To have the designation of scholar is an academic honor that requires more than just having excellent grades it requires collaboration with those who have earned the title‚ participation in massive research projects‚ and the experience of portraying wisdom. We most often think of scholars as an elderly person who has years of devotion to a study. We take for granted their knowledge comes over time that teaches us more than the days will ever know. It takes extreme dedication to be a scholar. A
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Pride has deceived me. Just like those who think they are well will not look for a doctor‚ pride is the sin that has kept me from crying out for a Savior. As dangerous as pride is‚ it is just as hard to spot. When it comes to diagnosing my heart‚ the disease of pride has a challenged me to identify my sickness. Pride has infected my vision‚ causing me to view myself through a lens that distorts reality. Pride has made my ugliness in sin as beautiful and commendable. Those comfortable moments when
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What does religion really mean to the Millennial Generation? I grew up in a family of Lutherans‚ and went to church on a daily basis‚ until I got confirmed. I am a spiritual person who believes in god‚ but the church is not what it used to be. In the two viewpoints that I read‚ one of the authors believes that Millennials are less likely to join traditional catholic or protestant religious institutions. The other believes that Millennials are embracing old religious ways to find inspiration. The
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everything there is a season‚ and a time to every purpose under the heaven/A time to love‚ and a time to hate/A time of war‚ and a time of peace” (Solomon 1‚2‚16‚17). “Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8” is a section from the King James version Bible that explains that for everything a person does‚ there is a particular time to follow the action out. “Seven Ages of Man” draws the image in one’s mind of an infant growing into an adult with awkward phases and life experiences thrown into a timeline. A poem mainly consists
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What does heaven mean to me? For one thing‚ heaven is the ultimate goal and realization of the deepest human desires. Heaven is also hard to put into words. It contains that which no eye has seen‚ no ear has heard‚ and no mind has conceived (1 Cor. 2:9). Earth is the only frame of reference we have this side of eternity. If we cannot understand heaven in terms of earth then we cannot understand it at all. It is not surprising‚ then‚ that we would try to imagine heaven in earthly terms. Therefore
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Justin Wall Christian Doctrine T/TR 12:30-1:45 What Being a Christian Means To Me What being a Christian means to me is first and foremost believing Jesus is the Son of God‚ and He died to save people from their sins. Being a Christian means a person believes Jesus is the only way one may be forgiven of their sins and receive eternal life. What makes someone a Christian is his or her faith‚ not deeds. If someone is a Christian‚ he or she will continually be conformed to the likeness of God’s
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• Tessa‚ a happily married mom who recently gave up her professorship to stay at home with her two small children in a suburb of Boston. She’s harried but content with her choice‚ perhaps because her husband‚ Nick‚ is the spousal ideal: a hunky pediatric plastic surgeon who loves kids. On the other side is Valerie‚ a single mother who’s made her own way‚ putting herself through Harvard Law School while raising a baby alone. She’s had her share of heartache and decided to avoid any more pain by spurning
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religious treatment. Almost anything can be sacred: a god‚ a rock‚ a cross‚ the moon‚ the earth‚ a king‚ a tree‚ an animal or bird. Once established as sacred they become symbols of religious beliefs‚ sentiments and practices” (Durkheim‚ 1915). This means that anyone can turn anything into a sacred element and that it usually refers to religion in the end. Nowadays‚ we can see this being mostly the case‚ but not always. Sacred elements‚ in American society‚ like things‚ places‚ persons‚ and ideas‚
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What does Marx mean by alienation? Do you find his account convincing? To begin with I am going to take the definition of alienation from Microsoft’s Encarta (http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary)‚ to give a basic outline of alienation and then I will discuss Marx’s alienation and then later on in the investigation I will see how similar Marx’s application of "alienation" is. Encarta defines alienation as‚ 1. estrangement: the process of causing somebody to become unfriendly‚ unsympathetic
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Good morning‚ Mr. Alexandris‚ Thank you for giving me the opportunity to reply to your questions; my answers are below. 1) Does the required work schedule stated above meet your needs? Yes. This schedule works quite well for me. 2) Explain what customer service means to you. Customer service...well‚ I kind of think it’s a dying art. Hardly anywhere I go‚ do I see people who really know what it means to "serve" their customers. Or‚ maybe they know‚ but just don’t care. Though I
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