Monday, December 20, 2010

"Conserve, Reuse, Recycle"

Semrau's point is revealed in this phrase: "Quite simply, us what you have until it can no longer function. Then it's time to recycle."Semrau intentionally keeps some important information from you throughout the article until the end on purpose.  This helps the intent of the essay a lot. If you knew from the beginning that he was going to be a cadaver at med school, you probably would not have been as interested in the article from the start. A seventy five year old man just starting to go to school to be a surgeon seems a little strange and makes you think of all the things you could try until you die.  He only focuses on reusing himself and his abilities to help do things for other.  But in the end you learn that by going to med school he is actually recycling himself by donating his own body for research, a very big sacrifice to some people. By intentionally not telling us this kind of information makes the reader want to continue reading and find out how he was planning on doing this, and I am pretty sure that no one would see him becoming a cadaver coming at the end.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

"Savior of the Nations, Come"

In the Lutheran hymn "Savior of the Nations, Come", by Martin Luther, is about how wonderful and glorious Christ's coming was, and how great His second coming will be.  In the hymn he uses diction to help better explain what he is talking about and put more accurate images in the readers head. In the phrase, "Wondrous birth! O wondrous Child Of the Virgin undefiled!", he uses the word "undefiled" which makes the reader know how pure Mary was at Christ's birth.  He was born of a virgin's birth, which shows how miraculous Jesus actually was. Luther also uses the phrase, "Boundless shall Thy kingdom be; When shall we its glories see?" and with the a word like "boundless," that explains how great and endless Heaven, God's kingdom will be. Luther uses great diction to explain how how grand Christ's first coming to the earth for His people and absolutely wonderful Christ's second coming will be. He praises Christ for everything he has done for everyone and how gracious we should be towards God and Christ. Luther does a good job of explaining all that Christ has done for everyone and what he continues to do for them every day.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

The Correct Sermon

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When comparing the theme of  Borghardt's sermon to the theme Edwards' sermon, it is safe to say that they are very different. Borghardt's sermon kept talking about Jesus and what He does for us. He kept talking about how Jesus gave his life for us so that we could one day be in heaven with Him. While Edward's sermon only talks about God and what He could to the people of the world. He goes on about how God could at any moment destroy everyone and everything and only the punishment we deserve, when people shouldn't be scared of loving God, but love God for sending His Son for us.