Conserve, Reuse, Recycle

"Have you figured out yet that I'm going as

a cadaver, an anatomical gift?"

Semrau purposely leaves information out. I think he does this to really capture the reader's attention. His intent is to make it sound like he's really going green, but in reality, he wants his body to be donated. Throughout most of the article, he's talking about how going green can be a good thing. He says, however, that he prefers to reuse, instead of conserve or recycle. He is, of course, referring to reusing his body, but the reader does not know that yet.

I think his writing strategy was pretty effective. It definitely caught my attention and made me think about everything he said a little differently. If he just said from the very beginning that he planned on becoming a cadaver, sure it would have been a lot easier to understand right away, but it also would not have held my interest, or make me really think about what he's going to do. Sharing this and not telling the reader right away what he's talking about, gets the reader interested in what he has to say. It caught their attention that he was not talking about what they thought he was. It worked for me anyway!

Savior of the Nations, Come

In this hymn, Luther is talking about Jesus Christ's birth and how we should praise him. He uses diction to help us better understand his theme, which would be that Jesus is God, who came down from heaven as man, and we should praise him. In the first and second verses he talks about Jesus being born of the Virgin Mary and coming to earth as man. He uses the words "flesh and blood" to describe Christ as being true man. In verses three, four, and five, he goes on to talk about how the world "disowned" him, but he was still "enthroned" in heaven. Then he rose from the dead with "victory" over sin. Luther says that his song of "triumph swells". He also says that his kingdom will be "boundless" and we are waiting to see its "glories". This shows that he was also true God, because only true God can die and raise again to save man from their sins. The last two verses are more about us and our response to what Jesus did for us. He says we should have faith in him and keep our faith "bright," and that we should praise the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Lyrics to "Savior of the Nations, Come"

Sermon Diagnostic

1)  26 verbs

• makes holy
• slain (3 times)
• is lamb
• died (4 times)
• lives (2 times)
• rose (2 times)
• reins (3 times)
• makes us alive
• is there
• smiles (2 times)

2) There is a major difference between Rev. Borghardt's sermon and  Edward's sermon. Rev. Borghardt's sermon focuses on Jesus loving and saving us. He mainly talks about how much God does for us, and how Jesus died and rose again for us out of his love for us. His sermon includes Jesus, which is the most important part of a sermon, according to Pastor Wilkens. Edward, on the other hand, mainly discusses how sinful we are and how we all deserve hell and damnation. He says we should fear God, and he rarely mentions Jesus and everything he does for us.