Vonder Bruegge Biography

Through this book, Telling Secrets, Fredrick Buechner discusses moments throughout his life that have shaped who he is today. These moments have shown him aspects about himself and about God that he could not comprehend at the time. He uses his writing to speak to the reader as if he were having a conversation with them. This book gave the reader a glimpse into who Fredrick Buechner is as a theologian, a writer, a father, and as a man of the Lord. Throughout the three chapters of this book, Buechner unpacks his story and truths within the Christian faith.

The motivation I was effected with from reading this book caused me to change my behavior especially, academically. Rudy devoted his time having twelve hour study sessions, worked with others that’s outside his crowd, and didn’t let his kolohe past ruin what he has approaching his way. “He explained that my application was excellent, my MCAT score was solid, and I wouldn’t have a problem getting into “somewhere”.” In the beginning of college, Rudy would have not expected to be anywhere, let alone out of Hawaii. He got a full scholarship at Creighton, and was headed to Nebraska. Although Rudy didn’t have any faith in himself, this book helps motivate me to start believing in myself.

In the case study of “The Purchased Paper,” a working college student named Edgar Allen has a dilemma: he believes his only option is to choose between going to college and having a job. At first glance, anyone might agree that his hands are tied, but by studying his behaviour using methods adapted by authors Skip Downing and Stephen Covey, it is easy to tell that Edgar not only has more options than he thinks, but is also playing a victim when it comes to personal responsibilities.

One key strategy that Smith uses is two specific and distinct types of evidence that appeal to her two audiences. For this article, her two main audiences are ambitious students preparing for college, and those who are now grown, successful, and the elite of the country, due to their ambition. Smith introduces the story of Rod Dreher early on in her article. This story serves as personal and emotional evidence that draws the readers in by pulling on their heart strings. Dreher’s story is a guide of what not to do, and may strike close to home

College is an opportunity to truly discover who you are. Often enough, you hear people saying “You should really major in this field, I think you would really enjoy this career.” or, “Do you think you really want to study that? Have you thought about what you will be doing ten years from now?” filling your mind with self doubt, uncertainty, and the anxiousness of not knowing what you want to do with the rest of your life. Mark Edmundson wrote an article titled, Who Are You and What Are You Doing Here?, published in Oxford American addressing college students and their families how the most important thing college students should focus on is personal growth. When students take their courses seriously their engagement can help finding out who they really are and which future career will lead not necessarily to great financial success, but to a career and life that is very satisfying. Edmundson wants to inspire his audience and have them take what he is saying seriously. Edmundson uses satirical informal language and hypothetical situations to effectively persuade college students to focus on their personal growth in order to create a life and career that is deeply fulfilling.

This book review is from the readings of Biblical Inspiration by Howard Marshall. The book is published by Regent College Publishing located in Vancouver, and British Columbia published the book in 2004. The book is braces around the interpretation of the Bible, and the inspiration of the Bible in our lives of today. There are many questions that are brought up the book, and these include: Is the Bible infallible? How do we interpret the Bible today? is its inspiration believable in and biblical criticism believable? All of the different opinions on biblical issues equivalent to these bring up issues and questioning within the community. It is Marshall’s goal to try and produce a statement that is concrete of what the Bible says in our lives today.

In Freeman Hrabowski’s piece, “Colleges Prepare People for Life,” he mentions the differing opinions between going to college and choosing another path. Many people find college too expensive, and once a student graduates, he or she will face enormous debt and potentially risk still being unprepared for the working world. Hrabowski acknowledges this, and also notices that many students who do attend college occasionally make the wrong decision in terms of choosing a school and major. But while the stakes are high, he argues that college not only provides financial stability, but also allows students to become more virtuous citizens in the long run. He does this by providing information to backup his claims, using a passionate tone to explain his beliefs, and paralleling college attendance with good intentions.

Julia A.J. Foote caught my attention as I looked through section 2 of “Preaching for Sacred Fire.” Her focus of one of her sermons, ‘Christian Perfection,’ is often of interest to me because of theological upbringing. I selected reading her first based entirely by her sermon title. I was interested to see what nuance or ideas she may share. While I read her all of her sermons in the book, Christian Perfection, I examined more than once.

Barry, John D. James: Simply the Gospel. Not Your Average Bible Study. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2014.

Pieter Brueghel was a Netherland painter whose paintings focused on humans and nature. Many of his paintings were scenes of humans, generally peasants, living life, with back dropped by beautifully detailed landscapes. Pieter was not just an extremely talented artist; his perception of humans and their environment was an amazing contribution to all art, but especially landscape painting. His painting The Harvesters is an example of his supreme skill, and shows how much his work impacted landscapes. Four contributions that can be seen in this painting are:

Across the world and in the charming town of St. Petersburg, children in Sunday Schools and other Bible-based education are customarily pressured into memorizing countless Bible verses through authority’s intimidation or materialistic rewards. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the classic Sunday School scene portrays such memorization futility because of its oft failure to penetrate the heart and its vain, deceptive aspects. Tom Sawyer, in that scene, fraudulated this esteemed memorization by lying, and, despite knowing the lie, the teacher, attempting to impress a judge, disregards Tom’s dishonesty. Another boy, having memorized 3000 Bible verses, was said to have become nothing more than an idiot. Nonetheless, Bible verse memorization is not Biblical education’s depravity, but it is rather the reasons behind it and the ultimate effect. It matters not so much that the Bible is known front to back in the mind, but rather that its meaning and application pervade the heart, guiding God’s will into life. Tom Sawyer was no saint, idiotic in terms of Bible study, and the most recognized, mischievous troublemaker of all time. Notwithstanding, he depicted several Biblical principles in his life without a true understanding of the Bible. He struggled to memorize the today’s iconic verses and to devote himself to God, but Tom Sawyer grew from boy to man with Christian principles deep within—sparked by loyalty, kindled by conscience, and inflamed with selflessness.

The Prophetic Imagination compiled by Brueggemann, demonstrates both the validity of and complexity involved in dealing with prophetic word to the Church. This text examines the witness of the prophets toward the nation of Israel. Brueggemann’s book contains seven chapters, along with the last section of Notes which includes a brief summary on each chapter. Walter Brueggemann wrote the preface. Brueggemann particularly focused on monarchy and applies his critique towards the contemporary stage the church finds itself. He identifies that Jesus fulfilled his role as the sacrifice and passed the ministry of the Kingdom to the church. He believes and strongly argues towards a ‘prophetic ministry’ requiring by a ‘prophetic imagination’ in order to create and nurture another consciousness, which leads to and nurtures an alternative community. Brueggemann views the drastic break Israel took from Egypt through Moses’ connection with God as the framing consideration of this alternative consciousness and community. He sees the drift in the Israelite community toward the monarchy as a reversal of the liberating act of God in their past, or a shift toward a pre-Exodus perception. The task of the prophet, at this point, was to constantly restore and nurture the way of thinking defined by Moses and the Exodus. Brueggemann describes ‘prophetic ministry’ as being characterized by critique and energizing. The critique is not pointing fingers at what we disagree with, rather

Donne and Walton, believers in the Divine authority of the Scriptures yet both comment on the stylistic differences between the sundry amanuenses used by the Holy Spirit. Dr. Donne comments on, the characteristic metaphors of those prophets, who had been shepherds and those called from other vocations. Walton distinguishes between the idiom of St. Paul; with his rabbinical logic and high, flown eloquence, and that of the Savior’s most intimate disciples, who were called from their fishing to become fishers of men.

The basic literary genre of this book is a story about a man who thought he was persecution the ungodly who came to realize that he was persecuting the wrong people. He was blinded and his sight was restored when he began obedient to the God of all creation. The title of the book I chose from the New Testament is Men of the Bible, the authorship Ann Spangler and Robert Wolgemuth are the authors. 2002 is the date of the books’ copywrite and it was published by Zondervan in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This book offers a one year devotional study for all those who wish to indulge in a Biblical study (Spangler. A. & Wolgemuth, R. 2002). In this book it tells the story of each man, it takes a look at the man, his legacy, and his life of prayer and relationship to God. It also includes the names of approximately fifty two not worthy men of the Bible. This book reveals the strengths and weakneses of the men listed therein. Each figure mentioned life story is revealed and can be compared to the men in this society (Spangler. A, & Wolgemuth. R, 2002). The key themes are: Paul’s persecution of the saints, his encounter on the road trip to the city of Damascus. Major events was the blinding of Saul’s eyes, the restoring of his sight, the conversion of Saul, the changing of his name to Paul. The main personalities are Saul/Paul, Ananias, followers of Jesus Christ better known as disciples or Christians, and God the Creator (Spangler, A. & Wolgemuth, R. 2002).

"Some people are hustled off to college, then to the cubicle, against their own inclinations and natural bents" (“Matthew B Crawford”). Some people are forced to go to college because they’re parents don’t want them to be nothing and not make something