University‚ where only a select few‚ yes I was one of them‚ would be
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Citizen Kane is a film open to many interpretations and analyses. It tells the story of its main character through the complex points of view of those who knew him. Or thought they knew him. The character of Charles Foster Kane is played by‚ and done so in an enigmatic performance‚ by Orson Welles. The intrinsic bias and prejudice of the “narrators” in this film creates conflicting accounts of who Charles Foster Kane really was. Kane was a private man; closely guarding his true identity‚ making
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The Benjamin Franklin You Never Knew Famous Person Report By: Ian McGowan-Jepsen For: Mrs. Crawford My famous person is named Benjamin Franklin. This book describes Benjamin Franklin as a self-improvement genius‚ inventor‚ businessman‚ scientist‚ world traveler‚ community organizer‚ and a generous person to everyone. He was the first American who was famous in both America and Europe. In this report I will list five important facts about Mr. Franklin’s
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