COMPARISON
/ CONTRAST: In a single, well-developed paragraph, compare and contrast the two
essays for TONE. Refer to both essays, as you compare and contrast each
author’s message (content) and presentation (tone). How are they the same? How are they different? Be
specific. Use evidence (examples) for each text in your response.
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Norvell and Mohler's tone has many different characteristics but also plenty similarities. Norvells tones is calm, understanding, benevolent, vibrant, but apologetic. An example for her vibrancy is when he quotes, "My observation of the church is that we usually give our first best energies to formulating, asserting,and defending our positions, and on our most charitable days we footnote those positions with a small-print reminder to "speak the truth in love" or some such." That quote also reveals his tone to be sincere because it has a serious side as well. Hes also very calm and peaceful as he speak about his hot topic of sexuality. But he begins to apologize towards the end asking for forgiveness which makes him apologetic.Hes apologizing about to the reader if they have ever been the blunt of a professing christian. Mohler on the other hand tone is very instructive, agitated, questioning, and more serious. Mohlers tone shows up in his essay as frustration about homosexuality in the church. He questions twice, one example is. " can we count on evangelicals to remain steadfastly biblical on this issue?" But he starts to instruct preachers, christians, leaders about what they need to start doing to control sexuality. Both Mohler and Norvell are both serious about their essay, if they weren't there would be no reason to write about their arguments. Both of their tones seems to be very energetic as if it was hyping their emotions up. Their tone is also concerned because they are both concerned about the society and where the culture is going.
ReplyDeleteWithin both of the articles by Thad Norvell and Albert Mohler, they speak with a similar tone and a similar message of gay marriage. Norvell states “My observation of the Church is that we usually give our first and best energies to formulating, asserting, and defending our positions, and on our most charitable days we footnote these positions with a small-print reminder to “speak the truth in love” or some such.” This makes it obvious that he is very frustrated in the way the Church handles homosexuality. Throughout the rest of his article he rearticulates the fact that we must show God’s love when we defend our opinion. If we state the truth without any love then “you are not standing on the truth of the scriptures or the shoulders of Jesus.” He has a very compassionate, forgiving, and loving tone, all while showing how frustrated he is by gay marriage. In Mohler’s article there is a very compassionate and urgent tone. He begins the article with “…no issue defines our current cultural crisis as clearly as homosexuality.” He speaks a lot on “Christian courage” and demands that we must talk about homosexuality as it is, and explain why God calls it a sin. He states “And yet, even as courage is required, the times call for another Christian virtue as well- compassion.” Now more than ever we need to speak the truth with love, because too often Christians forget that. Norvell’s article speaks more on the sin of homosexuality and how we should address it, while Mohler’s article speaks more on communicating with compassion and love. Both articles make very clear and distinct points on how Christians should reach out in love.
ReplyDeleteBoth Norvell and Mohler speak in very similar tones. They also try to explain a similar message on the topic of gay marriage. Norvell does not like how the Church deals with homosexuality. Mohler talks about how homosexuality's a sin and why its not right. Both of the articles explain how Christians need to love more very well, both articles also have a very serious and compassionate tone in them.
ReplyDeleteNorvell's tone is one of conviction but also it has compassion. He does say that homosexuality is wrong but he also says that we need to love each other the way Jesus loved us. Mohler's tone is a little more harsh. He pretty much just says that homosexuality is a sin and needs to be seen as such by everyone.
ReplyDeleteThad Norvell and Dr. Albert Mohler share the same message in their writings and that is to address the response of the Church to homosexuality. However each one comes at the topic with different view about the Church and how it should respond to the issue. Mohler explains how some churches are bending under the pressure of the culture and now accept the “homosexual lifestyle” as normal. Mohler explains that, “…without a massive conservative resistance they [church denominations] are almost certain to abandon biblical truth and bless what the Bible condemns.” He wants the church to start speaking strong about their convictions and stand on the truth of the Bible but also he points out that the Church is lacking the crucial part which is compassion. Norvell explains it as “posture” of how you state your “position”. If your posture is bad than your position can come off really harsh and he explains this in a more down to earth and “matter of fact” way where as Mohler uses a pleading tone to explain that church has lost compassion and that we need to find how to balance the truth and love.
ReplyDeleteThad Norvell and Dr. Albert Mohler are talking in their essays about homosexuality and its sin according to the bible. Both agree that young people are not following to the rules of the bible and don’t recognize homosexuality as a sin anymore. Norvell writes, “This is a problem, and it’s not a small one.” Both knows that it would help to speak about this topic. Norvell thinks more in a personal way, this is underlined in his tone. He seems disappointed of the people who are sinning because of homosexuality. But Dr. Mohler is more objective. He also tries to convince people to speak with conviction about homosexual sin. Dr. Mohlers big question is, “Why is it that we have been so ineffective in reaching persons trapped in this particular pattern of sin?” This leads to the fact, “liberal churches have redefined compassion to mean that the church changes its message to meet modern demands”.
ReplyDeleteMohler has a very harsh tone and advocates that homosexuality is a sin that cannot passed over. Norvell has a much more loving tone. He states how homosexuality is a sin, but we as Christians should love those who are struggling with homosexual desires.
ReplyDeleteNorvell and Dr. Mohler both talk about homosexuality and its sin according to the bible. both agree that young people are not following the rules stated in the bible and completely disregarding the fact that it is indeed a sin. dr. Mohler's tone is cut and dry and harsh. he basically states that homosexuality is a sin and everyone needs to recognize it. Novells tone is one of compassion but also conviction. he states that homosexuality is wrong however we still need to love everyone the same way God loves us
ReplyDeleteNorvell and Mohler’s tone are a lot alike. They are alike because they both are compassionate towards homosexuals. They both acknowledge that they need forgiveness just like us. They also are both critical to Christians who don’t forgive them. Norvell says “If your posture toward a world you believe to be “still sinners” is anything other than love that stubbornly refuses to condemn, but instead gives itself away to point to Jesus giving himself away, you are on your own.” Mohler is also critical when he says, “We sin if we call homosexuality something other than sin. We also sin if we act as if this sin cannot be forgiven.” They both are very hard on Christians who cannot or find it hard to forgive homosexuals. After all we won’t win them to Christ by hating them.
ReplyDeleteMiller and Dr. Albert Mohler have completely different tones. Both of their essays are talking about homosexuality. Dr. Albert Mohler's tone is convincing and Miller's tone is calm. " The homosexual rights movement understands that the evangelical church is one of the last resistance movements committed to a biblical morality. Because of this, the movement has adopted a strategy of isolating Christian opposition, and forcing change through political action and cultural pressure". When Dr. Albert Mohler mentioned this paragraph in his essay, he made sure that it's clear that the Bible is the truth and he understands that the church doesn't go along with homosexuality. This will make it harder for them to change because they are being pressured. " My position on gay marriage is that we ought to respond to the world around us the way God responded to us when we didn’t do what He thought we should do". Miller says his opinion on gay marriage and people should tackle this situation with a response from God.
ReplyDeleteIn the two articles by Mohler and Norvell we see similar but also different tones. I believe that Norvell speaks with a tone that is sincere and positive. Norvell does not get upset or angry at readers the author is very content and some what motivating. In Mohlers article the tone is a little more strict I believe that the author is a little angry at the fact of people and some church's supporting the homosexual movement. In both cases though i believe both authors so a tone of sincerity an truth.
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