A 93-year-old white female was admitted with abdominal swelling and suspected intra-abdominal bleeding. The patient has been followed in my practice. She had underwent a totally thyroidectomy for follicular carcinoma. Fortunately, it had not been evidence of recurrent metastatic disease. She was found to have an ovarian cyst but elected not to pursue surgical treatment.…
In The Bible Cause, John Fea explores the American Bible Society (ABS) and the plucky Christians who built and sustained it. Published to coincide with the ABS’s 2016 bicentennial, the book offers a chronological institutional history peppered with quotations from letters written by supporters (and occasionally critics) and tales from agents working across the United States and the globe. At its heart, this book argues that two motivating commitments have driven the history of the ABS. Since its founding in 1816, it has sustained a belief in the power of the Bible to lead people to salvation and has maintained a cultural mandate to build a Christian society in the United States and throughout the world.…
In Nightjohn by Gary Paulsen, chapters six, seven and “words” hold many important events. First, Sarny learns the letter “H” from John after he has been fatigued in bed. John then decides he is going to run away from the plantation, which is when Mammy goes into a deeper conversation with John about each other. Later, John is able to successfully get away from the plantation using shoes scented with pepper to throw the dogs off his trail. Transitioning into the fall, Sarny starts to be miserable as she is now old enough to become a breeder, something that she has blatantly stated she does not want to do.…
John 7:53-8:11 is one of the most controversial verses in the Bible and the reason is not even what the text says. The most controversial issue about this pericope is whether or not this verse actually belongs in the Bible or not. The reason why this is even a debate is because the writing style does not match the rest of the book. While this is the biggest controversy on this passage I will discuss no more about it, and focus more on the minor controversies that get little attention. These issues are more textual and tend to either add a lot or a little meaning to the text. To start off with I will outline the text so that you can have a deeper understanding of what I am talking about.…
Nightjohn was an escaped slave. He had escaped from the south but had come back to teach other slaves how to read and write. He returned to the south to teach secret schools at night. That is how he got his name Nightjohn. His name was just John.…
Even though the Italians said the Gothic architecture is “barbaric” and should discontinue the style, surprisingly the style is still being constructed to this day. I chose the St. John the Divine because it has so much similarity to the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Paris. Even though the St. John the Divine is unfinished, it is a very big tourist attraction, just like the Cathedral of Notre Dame. They both have the whole gothic style look, such as the wheel windows, that you notice, almost always, first and stained glass windows. The only difference that is noticeably is how the Cathedral of Notre Dame has a different front look then St. John the Divine.…
Matt closes his book and sets it down on his table after finishing the last page. He wonders why Mrs. Brothers chose this book. What was the point of reading it? What was the theme? The book “Nightjohn” is set back in the late 1700s and is focused on slavery and their life and struggles. It is narrated by a slave girl named Sarny who finds a new slave friend who teaches her how to read. The themes of this story are leadership, bravery, and getting along with others.…
The story of Nightjohn begins with a 12 year old girl, named Sarny, who lives under the enslavement of her cruel owner, Clel Waller. Sarny’s main duties on the plantation are to serve at the dinner table, spit tobacco on roses to prevent bugs, and convey secretive letters between Mr. Waller’s wife and Dr. Chamberlaine. Soon enough, Nightjohn arrives and takes Sarney under his guidance, in exchange for tobacco, while he secretly teaches her how to read and write. Nightjohn came back from freedom for the sole purpose of raising a new generation of young and educated slaves. By sacrificing his own liberty, Nightjohn showed his passion for assisting others and teaching fellow slaves.…
While there is certainly debate about whether or not Jews were the primary audience for the gospel of John, there are many who do believe that John is the most Jewish of the four gospels. For example, Steve Wertheim, of Jews for Jesus related the following observation:…
The most helpful resource that I found whilst translating the first eighteen verses of St. John’s Gospel was also the most detrimental. At some moments, comparing my own translation to others could lead to a better understanding of the overall passage, but it could also become more muddled if the other translator and I had different ideas as to what the original text meant. There were, of course, other times where both the other translations and mine came to the same idea, but worded it differently, which is simply aesthetic. In its totality, St. John’s Gospel was a challenge to translate, through comparing, searching for vocabulary, and tying everything together in a way that didn’t sound like a child wrote it, I was given a deeper understanding…
“To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We to wanting and when we get to wanting it’s bad for them. They thinks we want what they got . . . . That’s why they don’t want us reading.” - Gary Paulsen, Nightjohn. Nightjohn is a story about a slave, Sarny. She meets a man called John and makes a deal with him. Sarny gave John tabacco, so John gave Sarny letters, words, how to read and write. The book informs you about some of the hardships slaves had to endure. Along with having a great story, Nightjohn has many themes that get you to think. A few of the themes that stuck with me are prejudice, freedom, and getting along with others.…
The Gospel of John, written by John the Apostle, is unlike from the other three Gospels and covers copious theological contented in respect to the being of Christ and the significance of faith. Matthew, Mark, and Luke are frequently mentioned to as the "Synoptic Gospels" for the objective that of their identical periods and comfortable, and meant at they suggestion a plan of the period of Christ. The Gospel of John twitches not thru Jesus' birth or worldly ministry but then through the action and features of the Son of God previously His becoming man (John 1:14). The Gospel of John highlights the divinity of Christ as is understood in his usage of such expressions as "the Word was God" (John 1:1), "the Savior of the World" (4:42), the "Son…
The Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of John each present an illustration of Jesus in both humanity and divinity. However, each gospel portrays Jesus in a different way. The Gospel of Mark focuses on the mortality aspect of Jesus such as the concern of dying. On the contrary the Gospel of John focuses on the spirituality aspect of Jesus, and the revelation of Jesus and the Father being one. Despite the differences in portrayal of Jesus leading up to the Last Supper. Throughout this event both Gospels portrays Jesus’ crucifixion, however, Mark present Jesus similarly to the Passover Lamb. John on the other hand reveals Jesus’ parting in preparation of what to come so that they may believe.…
To the average person it was just another day in St. John’s, Newfoundland, however, to me it was much more. It marked the day I would run across Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific- from St. John’s to Victoria. As I stood upon a small inlet by the coast of St. John’s, I prepared myself for a journey of a lifetime. I tried to kick my feet into the bare sedimentary rock by the jagged coastline- bad idea, and I’d be needing those feet for a while. After hours of preparation, I was finally ready to go, but my hands were trembling. As if I wasn’t controlling them my feet began moving, and I soon found myself at a light jogging pace. Years of training had prepared me for this.…
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