Gregory Evans : The Life Of A Humble Servant

Recently, in my high school class the teens and I went through a study of the first six chapters of Daniel. As often happens when studying a Biblical character we began to feel as though we knew Daniel personally. Through the text we were able to sympathize with his struggles, admiring his character, and marvel at his ability to serve God no matter the political environment. Whether the king said, “Truly, your God is God of gods,” or the king considered himself to be the god Daniel’s work did not change. Of course, he lived in a sinful world and worked for pagan kings. However, Daniel never bent when it came to serving our God.

Personally, I can relate to “Salvation”, as I had a similar (confusion of) religion as a child. When I first read Hughes’ story, I was angry at the adults that had put him and the other children through such an experience. It reminded me of the time my foster parents forced my sister and I to go to church at least twice a week, sometimes more because they were quite involved in the community. Before then, I had grown up in a non-religious household, and was intimidated by the idea of church and God. I didn’t understand why I wasn’t allowed to choose my faith simply because I was a child, or even because I was an ‘unfortunate’ child. Unlike me, Hughes was raised religious and afterwards lost his faith, but he is relatable to me because he is

If one believes they are saved, are they really saved? In Christian culture, children are expected to answer this question, not only for themselves but for the adults who lead them in their spiritual journey. In Langston Hughes’ essay, “Salvation”, Hughes is influenced greatly along his own road to salvation by the older generation in whom he has placed his trust. As he recounts this tale of his own childhood in church, he describes a perversion and destruction of salvation that ultimately leads him to the conclusion that he has not obtained salvation. This exposes a fault within the Christian community in regards to its treatment of children, which has in turn made salvation seemingly unattainable by the children on whom they put so much pressure.

came to him fulfilling his mission to spread christianity; he never gave up, day by day. Even

He was a hospitable, respectful person. He wanted to be baptized and received into the church.

All of these things show his self-improvement, his strength for working on his problems alone and trying to get salvation in ways he can be proud of after, being able to say he made himself a better person.

The lessons I’ve received from transitioning through the church as a child, youth, and adult member have taught me a number of lessons; patience, reverence, and empathy are all traits I’ve strengthened, and they have undoubtably helped me through my high school career. Taught how to ask thoughtful questions, I’m unashamed of my curiosity. Our faith is not always one of direct answers— even our most devoted

Daniel started the book with so much hatred towards the Romans but near the end of the book he realizes what he did to the Romans and Marcus, was wrong and he goes out to talk to him. Once he is finished he asks Marcus if he would like to come into his house and say “hi” to Leah. I still don’t think that all his anger towards the Romans has subsided, but I do believe that it has softened because he chose to treat his sister differently by putting Leah above himself. I believe this is a way that Daniel has changed throughout the book because he he shows kindness towards the Romans, he also does what's important to

He doesn’t change one bit throughout the story. Daniel lives his life one lie at a time. The only object Daniel cares about is money. His goal from beginning to end is to be on top with more wealth. In the beginning he uses his fake son to get property and make himself look innocent.

Some men saw him praying when the windows to his chambers were opened; it was forbidden to pray to anyone except the king. The men brought Daniel before the king and Daniel was thrown into a den of lions, but the lions did not hurt him. Then the king commanded that Daniel should be taken up out of the den of lions. Then King Darius wrote all the nations that dwelt on earth to decree that they should fear the God of Daniel, for He is the living God, enduring and steadfast forever, and His Realm shall never be destroyed and His Dominion should be to the end of the world.

not open to the idea of Christianity? He believed that the best way to do this

My response convincingly and purposefully evaluates how Gregory uses rhetorical strategies to create the effect of trauma.I presented an appropriate understanding of how Gregory’s use of repetition, emotional appeals and figure languages creates the effect of trauma. by “allowing readers to place themselves in his childhood shoes to understand how his experience taught him the feeling of shame”.Each of my paragraphs presented a full and clear explanation of how each of the mentioned strategies serves to understand how Gregory’s experience helped shape his definition of shame.My second paragraph focuses on the effect of repetition on Gregory’s “pain of being poor”.Despite that I didn’t present the best transition to my third paragraph,

When Noah grabbed the steak knife and chucked it towards the woman’s back, visions of lawsuits and working 6 jobs to pay off the judgment were dancing in my head.

One more thing, like Peter, he was so humble when facing the Jesus. Though as a gentile, he has no much knowledge about Jewish religion, he’s faith is simple but firm.

He was born in Jutland as an illegitimate child in 1990. Without any studying as a member of law working class, but with profound human features & expressed interest in theosophy while meditating on Jesus he EXPERIENCED INCOMPREHENSIBLE EXPANSION OF OWN CONSCIOUSNESS on Easter in 1921.