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For more than two centuries, the Christian church suffered persecution under the Roman Empire particularly those in Rome. With the rise of Constantine the Great to the throne, the persecution stopped as he was sympathetic with Christianity in view of his famous Christian vision just before the battle at Melvian Bridge against Maxentius in 312…

Don’t Care High – SummaryThe novel Dont Care High was written by Gordan Korman. This novel, as well as other novels he wrote were based partly on his experiences in high school, where he says, “the only way to get through high school alive was by laughing”. This novel relates to teenagers about high school…

How do I keep my faith alive? In this essay I will talk about how my family keeps my faith alive. All families are different with their faith and how they keep it alive. My family keeps our faith going by going to church at least once a month. During Christmas we have a little…

What is a lie? Can a lie be good, or is a lying always wrong? Can it be both? Typically, lies are perceived as bad things, however, diving further into the purpose of lying, some might discover that not all lies are as bad as they are understood to be. This brings us to the…

Cartoonists, stand-up comics, and hosts for television programs promote a diverse sense of humor to the public. According to Alain de Boton, “The chief aim of humorists is not merely to entertain but convey with impunity messages that might be dangerous or impossible to state directly.” I agree with his assertion that humorists can speak…

Introduction: The textbook is broken down in fourteen chapters and begins with a definition of terms. Those fourteen chapters consist of each having five sections with over twenty historical images. The author provides the audience an appendix of images used in this published work as well as gives his acknowledgements accompanied by a list of…

The Sidewalk Never Ends “Let us make a pair of pants for the poor old hippopotamus, to cover his hide – once we decide exactly how big his bottomus.” This short, humorous poem from Where the Sidewalk Ends is one of the many unique and entertaining works of Shel Silverstein, a poet, author, artist and…

On Tuesday, November 14, 1995, in what has been perceived as the year’s biggest non-event, the federal government shut down all “non-essential” services due to what was, for all purposes and intents, a game of national “chicken” between the House Speaker and the President. And, at an estimated cost of 200 million dollars a day,…

Puritans were a group of protesters who sought to purify the Church of England. In The Crucible, the Salem Witch Trials took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1692 to 1693, where the afflicted girls accused innocent people and resulted in numerous deaths. In the “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,’ Edwards…

Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda is a Puerto Rican leader referring to himself as both the Christ and the Antichrist (Growing in Grace).  He has a large number of followers, publicizes his faith fervently, and yet he is known among the religious folk as essentially a crackpot.  “Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda is a 60-year-old…