Conserve, Reuse, and Recycle

The sentence that describes the point the most is "Quite simply, use what you have unitl it can no longer function. Then it's time to recycle." Semrau's intent was to encourage people to make the most of your body, even after you have no more use of it. Semrau took the saying "be green" in a very literal way. He was not striving to be green by conserving, reusing, and recycling objects, but by reusing himself. First, he described how he used his body for the first 75 years of his life, and now how he will achieve his dream of becoming a surgeon by donating his body to science. However, this point was not very evident at the beginning of the article because he left out this last fact until the very end. Because of this lack of information, readers can find themselves wondering how his life story was related to the earlier discussion of going green. The article had an effect, but the effect was sort of lost in the description of his childhood dream of becoming a surgeon. It created a lighter tone to the article, and gently introduced his idea instead of forcing it on the reader, but if his purpose was to encourage others make the most out of their bodies, it was not effective because it really was not persuasive. It did not give many reasons for doing so, only why he personally was doing it.

Hymn Analysis

The theme of "Savior of the Nations, Come" was that Christ's coming was a glorious and wondrous event. To support this theme, Luther uses the language devices of description and diction throughout the entire hymn. "By the Spirit of our God,Was the Word of God made flesh--Woman's Offspring, pure and fresh." Luther describes Jesus as the "Word of God made flesh," an almost unbelievable and awe-inspiring event.  Martin continues his amazement as he writes about Jesus' sacrifice. "Captive leading death and hell--
High the song of triumph swell!" Martin uses the word "captive" to show Jesus' victory over "death and hell," freeing us from sin forever. Because of this freedom, Luther uses "song of triumph" to express his joy over this wonderful act. This act leads to a heavenly future. "Boundless shall Thy kingdom be; When shall we its glories see?" Luther describes Jesus' kingdom as "boundless," giving the readers a full understanding of how large and wonderful the "glories" of His kingdom will be. After describing Jesus' sacrifice and victory, Luther re-describes the beginning. "Brightly doth Thy manger shine, Glorious is its light divine." With this statement, Luther reaffirms the message of how amazing Christ's coming was and how his manger brightly shines as a witness to what He accomplished.

"Savior of the Nations, Come"

Sermon Diagnostic

1. 32 mentions of Jesus
2. Verbs: makes holy, set apart, slain, is lamb, died, rose, reigns, did this death thing, makes alive, put name on us, came, makes blessing, lives
3. Rev. Borghardt's sermon had the theme of eternal life, while Edward's sermon had the theme of God's wrath and judgement. Borghardt's sermon contained much more Gospel and good news throughout the entire message, while Edward's sermon contained mostly Law, fear-invoking images, and God's eternal judgement. Borghardt's primary purpose was to tell how great God's love is for us and to tell us about this wonderful place He has prepared for those who have faith in Him, which we have access to because of what Jesus did for us. Edward simply wanted to instill fear of God's wrath.

Rev. Borghardt's Sermon