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She Made a Vow
1. Changed Perspective Midst of Sorrow The book of 1 Samuel starts with a woman in sorrow (Hannah) for not having children. In addition, Hannah was taunted and provoked by Peninnah for her childlessness (Peninnah is another wife of Hannah’s husband and she has several children), and this went on
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Source of All That Is Good and True
1. Philosophy Is Everybody’s Business Mortimer Adler said, “Philosophy is everybody’s business!”. When we were children, we wondered about the basic questions of life, like “Why does anything exists at all? Where did the universe come from? and so on. 1.1 Philosophical Choices in Life As we grow older, many
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Faith, Meaning, Purpose
Faith is not the belief that God will remove all our problems in this world, necessarily (2 Corinthians 12:9). Faith is the determination and willingness to maximally grow or stay in truth, love, goodness, justice, fairness, kindness, generosity, trustworthiness, self-control, sacrifice, empowering others, etc. It’s the realization/acknowledgment that all these
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The Constant Struggle for Freedom
1. Freedom Possible Only Through Sacrifice On the occasion of India’s 75th independence day, let us remember and honor the sacrifices of hundreds of thousands of people to secure India’s freedom – and many more who continue to sacrifice their lives to protect and sustain that freedom. In many ways,