Tyndale House Essays

  • The Profound Impact of Fathers on Daughters

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    "Any fool can be a father, but it takes a real man to be a daddy." - Philip Whitmore, Sr. …And girls need their daddies! Fathers seem to be in tune to the fact that boys require special attention, discipline and leadership, but they are often unaware of how desperately their daughters need them (Dobson 93). Girls crave the love, attention and approval of their fathers. Whether or not they receive it, greatly impacts them their whole lives. Some would argue that this craving for affirmation among

  • William Tyndale

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    today. William Tyndale cried out with his last breath, " O Lord, open the King of England's eyes." The executioner first strangled Tyndale in order to keep him quiet about "his" word of God. William Tyndale has since become known as "The Father of the English Bible." Without Tyndale and his translation of the original manuscripts later versions of the English bible would not be available. William Hutchinson, later changed to Tyndale, was born around the date of 1494 AD. Tyndale had an exceptional

  • Sir Thomas More - A Narrow-minded Hypocrite

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    [Thomas More] had imprisoned and interrogated Lutherans, sometimes in his own house, and sent six reformers to be burned at the stake, and he had not done this just so that he might die for slender modern scruple, for anything as naked as the naked self.” Does this sound like a free thinking humanist and Catholic Saint? More’s actions against others who do not share his views speak for itself. In the 1520’s a man named Tyndale wrote a translation of The New Testament. In Tyndale’s translation, he included

  • William Tyndale: A Legacy

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    William Tyndale has been called “the hidden father of the English language.” He was the first person to translate the Bible into the English, and in doing so, he changed the English language forever. Before Tyndale’s translation some English words had three different spelling. Tyndale helped to formalize both the spellings and speech patterns of different words and phrases. Tyndale spoke seven different languages, and he was proficient in both Hebrew and Greek. He was a priest who worked his whole

  • Erasmus And Luther Free Will Analysis

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    In our reading on Discourse of Free Will, we get a good idea of the opinions both Erasmus and Luther had on the topic of free will and the how it correlates with God’s grace. Once we look beyond the back and forth debate of this text, we will begin to look at their theological opinions on free will separately to find a better understanding and formulate our own opinions on this commonly debated topic. As we look to the different points of view between Luther and Erasmus, we will begin looking at

  • The Analysis of the Port Sunlight

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    The Analysis of the Port Sunlight In the context of the Victorian era, in which it was conceived, the creation of Port Sunlight Village by William Hesketh Lever was unparalleled. The tumultuous changes wreaked by the Industrial Revolution still had not been fully embraced even as late as the early twentieth century. The combination of a content, healthy and efficient workforce was a vision held by some philosophers and luminaries of the time but Lever was one of the first entrepreneurs

  • What influences demand for housing?

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    it isn't as simple as it would first appear. You could just say the public will buy a house and the more public there is there is more demand for the good. This in turn would allow housing companies to charge larger prices and so only the rich can afford it. The problem is that people don't have to buy a house they can rent one or share one. As well as these factors they can take out a loan to buy the house and pay it back over a period of time. Loan companies charge interest and when interest

  • Hiroshima: Book Report

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    bomb ever dropped on a city. It speaks about how even if you did survive the blast you were so badly injured that you would die soon anyway. It talked about an incident where someone's eye was melting and was oozing down his face. It speaks about how houses were lifted of there foundation. After all the research about the bomb was made, they reported that 78,150 people had been killed, 13,983 were missing, and 37,425 had been injured. Even before the bomb, the citizens of Hiroshima were waken almost

  • Levittown Experiment

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    people had great dreams and aspirations to continue in the legacy of that supremacy. This aspiration manifested itself most prominently in their demand for housing infrastructure, built with modern age planning, design, and latest infrastructure: houses that could symbolize the United States great power stature and their own triumph in being a part of this transition. Meanwhile the Congress announced special housing loans for returning war veterans where they could get loans on zero down-payment

  • Jacob Riis' How the Other Half Lives

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    Jacob Riis' How the Other Half Lives In How the Other Half Lives, the author Jacob Riis sheds light on the darker side of tenant housing and urban dwellers. He goes to several different parts of the city of New York witnessing first hand the hardships that many immigrants faced when coming to America. His journalism and photographs of the conditions of the tenant housing helped led the way of reformation in the slums of New York. His research opened the eyes of many Americans to the darker

  • The Definition of Home

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    home country, to some it may be where they were born, to some it may be where their family is. home's most basic trait is its ability to provide shelter from weather. Rain or snow, a house will always be there to shield the elements from the family. In the cold times of the year, the heater will be there to warm the house. The heat of the summer is no problem for a good home. The ideal dwelling definitely must have a dependable central air conditioner. When located in an area abundant with tornadoes

  • Vernacular architecture

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    for the local climate and the community’s religious views and other beliefs. Some architectural structures may offer a challenge to comparative studies since they are practical in several different environments. Activities within the space of the house, such as cooking and heating are also essential for good energy performance. The local resources, besides having a practical purpose in defining space and poviding comfort, are also used for vernacular features, which ascribe the community to the given

  • Symbols and Symbolism - Houses and Cars in The Great Gatsby

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    Symbolism of Houses and Cars in The Great Gatsby Francis Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby, is full of symbolism, which is portrayed by the houses and cars in an array of ways. One of the more important qualities of symbolism within The Great Gatsby is the way in which it is so completely incorporated into the plot and structure. Symbols, such as Gatsby's house and car, symbolize material wealth. Gatsby's house "[is] a factual imitation of some Hotel de Ville in Normandy" which

  • Use of Technology in Fire Safety Education

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    the years, the growth in technology used in to educate about fire safety has increased greatly. We now have many different ways to reach people of all ages. Some of this information includes: increased importance of the smoke detector, fire safety houses, fire safety videos, educational websites, high school cadet programs, and fire education equipment. All of these are very helpful and successful ways of teaching about fire safety. Smoke detectors are a first and sometimes only warning that a

  • Symbolism in "a New England Nun"

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    yellow canary. The animals and Louisa are trapped by their captivity, and because they have lived like this for so long, no longer crave freedom. Both Louisa and Caesar live solemn and isolated lives. This is shown when Freeman describes Caesars house as "half hidden among the tall grasses and flowers" (258). Given the setting of where Louisa lives, she is fairly isolated as well. There is only a little road running through "the quiet and unguarded village" (265) which she lives in. Because it

  • The Importance Of The Eiffel Tower

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    Vespasian and Titus created one of the most interesting structures in the world the roman coliseum, this structure was built in 70 AD (interior design and drafting careers). Architects have done a lot in our world with building even if it’s from a house to a skyscraper (interior design and drafting careers). The reason this world needs architects is because they have started everything around us. With out them we wouldn’t have these places to live, work, and eat. Architects are the ones who started

  • Modern House Architecture Essay

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    Ideas and inspirations for modern houses Nearly all of us secretly harbour a dream of building a home for ourselves. Some us may buy an old structure and renovate it into a style suited for modern time. Others invest in a plot to build from a scratch. Every era has its own distinctive style that reflects in art, architecture and design. A variety of reasons, including changing socio-economic conditions, can be identified behind this unceasing evolution in tastes and design. The magnificent structures

  • Sustainable Housing Essay

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    families, but also our tourist attraction and peoples appeal to our country. Our current home market system is failing, which means many people are not wanting or simply can’t manage with the way our housing system has basically crashed. The current ‘house crisis’ we are currently dealing with is a prime example of a system that needs a dire upgrade. To ensure that the market stays safe, we first have to make sure we don’t fish it out of the water and then suffocate it once we have it. The housing crisis

  • Life in Transit: A Personal Response to “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros

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    “The House on Mango Street” was peaceful, easy reading for me. After trudging through many short stories documenting eye-narrowing love affairs, I was slogged down, and began to despair of ever finding a decent story that I could relate to. The main character, who is also the narrator, in Sandra Cisneros' story is never named, and the characters' physical and personality attributes are never described. However, their circumstances are made clear. Her family, like mine, has moved around to different

  • Essay On National Culture In Malaysia

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    Multiethnic characteristic in Malaysia has made this country full of interesting culture. However, at the early stage of independent, Malaysia is having problems in constituents of national identity and culture as every ethnic is practicing and treasure with their own language, religion and culture and this phenomenon in facts creates a barrier between ethnic and made unity among the nation become hard. Unlike most of the postcolonial nation states, Malaysia is an exception in imposition of assimilationist