God's Miraculous Gift

The theme of Luther’s hymn was that God came to earth and sacrificed himself for us and should be praised because of it. In his hymn Luther uses many language devices, two of which are description and pathos, also known as emotion. Description is shown by saying “Not by human flesh and blood” in stanza two. It makes an image of the flesh and blood. When the hymn said “Boundless shall Thy kingdom be”, it also creates a picture in one’s mind of how endless God’s kingdom that is waiting for us will be. The second device, pathos, is shown when in the hymn it is said “Wondrous birth! O wondrous child of the virgin undefiled!” From this quote the author is exclaiming how magnificent that Christ came the way he did, and without sin. This stirs up some emotion for the wondrous things that without God would not be possible. Another example of pathos is when the author said “Marvel now, O heaven and earth, that the Lord chose such a birth.” He was saying how marvelous his birth was, that it was so humble that the Lord chose being born in a manger and how humbling that is to us.

A Compassionate or Harsh God?

In Borghardt’s sermon Jesus was mentioned 30 times in various forms such as Lamb, Christ, Jesus, and Lord.

The verbs were; makes us holy, slain, lives, died, rose, came, reigns, makes us alive, and made blessings for us.

The theme of Boghardt’s sermon was very different from John Edward’s. Bogheardt preached about how Christ died and saved us from our sins. He preached that we do not have to worry of the wrath of an angry God as long as we believe that Jesus died and rose to forgive us we will be in heaven with God. Boghardt focuses on loving God; while John Edward’s focuses more on scaring people in to following God. Edward's sermon spoke of how God is angry with us, that God only wishes to condemn us to hell because of how sinful we are.

Obstruction or Not?

            This article talks about a law keeping all items off of rearview mirrors in cars and that the government is considering changing this law. So that police would only pull drivers over for things that would obstruct a driver’s view of the road.

"Unless it's large and an obvious obstruction, it's just silly for police to pull somebody over for that” Said Steve Purdy. This is an excellent quote because it shows that is ridiculous for cops to pull over someone for something hanging in their car unless it is putting other people in danger.

            I disagree with the ban because police have more to worry about than to pull motorists over for having an air freshener hanging on their rearview mirror. Unless it is gaudy and obstructs the driver’s view and puts others into danger it should not matter if there is something small to decorate the vehicle a little.

Mitch Album Article

          Mitch Album’s main point is that race does is not a factor for people’s success or failures. I agree with Mitch, race does not affect how a person is. If they’re white or African American they can still be arrogant or kind. People should not blame race when the come into a disagreement or controversy.

          Album’s most effective point is when he talks about putting a white person in the same situation LeBron James was in. When pretending that it was someone else one sees that it is the same situation and should feel the same about it because his race should not be a scapegoat for something wrong that he did that was controversial.