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by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Where Did You Come From? Why Are You Here? Where Are You Going?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,32],"tags":[41,941],"class_list":["post-28740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-sermon","tag-life","tag-purpose"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18740,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/do-you-think-a-movie-with-a-good-storyline-but-some-immorality-scattered-in-should-be-watched\/","url_meta":{"origin":28740,"position":0},"title":"Do you think a movie with a good storyline but some immorality scattered in should be watched?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 25, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I read\u00a0your comment on a question about movies and video games. 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Several years ago, Time Magazine carried an article, with the caption, \"The Church Will Never Be The Same,\" because, they say, \"The baby boomers are coming back to church.\" The article said among other things, \"These returnees are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2005\/11\/hippies-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":92424,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/where-did-we-come-from\/","url_meta":{"origin":28740,"position":2},"title":"Where Did We Come From?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"by Dale Smelser via InLight Media Where did we come from-a Creator or a cosmic accident? In this video, Scott Smelser explores three simple, self-evident facts about origins. These everyday observations-supported by Romans 1:20-show that God's power and divine nature are clearly seen in creation. From fingerprints to hummingbirds to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Video"","block_context":{"text":"Video","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/video\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28190,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-meaning-of-life-where-did-you-come-from\/","url_meta":{"origin":28740,"position":3},"title":"The Meaning of Life: Where Did You Come From?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 4, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: Romans 11:25-36 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The age-old question: Why are we here? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To answer the question well, we first need to consider how did we get to \u201chere.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To do so begins to answer why we are \u201chere.\u201d II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The prevalent answer today is to claim that it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28964,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-meaning-of-life-where-are-you-going\/","url_meta":{"origin":28740,"position":4},"title":"The Meaning of Life: Where Are You Going?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Text: Ecclesiastes 9:1-10 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Having a goal in mind gives direction to the choices that you must make. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The meaning of life is more than what you are doing with your life right now. 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It seems to me\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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