Well, Needless To Say I Wasted No Time Defending Myself

I didn't stop screaming until whatever was climbing me hovered in front of my face. Again, a silvery-blue creature in the shape of a snake was poised in a striking position inches from my nose. Light began to pour through the shape like a disco ball. The snake thing drew back and I squeezed my eyes shut, waiting for a strike in the face.

The central theme of both John Winthrop’s “City Upon a Hill” and Jonathan Edward’s “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, is the prospect of religion in one’s everyday life influencing their future. In order to build up their ideas about acting in a way that pleases the Lord, both these authors use repetition, diction, allusions, and metaphors as a way to build momentum in their speech as they allude to teachings of the bible and their diction install a notion of uncertainty. However, while Winthrop uses his notion of uncertainty to give the audience a sense of security, in their endeavors to the Americas, with the prospect of religion, Edwards does the opposite and makes the audience fear God even more as he talks about his

Edwards, Jonathan. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. In Literature of America, complied by Jan Anderson and Laurel Hicks, 19-25. Pensacola: A Beka Book, 2010.

Finally, one of the most evident misconceptions Johnny has is the one of himself due to the knowledge no one shares with him. He does not know about his true identity, and no one in his life will give him any answers. In all, this misconception is the most impacting on Johnny's life as he wishes to know here he came from. The two people he holds closest to him can grant this wish but never do. Johnny doesn't find out about the truth of his father until his mom and Owen Meany have passed away. Owen says through Reverend Merrill and then Johnny narrates, "'LOOK IN THE THIRD DRAWER, RIGHT-HAND SIDE,' God said. And there was the ball that Owen Meany hit; and there was my wretched father, asking me to forgive him" (Irving 479). This

One may be saved by God or sent down into the underworld. In the sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Jonathan Edwards attempts to persuade the audience to follow and obey God in everything they carry out. Edwards argues that a life of a person that does not have faith in God is demoralizing and melancholy by using the rhetorical device of repetition.

Prior to Tabitha’s death, Owen is absolutely sure that he “saw” the angel of death, and Johnny in recollect stated that Owen believed he had disrupted the “SCHEME OF THINGS” by interrupting it while Tabitha was sleeping, ensuring its task unto him.(Ch.3) Johnny’s initial skepticism is not unwarranted given that they were still young boys and Owen may have mistaken the mannequin for an Angel of death, and is in fact indicative of the fact that there is a deeply-rooted difference between his beliefs and those of Owen. Owen, on the other hand, is deeply adamant in his vision of the Angel and becomes set in his growing belief of fatalism. At the same time, Owen’s ability to feel the Angel’s presence creates a stronger bond between himself and the entire supernatural aspect of his being. Together John and Owen represent two sides of the spectrum creating dissonance between the two that leads to a general ambiguity which clouds either a naturalistic or supernaturalistic system of

In the life changing sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Edward Taylor uses many persuasive techniques to grab the attention of his congregation. By amplifying specific rhetorical devices Edwards intends to instill enough fear into his congregation for them to turn from their sinful ways and repent; He achieves this by repetition, imagery, and his use of hyperbole. An effective rhetorical device Edward Taylor uses is repetition; this allows him to deepen the personal effect his sermon has on his congregation. In his piece Edwards continually restates many phrases to keep the overall tone very clear and distinct.

In Module Five, Dr. Bryan Maier discusses “The Problem of Evil,” is the question of “How God can be all sovereign and all good at the same time?”. As a counselor, I can’t remember any client, who has experienced suffering, who doesn’t struggle with The Problem of Evil.” Maier reminds counselors that our role is not to provide a reason for the client’s suffering or God’s role in it because counselors cannot know the answer. The counselor’s proper response when the Problem of Evil is brought up by the client is to simply state, “I don’t know.” A caregiver’s role is not to give their opinion or to speculate what the answer may be.

“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” is a sermon delivered by the Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards during the Great Awakening, a period of religious revival. The sermon is intended to restore religious convictions of the Puritans, which he felt was weakening, for people in the congregation. Edwards’ purpose in the sermon is to impress upon his audience the urgency of redemption from sin in order to persuade sinners to repent and obtain salvation. Through the effective use of ethos and metaphors, Edwards hopes to awaken fear and inspire faith in the Puritan congregation.

[Stand up] Who knows now what the results would have been if I was honest and kept to your name until the end. The beatings and all of Mr Hale's questions were just too much for me. In the end I confessed that I had connections with the devil and that he seeks me and comes to me at night, hoping it would all just end.

“‘Faith! Faith!’ cried the husband. ‘Look up to Heaven, and resist the Wicked One!’” (Hawthorne 1297) These were the words expressed by Young Goodman Brown during the evil baptisms. Whether Goodman Brown was speaking to himself or his pleasant wife Faith, it is easily seen that there is a definite need of Faith and God to be saved from the “Wicked One”.

. . ."My Faith is gone!" cried he, after one stupefied moment. "There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! for to thee is this world given."

The harsh and unyielding tone of “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” is created by the powerful imagery and the address of the congregation.

From the moment I stepped into gallery 305 I felt some sort of connection. The timeframe of the artwork was relatable, the setting was familiar, and the feeling was purely magical. The sounds, oh the sounds, they reminded me of my church back home. It was angelic music, soft and heartfelt. It was the kind of music that drew hearts in, as it drew mine back in the days. It was the same music that gave me a feeling of encouragement to carry out the ways of God; the same music that made me want to repent from my sinful ways in business and day to day wrongdoings. The walls were tall and the ceiling had tinted windows. On the sides, there were glass windows made of numerous beautiful colors. They had images of people in them, just like the windows had back home. Many of the images on these glass windows were of people I knew, priest, pastors and saints. Gallery 305 felt like home from the moment I stepped in. It depicted the common holy church for

Let it not be forgotten then at the outset of our discussion on God and evil, that the rampant lawlessness and many faces of evil that we see around us is not just the mere issue of man’s doings. It is according to Saint Paul, none other than Satan’s operation (v. 9a) in all power and signs and wonders of a lie, and in all deceit of unrighteousness (vv. 9b, 10). The modern mind with its scientific enlightenment, and anti-supernatural outlook, easily askew the personification of evil. But the clear testimony of scripture is that evil is not just a “thing”, a mere act of wrongdoing or transgression.