Conserve, reuse, recycle.

Semrau makes his point when he states, "Please consider joining me."

Keeping information from his readers helps Semrau's intent of the essay. His intent is to get the readers to consider giving their bodies as cadavers. Semrau starts his essay by talking about recycling, which is an everyday job most people do, so they can relate to it. He then tells about his life as a child and his career. By talking about wanting to be a surgeon, Semrau relates to other children who have the same goals. So at the beginning of his essay he explains his background and how people can relate without mentioning being a cadaver. By not mentioning this idea yet, Semrau makes the reader question what the rest of his essay is going to be about relating to recycling. Then Semrau began talking about going to Harvard's Medical School, which makes the reader more confused because he is seventy-five years old. Then he says why he is going to medical school, to be a cadaver. He is going to reuse and recycle his body. The way in which he keeps information from the reader draws the reader into his writing, so that at the end they will be captivated by the idea of being a cadaver.

Savior of the Nations Come

In the hymn, Savior of the Nations Come, Martin Luther's theme is through Jesus' birth, death, and resurrection he defeated the devil and sin, through this victory we receive eternal salvation. Martin Luther reveals this theme through description in every verse to describe Christ's life. 'Not by human flesh and blood,' was Jesus born, but 'by the Spirit of our God' Jesus was made flesh. Jesus became flesh to triumph over sin for our sake, and even though 'all the world disowned' him, he still saved us from sin. Through this triumph, we shall see God's kingdom and 'its glories.' Luther also includes pathos with his description. He uses words such as ‘glorious’ and ‘wondrous’. The singer can rejoice about Jesus' birth, 'Wondrous birth! O wondrous Child of the Virgin undefiled!' This miraculous and wondrous birth Luther describes gives the singer joy. The hymn has the joyous tune in which the singer can exclaim their happiness of Jesus' birth. His birth gave us hope for salvation. Jesus was hated throughout his life, but he still prevailed. Through his life, death, and resurrection we receive eternal salvation. Martin Luther describes this theme with great emotion in Savior of the Nations Come.

Sermon Diagnostic

1. Times Christ Mentioned: 33

2. Verbs that Christ is subject: Makes us holy, slain, is Lamb, died for us, slain and lives again, died our deaths, rose and reigns, slain, died and rose, makes us alive, put name on us, came, is there, is slain, reigns, died, lives, reigns.

3. The themes in Rev. Borghardt's sermon and Edward's sermon are opposites. Rev. Borghardt's sermon is about Christ and what he did so that we can be saved. Borghardt talks about how Christ will come and call our names. He talks about how Christ died and rose for us so we can live in his kingdom. In Edward’s sermon, he talks about God’s wrath. He does not talk about what Jesus did for us, only that we are condemned. He says we do not deserve God’s mercy because we are sinners. Edward briefly mentions Jesus at the end of his sermon.

Law Banning Items From Rearview Mirrors?

Matt Helms' Article
Basically the law was that no items can hang from the rearview mirror.  However, the police were not enforcing it very well. Some drivers did not even know this was a law. Now the thought is to allow smaller items to hang.

"Richard Pentecost Sr. of Detroit said he has driven for 30 years with a rosary hanging from his rearview mirror and has never been stopped or ticketed for it -- even when police pulled him over for other infractions." --- This is my favorite quote from the article because it shows how ridiculous this law is that people are not getting tickets for hanging things and the police do not even enforce it. So why is it even there?

I disagree with this ban, but not completely. A rosary or a graduation tassle is not going to obstruct somone's view of the road. Drivers should be allowed to hang things, but because no driver is going to hang something so huge that it would obstruct their vision, this law should not be in affect.

It's not race, LeBron James, but it might be you

Mitch Albom Article    Mitch Albom wrote this article to show that reporters should not ask the question about race playing an important role in a decision. LeBron James did not have an hour show to decide what team he would play on because of his race. I agree with Albom, it was because of his big ego. James' race had nothing to do with people disliking him, but about his decision to go to Miami and stack the team. Cleveland, his former team, and the fans there dislike him because he wanted to 'take his talents to South Beach'. Mitch Albom's effective point here shows his major ego. Ego does not care what color skin you have. Therefore race was not a contributing factor in his decision or the hate that James received thereafter. James received that hate from the people from being full of himself and making choosing a team a big ordeal. Changing James' name in the article shows that Albom is not trying to talk bad about James, but to prove his point that race is not important in this situation or any decision like LeBron James'.