In revelation 2:4 Jesus states that nevertheless I have something against thee because, thou hast left thy first love. Jesus disciplines the people for having left their first love or their devotion to Christ. The church of Ephesus loved the Lord but they had lost their fervency and intensity they had for Jesus. Ephesus did many good things
Lewis, a name many people associate with Narnia, is more than just a writer. Lewis is a role model, an inspiration, and most of all, a hero. He was faced with several challenges and obstacles that could have steered him away from God, but Lewis rose above each one and touched numerous people in the process. Because of him, countless individuals have been introduced to Christianity. It wasn’t his writings alone, however, that sparked the faith in these people.
In bewilderment, they see the minister’s face covered with the black veil which creates commotion among them. There are speculations about the origin of the veil, nevertheless nobody dares to ask. Mr Hooper’s sermon is on secret sin, as the Puritans were obsessed with this theme. The veil induces in minister such emotions that the sermon is the greatest ever and causes in parishioners anxiety and at the same time disgust as it reminds and makes them aware of their own sins. The scene might be compared with that in the novel Scarlet Letter, where reverend Dimmesdale, suffering guilty conscience delivers the speech which makes all the people astonished.
Who was the better leader of the Mormons: Smith or Young? Joseph Smith was an important religious figure who founded Mormonism. He was faithful, driven, and a strong speaker, but was easily tempered. Joseph Smith had his successes and failures, and after his death Brigham Young became the new Mormon leader, who also made great contributions to the Mormon movement, but just as Joseph Smith he had his failures. Despite Brigham Young’s failures I believe he responded better than Joseph Smith.
This statement was not on an attention grabber, but evoked fear in the congregation, fear of hell and their own safety from Gods wrath, as well as fear and pity for those sitting around them. Another instance, are the strong emotional appeals used to influence his congregation, "So that, thus it is that natural men (unsaved) are held in the hand of God, over the pit of hell; they have deserved the fiery pit, and are already sentenced to it; and God is dreadfully provoked," potentially evoking fear, pity and even guilt in the Colonists. Lastly Edwards uses common comparisons to appeal to the audience's fear, with a multitude
“The God … abhors you!” Imagine a preacher who would openly insult the congregation, tell them they were all damned, and that they could and should go to hell. Jonathan Edwards was one of these preachers. In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Jonathan Edwards uses strong imagery to “excite” his audience into stronger religious devotion and sometimes even move them to hysteria. These powerful sermons sparked the religious revival in which people lived more devoted, spiritual lives. This “Great Awakening” spread throughout New England during the eighteenth century.
The form of criticism that applies is sociology because of how the congregation pressured Hughes. Hughes’ aunt spoke of the revival at her church, stating how it would “bring the young lambs to the fold” (Hughes 69). Many people went to the altar at the front to be saved, save Hughes and Westley, who eventually got up because he was tired of sitting in the mourners’ bench. Never seeing Jesus arrive at the church like Hughes anticipated, he eventually got up and the congregation celebrated his decision to be saved. Hughes regretted his decision, but he did not want to keep everyone else waiting.
He immediately assumes that the plague has come to punish the sinners of Oran. He says “you” instead of “we” in his first sermon, signifying that the plague is the sinners problem not his own. He preaches that everyone will suffer and he actually frightens people instead of comforting them. He is basically telling the people to become self reliant because no one is going to be there to help. After his first sermon Rambert was so disturbed by the priest’s words that he tried to escape the town.
• What kind of imagery do you notice in both speeches? The thing I noticed in both speeches is both individuals have a good relationship with “GOD” and were very descriptive. I liked how in Chief Seattle’s speech he states how “Your God is not our God! “Your God loves your people and hate mine”. Even though he believe in God it still goes to show that there still may be some form of physical or verbal conflicts when two different types of religion people believe in a different “GOD”.
The men and women,with whom he delighted with and thought highly of, become recipients of critical and condemning suppositions. He then begins to live by sight and not by faith. In the beginning of the story, Hawthorne introduce Goodman Brown as a faithful Christian, but it is not until the troubles and hardships come that we are able to see his real faith. Following his lost of faith, the main character falls into a path of self destruction and unethical behavior. He begins to lived by what he had seen experienced rather than by faith and hope.