1. I tuned in late this morning but I think the fellow I saw on TV was an evangelist, and I suspect that he had been asked why his business was booming, because I did hear him say that nowadays more and more people were searching for purpose and meaning in their lives. This is easy to believe because most of the people I know who are looking for purpose and meaning in their lives had to hit rock bottom to get there. They are people who lost everything they had by gambling. They are people who drank until their spouses and their children fled. They are people who hunkered down under enemy fire and wondered if they would survive the day. They are people who lost a needed loved one at a very critical point in their young lives and were eagerly recruited when they were the most vulnerable. They are people who, through no fault of their own, inherited genes that enable them to hear words and...
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