Tag: purpose
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What is the Chief End of Man? – Our #1 question
Perhaps you know this first QUESTION (What is the chief end of man?) of the Westminster Divines, actually a shortened version of the original. I could ask the first question of the Westminster Catechism (teaching) a different way. What is the Highest Goal of Mankind? Mankind, of course, includes womankind, just as Scripture frequently includes…
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Obituary 3: Searching for Purpose for my life
Questions of meaning We’ve been asking our SELVES in this series the questions of life, as well as questioning our purpose memorialized at our own funeral. Songs mentioned in previous posts resound in our thoughts from time to time – limited time in this fragile mortal frame. Some ask of meaning while others speak of…
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Is that all there is?
Does life have meaning? “Does life have meaning?” is not question which probes deepest into the broken hearts of souls. If you would study this question of philosophers and psychologists in depth, examine the life and witness of a man tried in the fire of faith and persecution: Victor Frankl, who after living as a…
