...The Man Who Can Do it All John Green is a talented American author, but also a video blogger, writer, producer, actor, and editor. John Green was born on August 24, 1977, in Indianapolis along with his brother and sister, Henry Green and Alice Green. After graduating Kenyon College John had double graduation degrees in English and Religious Studies and worked as a student chaplain at a children’s hospital. John Green’s first book “Looking for Alaska” made a record staying at New York Times best-seller list in the span of seven years. John Green’s books have been published in more than 55 languages and over 24 million copies are in print. ¨The Fault in Our Stars¨ by John Green supports the idea that friendship can help someone battle and...
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...Introduction In John’s Gospel, John provides clear evidence that Jesus is the Son of God and that by believing in Him believers in Christ may have eternal life. In the Gospel of John, it is easily discovered that John discusses the issue of sin compared to the other Gospels. John 3:16 states, “For God so loved the world that he gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” Therefore, John makes it very clear that unless sin is cleansed through faith in Jesus Christ, people will perish eternally. Thusly, this scripture illustrates the ultimate demonstration of God’s love for believers by giving the gift of eternal life through the sacrifice and resurrection of His only Son, Jesus Christ. Further, despite there being a final judgement in the future, eternal life is in the preset-tense. For example, in John 5:24 Jesus says, “I tell you the truth, whoever hears my words and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to...
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...demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the key pioneers, laws, reports and papers. Also I will cover the development from the 19th, 20th century to the end of the 21st century. 19th Century: Work of John Snow: Snow was a British physician who was considered as one of the founder of epidemiology for the work he did and identifying the source of cholera outbreak in the 1854. John Snow was born in a labourer family on 15th March 1813 in York and at the age of 14 he was apprenticed to a surgeon. In 1936 John Snow moved to London to start his formal medical education. He became a member...
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...John Calvin Research Paper John Calvin was born in July 10, 1509, Noyon, Picardy, France. He died in May 27, 1564, Geneva, Switz. His education career was a mixture of both theologian and statesman because he study law at the University of Paris. Beside that he also get exposed to Renaissance humanism that influenced by Erasmus and Jacques. Even though Calvin study law but he only do it for his father will, of wanting him to become a lawyer. However, throughout the course of his life, he is primarily focus on Renaissance humanism, influence by Erasmus and Jacques. This is a study that aimed to reform church and society base on classical and Christian antiquity which establish to return the Bible studied to its original language. Under this influence, Calvin studied the three main languages of ancient Christian such as Greek, Hebrew, and Latin, to prepare him for his intense study of the Scriptures. As a result of this, Calvin become the leading French Protestant Reformer and the most important figure in the second generation of the Protestant Reformation through his interpretation of Christianity (Calvin). Calvin publication of the Institutes reflected the findings of his biblical work, and make up the largest proportion of his work. The Institutes also help Calvin to gain some reputation among Protestant leaders. This get he invited to Geneva to teach Protestant to the people, but the citizen of that nation lack of enthusiasm for Protestantism and their resistance to religious...
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...John Steinbeck Research Paper: Final Draft John Steinbeck is regarded as the “quintessential American writer.” He created many works of literature that “evoke life in the 20th century with compassion and lyrical precision” (Li). John Steinbeck’s most popular works such as Of Mice and Men (1937) and The Grapes of Wrath (1939) explore the darker side of life in America for farm laborers. Though these works were considered highly controversial, they gained him major recognition. Of Mice and Men was adapted as a play in 1938 and was declared the best play by New York Drama Critics’ Circle. He went on to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1940 for The Grapes of Wrath. In 1962, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature (Schultz & Li). As a child and youth, Steinbeck spent a lot of time working on farms and interacting with other migrant workers. His experiences with migrant farm workers created the foundation for Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. John Ernst Steinbeck was born on February 27th 1902 in Salinas California to John Ernst Steinbeck Sr. and Olivia Hamilton Steinbeck. Steinbeck Sr. managed a flour mill, and his mother Olivia was a teacher in a school, thus securing the family a middle class income (Bender). His mother Olivia looked to “mold him into a man of broad intellectual capacity” (Kiernan). She read him several books as a child and, by the age of five, he could read. In school he was teased for “his large ears…so he withdrew into books.” His...
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...He is known as the father of liberal philosophy. John Locke, one of the most well known philosophers and thinkers from the Renaissance and Enlightenment. He attended some of the most prestigious schools to achieve his level of study in philosophy. He has made many contributions to the world. Including, but not limited to, contributions to governmental and political ideas. John Locke was born on August 29th 1632. He went to Westminster school when he was about 15 years old. Locke got a privileged education because of his father’s relations with the English government and after attending Westminster school he got a district honor which allowed him to attend the Christ Church at University of Oxford where he studied logic, metaphysics, and classical...
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...John Milton was born on December 9, 1608 in London, England. His father, John Milton, was a scrivener which is a clerk, scribe, or notary. He was also a music enthusiast, which was an interest that he passed on to his son. In fact, music was one of Milton's few comforts in his old age, when he reached total blindness. Milton admired his mother, Sara Jeffrey, whom he praised as "a woman of purest reputation, celebrated throughout the neighborhood for her acts of charity." Milton had one older sister, Anne, and a younger brother, Christopher. Milton enjoyed the life he has with his siblings. He often said he like being the middle child. Due to the fact that his parents gave him special attention and cared an extreme amount about...
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...John Pemberton the orginal creator of Coca-Cola, born in 1830 was a pharamist from Alanta Ga, he graduated from Reform Medical College in 1850 recieved his license to practice pharamacy, married Ann Eliza Cliiford in 1853 and had one child Charles Ney Pemberton, he then went on to invent a lot of syrup medicines and elixers, including a drink known as French Wine of Cola which at the time had Frenk Bordeux wine, Cocaine and Caffine. Later taking out the wineand adding sugar, citric acid and the oil of many other fruits to the drink it quickly became a very popular drink while cocaine is no longer an ingredient caffine citric acid and fruit oil do remain even though its a very closely guarded secret. In 1865 John Pamberton served in the confedrate Army, he was wounded...
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...A Frenchman, John Calvin, introduced Calvinism and created a theocracy in Geneva. John Calvin was born in 1509 and died in 1564. Calvin was the son of a lawyer, was born in Noyon, Picardy, and was therefore a Frenchman. Calvin developed a love for scholarship and literature (Trueman, 2015) Calvin studied to be a priest and later trained as a lawyer. In 1528, he went to Orleans to study Law, and one year later Calvin went to Bourges to study Law. Pressurized by his father to study Law but in 1531, his father died giving Calvin the freedom to resume his religious studies. In the same year that his father died, Calvin went to the College de France in Paris to study Greek. This college noted for its Humanistic approach to learning. In fact,...
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...John Balliol boasted a right to the Scottish throne. However, it was deemed necessary that an independent arbitrator was called in Scotland, so that no accusation of bias could come to his move. With a crazy act, the Scots invited Edward I of England to decide the succession to the Scottish throne. Instead of coming as an independent arbitrator, he presented himself to the Anglo-Scottish border with a large army and announced to be a supreme ruler, who came to settle a dispute in a vassal state, forcing each potential king to pay him homage. After hearing all of the claims, Edward chose John Balliol as king of what he described as the vassal state of Scotland. In March 1296, Balliol renounced his homage to Edward, and by the end of the month Edward stormed Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking the border town with much bloodshed. In April, he defeated the Scots at the Battle of Dunbar in Lothian, and by July had forced Balliol to abdicate at Kincardine Castle. Edward went to Berwick in August to receive formal homage from some 2,000 Scottish leaders, having previously removed the Stone of Destiny from the Palace of Scone, the palace of the Scottish kings. Scotland was to be under effective British rule....
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...John Wallis was born on November 22, 1616 in Ashford, in the United Kingdom. John Wallis’s father was also named John Wallis. His father worked as a minister and then became a minister. When John was born, his mother was Joanna Chapman. Joanna Chapman was his father’s second wife. John had four other siblings, and was the third born. However, when John was only six years old his father died. His first form of education was in Ashford, however, a plague there caused his family to move. When his family moved, he went to a grammar school in Tenterden, Kent. At the grammar school, he learned a lot of Latin. When he was only thirteen years old, he said that he thought he was ready to go to college. In 1631, he went to another school called the...
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...Every story of Jesus in the Gospels connect Christ to John the Baptist (Elwell and Yarbrough 109). John the Baptist recognized that God did not care about ancestral privilege or traditional religious practices. God wanted relationship, sincerity, confession of sins, and baptism. John the Baptist's teachings lead many to a sincere life with God and later collected believers as disciples as well. His importance in the New Testament is more important than credited. For example, his arrest and Christ's forty day fast, Jesus began a ministry of the Spirit. This meant that Jesus began to preach of God's power of healing, comfort, peace, and compassion. People naturally long for a connection like this which had led many to believe and give their...
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...According to John Locke’s theory, people are born with absolute freedom of life, liberty and property but one’s absolute freedom invades other’s absolute freedom, so in order to protect the law of nature people enter the social contract to willingliy give up some of their natural power. John Locke believes people are born with natural law which is in a state of absolute freedom. And he says’ “we must consider what estate all men are naturally in, and that is, an state of perfect freedom….”. Absolute freedom allows individuals to perform their actions and dispose their controls without depending or asking any other individual. These perfect freedom includes the freedom of life, liberty and property. John locke’s belief, “all human beings,...
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...John Constable was born June 11,1776 and died on March 31,1837 He was a Romantic artist. He was born in East Bergholt . He is known for his landscape paintings.He was cousin of the London tea merchant , Abraham Newman. He was the second son of his parents. HIs older brother was Intellectually disabled. John was expected to his father business. After he spend his time at a boarding school in Lavenham, He was enrolled in a day school in Dedham. He worked in the corn business after leaving school. He was introduced to the professional artist of John Thomas Smith. Who got him on painting. Both he also urged him to remain in his father’s business. In 1799, He persuaded his father to let him pursue a career in art. In 1803 he was exhibiting...
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...John Acts of John is considered to be one of the most interesting and intense books in the New Testament. A collection of narratives and traditions. The narratives are written within the years Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. The book narrates two journeys of John to Ephesus, filled with dramatic events, miracles, and teachings. Docetic imagery and overt teachings are concentrated on in a few chapters. Dated around 90-110 AD, the gospel of John is written by John who is identified to be “the beloved disciple”, but rejected by modern scholars who believe the book went through three editions before reaching its current form. John was characterized by his zeal, passion and ambition. In his early days with Jesus John acted rashly, recklessly,...
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