Eric Spivey
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The Negative Effects of Being PreggersHave you ever heard someone use the word "preggers" to describe a pregnant woman? Read on to see how that word and words like it destroy our social concepts of pregnancy.
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A People of the DustI wrote this poem to discuss how we come from the earth and desire things of the earth, yet God offers us new life brought about by heart change.
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Lines Written to WordsworthI wrote this poem as an answer to Wordsworth's poem "CCLXXII. Written in Early Spring", explaining that sin has made man vile, not man.
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A VisionThis is a poem about creation, and how its beauty shows us the creator's glory.
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The ChildI wrote this poem about the trials of life and the reward of heaven and being near God when everything is finished.
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The Paul of the BibleThe Apostle Paul, a man second in importance for early Christianity only to Jesus, was an intensely complex and intellectual man.
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When the King Took FlightTimothy Tackett's When the King Took Flight explains the planning, execution, and ultimate failure of King Louis XVI's flight from Paris during the French Revolution in 1791.
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Trouble in Mind: An AnalysisTrouble in Mind analyzes the experiences of black Americans in the South after Reconstruction to show how Jim Crow laws were designed to trap blacks in a state of maligned servitude.
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Review of PersepolisIn the comic book Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi gives an account of her childhood during the Islamic revolution, an account filled with change and struggle with self-identity and security amidst a turbid and tumultuous period in Iran.
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Wall-E and American WasteWall-E, a controversial film that uses obesity and pollution to create a plot, can be used as a lens into American thoughts and fears about our future based on our present.
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Review of Apuleius' The Golden AssApuleius' fictional account of a young man magically turned into an ass gives one a window into Roman society during the second century A.D.
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Islam and MisogynyThough the common stereotype relates misogyny with Islam, Muhammad's life speaks otherwise.
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Review of CSA: The Confederate States of AmericaThe psuedo-documentary CSA presents an alternate America that could have existed if the Confederate states won the Civil War to point out the crime of slavery.
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Review on the Gerber Gator AxeThe Gerber Gator Axe is made of high quality materials but is overall unbalanced and hard to use effectively and efficiently.
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Gerber LMF 2 Tactical Recon Knife with Sheath ReviewThe LMF 2 is an amazingly versatile and effective tool for camping, backpacking or wilderness survival.
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What is a Fire Piston?The fire piston is an ancient Southeast Asian invention that can light tinder to start a fire, an essential tool in a survival situation.
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Children: A Christmas HaikuWith Christmastime around all I can think of is children and how they are naturally the center of Christmas with their simple joy of the season (and presents).
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Vitamin C in the MarketVitamin C is great for you, but why do so many products contain it? It is many times just a market ploy, but the benefits outweigh the barrage of advertisements during flu season.
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The Iliad as an Historical SourceThe date of Homer's composition of The Iliad, around 500 BC, leads to conflict in the accuracy of his account of a war that occurred around 1250 BC, yet his work can serve as a primary document for the period of composition.