"Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you."

Life, Work, Hope, Feeling

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"Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you."

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"Will a loving God send a man to hell? The answer from Jesus and His teachings of the Bible is, clearly, “Yes!” He does not send man willingly, but man condemns himself to eternal hell because . . .he refuses God's way of salvation and the hope of eternal life with Him."

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