Author: Garrett Backus

Accountability and Second Chances  Garrett Backus Crime comes in many different forms, theft, assault, speeding and so on. But the worst one that anyone can commit is murder. In the book “Crime and Punishment”, ​Raskonikov the main character murders two women throughout the book, we as the reader get to see why Raskonikov decided to…

Marriage is a big step that many people are not ready to take, this could be due to being scared, commitment issues, being locked in for the rest of your life and many more reasons. It is made very clear that you shall not cheat or betray your loved one. Not everyone is capable of…

Throughout the bible you get many examples of loyalty towards God and many examples of loyalty towards God, but nobody shows loyalty like Moses. Moses is an extremely loyal man and it is shown throughout Exodus and “The Ten Commandments” shows that he is one. If someone shows loyalty then they will receive good in…

While reading Psalm you as a reader will know many things that cause you to be confused and also question your beliefs. When you read the chapters out of the King James Bible and the Septuigent you get more of a story that is understandable. While when you read the Sidney Psalter edition it is…

Two Comparisons The first thing I am going to compare is Genesis and The Ten Commandments. I am going to talk about what will happen when you decide to do the right thing, the thing that God wants and loves versus doing the wrong thing that God doesn’t approve of and love. My example from …

After reading these two sections in our readings there are many points that should stand out to the reader. But one main point that the reader should takeaway is that God will always be here for people. In today’s society we always hear the stories about how people were at rock bottom and had no…

Sacrifice is one of the most important things a human has to be able to do, because if someone wants change for themselves or maybe for others they will most likely have to sacrifice. Sacrifice plays a huge role in Samuel book one and also in the story about anthony. Starting with the King James…

While reading the King James Bible, Septuagint and watching The 10 Commandments there are many things that stood out to me, some of which angered me. I really got annoyed when I was reading  Chapter 16 in the King James Bible and when the Israel children started to murmur, they didn’t do this once, they…

In “Paradise Lost” it starts off with the story of Adam and Eve just like how it does in Genesis. In “Paradise Lost ” it talks about how Sin brought Death to the human race for the first time ever. This happens because Adam and Eve decide to eat off of the Tree of Knowledge.…

In today’s society creating a healthy relationship with God is not an easy task. But it apparently is much easier to have an unhealthy relationship with god because of how difficult it is. People believe that this is a hard task due to how strict and harsh some things are talked about in the Bible.…