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Anyone who owns at least one social media account has seen a montage of images, either on their newsfeed or timeline, displaying pride, vainglory, and gluttony. If we fail to guard our hearts against these vices by practice virtues suggested in Rebecca DeYoung’s, “Glittering Vices”, such as silence, solitude, magnanimity (Ch 3;7), and fasting then we risk contaminating our lives with evil. We must rely on the Holy Spirit to lead us into all truth as we continue seeking God in prayer and studying

The news of Marilyn Monroe’s death began to spread. Newspapers were seen everywhere with her bright, smiling face and the giant, bolded letters of ‘death’ stamped on the front pages. Even The New York Times published a newspaper article titled “Marilyn Monroe Dead, Pills Near.” In this article, Dr. Theodore J. Curphey, the coroner, declares Monroe’s death to have not been from natural causes: “After an autopsy the Los Angeles coroner reported that Miss Monroe's ‘was not a natural death.’ He attributed

“SLOTH”: DEADLY SIN OR NATURAL SELECTION? According to the Bible, Sloth is considered to be one of the seven deadly sins. In that perspective has the “lazy” mammal, Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth, been punished by nature and natural selection? The article “Mating system of Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth” by M. Z. Peery and J. N. Pauli, reveals some interesting information on this low-mobility mammal, its mating systems and preferences. Nevertheless, the results are not surprising. The research has been

her birth name. Marilyn Monroe never knew who her father was, so she grew up with no father mentor in her life. Her mother was diagnosed with mental illness that forced her to be institutionalized. She was juggled between foster homes until she was seven years old, returning to her mother when she was released from the hospital, but shortly after she started to have mental breakdowns and returned to receive more treatment. At the age of 16, Marilyn Monroe married Jim Dougherty, to escape the continuous

Where did Cuss Words Originate From? When Johnny was in class one day, he was talking to his friends. One of his friends said, “You should go up to the bully and tell him to fuck off.” The significance of this word is that when someone cusses, it offends another person, even when it doesn’t relate to them. Some curse words are seen as offensive today and some of them didn’t always mean what they mean today. We are going to look at the original meanings and where the words originate from. There

wants moneywill always get him money and riches.” (23-24) Unfortunately, the pardoner is a preacher, but he peaches about not being the characteristics that deception himself. He takes form everyone without concerning the circumstances of other people lives. The Pardoner rather let someone die from hungry than give up his riches, but this an example of Greed, ruthless and deceit. According to another source, it states “In his prologue he insists no less than four times upon his skill as a preacher

“Tobacco, coffee, alcohol, hashish prussic acid, strychnine, are weak dilutions; the surest poison is” pride. Although it’s intangible, it can be a poison to a person’s life. Pride can get in the way of peace and love. It’s hard for mankind Pride has been an issue for all of history. It has contributed to many of the conflicts the world has faced. War is a fine example of a man’s pride getting in the way of peace. Pride was a contributing factor to the Revolutionary War. After a long Salutary

Gluttony is the worst of seven Deadly sins, because it impacts a person health self-image, and greed. Rather the other six lust, greed , pride ,envy, and sloth just impacts one adjective of a person being. Gluttony the over indulgence and over consumption of anything to the point of waste. Gluttony impacts a person health in major ways. If a person is living to eat, health problems does come with this habit of over excessive eating. Such as diabetes, heart diseases, kidney failure and sleep apnea

“Have I mastered the mathematics of a passive disaster, adding my selfish ambition, all the while subtracting what matters?” - Lecrae. In his song “Fear”, Lecrae tells us that a catastrophe is created when we focus only on our “selfish ambitions”. These desires we have often create greed. In The Count of Monte Cristo and “The Necklace”, characters receive consequences due to their avarice. Both authors use diction and imagery to portray the idea that greed brings misfortune. Diction is used by the

Marilyn Monroe and Christine Jorgensen are two well-known female figures from the 1950s. As we are entering 2015, I asked five young girls, ranging in age from 13-18, about Monroe and Jorgensen. Not one knew who Christine Jorgensen was; all five mentioned and praised Marilyn Monroe. I will admit, I myself had no idea to Christine Jorgensen was until this year, this brings up the question of if they were so both so well known why now nearly 65 years later we still only grow up knowing about Marilyn