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Bible reading: Colossians 2:9-15.
Philosophy is a subject that I’ve never really studied. I know that the actual word “philosophy” comes from two Greek words and means “a love of wisdom”; I know too that it can be considered the study of knowledge, existence, and reality: who are we, why are we here, how does our world work – the deepest questions about human existence.
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Bible reading: Colossians 1:15-23.
Message.
There are times in life when we face difficult choices, both of which have consequences. For instance, one of my best friends has invited me to go to a football match, while another good friend wants me to accompany him to a party on the same day. How can I avoid offending at least one of them? Or, if I’m in a restaurant, do I choose food which I enjoy, but which I know will give me indigestion; or do I choose a bland dish which won’t give me either the same pain – or pleasure?
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Bible reading: Colossians 1:3-14.
Message.
In about 1895, a teacher at Munich’s Luitpold Gymnasium or High School allegedly wrote this comment in a teenager’s report: “This boy will never amount to anything”. Whether this is true I don’t know, as the boy was already a proficient pianist and violinist and an outstanding mathematician, the master of differential calculus. Perhaps he wasn’t so able in other subjects; or perhaps the teacher couldn’t understand a lad who didn’t easily fit into the rigid German education system.
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