"Savior of the Nations, Come"

Martin Luther does a grand job in the hymn of "Savior of the Nations, Come" of telling why Jesus came to earth. The description throughout the whole hymn always goes back to the human birth of Jesus showing the reader why He is needed so badly. Luther writes, "Captive leading death and hell-High the song of triumph swell!" which shows that Jesus came to lead unbelievers from hell and that was His work on earth! It was prophecied in John 1:1-4 that the Word of God would be made flesh and that His light would be divine. Jesus' victory is shown at the end of the hymn, because Luther first describes why He is on earth, then writes how Jesus has conquered sin. Every stanza went back to describe how wonderful it is that Jesus loves His children enough to leave His home and come to earth to save us. At the end Luther praises God by descibing Him with different names because He cares about His kids so much to send His son. What a wonderful gift!

Pastor Borghardt's Sermon

1. Christ is mentioned 23 times
2. make holy, slain, died, lives, took sin, set apart, died and rose again, came, make blessings, grabs you, holds closer, smiles, reigns on throne, calls home
3. Teaching God's word has changed over many years and the difference can be seen between Pastor Borghardt's and Edward's sermons.  Edward seemed to believe that scaring people from hell was the best way to preach the Gospel while Pastor Borghardt taught about what God as done and how He loves us. Edward did not mention a lot about what Christ actually did for us, like Pastor Broghardt did, which made the congregation want to believe God out of fear and not because they fully trusted Him.  Pastor Broghardt made Christ the action verb that helped people understand all God has done for us.

Fuzzy Dice?

1. In the article it discusses how the law against items hanging from rearview mirrors is being rethought. Some people think the law is stupid, especially since it is rarely enforced by police. Now a senator is trying to "soften the ban".
2. "As a general principle, we wouldn't support anything that gives police arbitrary power to pull people over," Purdy said. "Unless it's large and an obvious obstruction, it's just silly for police to pull somebody over for that. People aren't hurting anybody and they're not causing any danger."
I like this quote because Purdy makes a great point saying that for police to pull someone over for a small item hanging from their rearview mirrors isn't right. If the item was very large and could potentially be dangerous for the driver then it is alright for the police to pull the driver over. We don't want to give police any excuse to catch a bad guy who may not be doing something wrong.
3. I agree with this ban because people enjoy having small objects dangling off of their rearview mirrors and they have significance to that person. I also don't see as much of a hazard as some would think as long as the items are small enough to not get in the way. Plus the current law is not even enforced, so what is the good of it?

Albom's article

I believe that Albom's point of the article "It's not race, LeBron James, but it might be you" is that race is no excuse for how different people handle situations. He thinks that CNN's Soledad O'Brien's question was not necessary. Does race give people a way out for how they act? Should they be able to say that since they are "different" from others they can say whatever they want? He brings up a good alternative situation by putting LeBron into a white mans shoes. There no one asked if he was being criticized because he was white.
I agree completely with Albom and his point to the article. I believe that if society gives different races a way out of more difficult situations than that can be taken advantage of. LeBron stated, "i think so at times. It's always, you know, a race factor" because he wants attention! If the reporter had not said anything about the criticism being caused by race, no one would have commented on that. Albom's last sentence was why I agreed with him the most, "If people shamefully want to grab races as a parachute to safety, they'll do it." There is no question that different races will try to take the advantage of blaming their heritage, and that is a excuse that should never be used.
Albom's most effective point on his essay was how he brought other famous people into the article by comparison. He used Brett Favre and asked if anyone asked him about his race. By showing that not everyone has to use the race parachute for safety means that no one needs to. It shows that if you have confidence, like Favre, then race has no part and can be left out of conversations!