Weakness Of Weaknesses

McRaney achieved to cover his purpose; the foundational elements, communication theories, and practical aids of personal evangelism. Also, appendixes are helpful to practice to personal testimonies, gospel illustrations, common objections, and more practical evangelism. (p. 235)

Thesis statement: Hughes wrote this when Jim Crow laws were still imposing an bitter segregated society in the South. There were still lynchings of innocent African Americans, there was no Civil Rights Movement, there was no Civil Rights legislation yet, and Blacks couldn't eat at lunch counters in the South. Harlem, however, was not at all like the South in terms of blatant, legal segregation. However, racism was very much in place in many places in America. Blacks were second class citizens, their children attended schools that were ill-equipped, and the dreams of Black citizens were not being realized in this period.

Author's Craft Essay In the story Thank you Ma’am the author Langston Hughes uses narration, Descriptive language, and dialog to provide background information, introduce characters, and build suspense within the story. In the beginning of the story the author uses a narrator to build suspense. An example of this is on page 1 the narrator states “It was about eleven o'clock at night and she was walking alone when a boy ran up behind he and tried to snatch her purse.”

The books that we were required to read for Bible 115 class were Engaging God’s World – A Christian Vision Of Faith, Learning And Living by Cornelius Plantinga Jr. and The Call – Finding And Fulfilling The Central Purpose For Your Life by Os Guinness. Both books offered very useful advice for today’s Christians. Engaging God’s World is written for students and will help them make sense of their education in a Christian perspective. Both authors use scripture, humor and common sense to validate their points.

Immediately, Hughes directly states his thesis in the first two sentences of his introductory paragraph: “I was saved from sin when I was going on thirteen. But not really saved.” His thesis serves as an example of a paradoxical statement because he contradicts his claim that he “was saved from sin” with the assertion that he was “not really saved.” He inserts paradox in his thesis in an attempt to attract the reader’s attention by emphasizing his tone of irony. Additionally, his thesis provides both the limited topic and focusing idea of the essay. The limited topic of his essay is his intended salvation as a child while his focusing idea is the fact that his supposed salvation was not honest. His thesis foreshadows the irony of his narrative, and it establishes the main points that he will address.

Dr. Adam L. Hughes is the Dean of Chapel and Assistant Professor of Expository Preaching at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. With over sixteen years of pastoral experience, Hughes’s practical experience and academic prowess not only make him the perfect professor, but also the perfect Director for the Adrian Rogers Center for Expository Preaching.

I had the privilege of interviewing Brian Bagwell for this project. He is, in my opinion, one of most humble, wisest man we have at Church of the Highlands. Once you get through a joke or two, the fruits of the spirit radiate from his personality. A man that I have the privilege to call my mentor and teacher. He is currently serving on staff at the Church of the Highlands as a Dream Team Coordinator. His shares the vision of the church which is passed down from our senior pastor, Chris Hodges. Evangelism is the definition of the church so to speak, Church of the Highlands stands behind the final authority of God’s word which is the bible. It is often said among the staff “we do not argue the essentials, but we can disagree the non essentials.” The church believes and acts in spreading the good news of Jesus Christ, and helping people move through four steps our God has outlined in the Great Commission. Our Church exists to see people saved, delivered, redeemed, and fulfilled. This is accomplished with four systems that allow the people to move through the four steps. The first is weekend services to allow them to know God (saved), small groups to find freedom (delivered), growth track to discover purpose (redeemed), and dream team to be fulfilled and make a difference (fulfilled). This vision is how the church evangelizes (Bagwell). This vision is clear to all members of the church who call Church of the Highlands home, and even clear to people

Earley & Gutierrez (2010) “Ministry Is…How to Serve Jesus with Passion and Confidence” (Nashville: Broadman & Holman).

This shows that Hughes thinks that people should help the poor and give them money. He thinks that they are worthwhile and should be taught what usual kids are taught. He feels they should be taught not to steal and to become a high-minded person. This also shows that Hughes respects Mrs. Jones. The mood of this story is forgiveness and hope. As a matter of fact, it is shown in the quote. “Mrs. Jones says “Um-hum! And your face is dirty. I got a great mind to wash your face for you. Ain’t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your

During Hughes’ era, he experienced college as a black man in a group of white students. He was left out because he is black and he has similarities. For me, I was questioning on why I was hated by a group of students who were the same race as me. They told me that I 'm not black enough. I was confused and frustrated

In “Theme for English B”, the writer (Langston Hughes) is assigned to write a page about himself. The instructor wanted him to do this because he thought whatever the student chose to write about would be

It further reveals that Hughes’ response to racial injustice did not always use wonderful life to glorify Negro culture, at the same time, he always used the objective perspective to depict the reality and show people the laughs and

The goals this book presented were convincing and challenging for the Christian reader. The main goal of Questioning Evangelism is to develop a new way of thinking for the

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner was a story set in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, and quite frankly, it was awful. It took me quite a long time to get through, because the plot was frustrating, I didn’t care about the characters, and the constant shifting between multiple people as narrator was really confusing. The story itself was well written, but I constantly had to check to see who was narrating, and it broke up the action. Furthermore, it took the family forever to get where they needed to be. So, while the may have been written, the overall plot was frustrating, long, and confusing. This work had many weaknesses, and I’m not even sure how the author could fix them.

When reading these chapters I agreed with what Gailey and Culbertson had to say, they made very valid points throughout the chapters. After reading these chapters, it changed my mind about a couple of things that I had heard before. This paper met all expectations that I had before reading it, I expected it to be very knowledgeable and that was what I got from the chapters. Throughout this paper I learned the story of God transcends all cultural barriers, non-western Christians account for as much as 80%, missionaries don’t’ destroy culture, and language is beyond powerful. Years of Christianity has proved to have a positive effect on individuals and cultures.