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Finding Happiness in an Unhappy World (Endnotes)

1. In the Greek text, “be thankful” is in the imperative mood, and thus is a command. Close

2. Stuart B. Flexner, Listening to America: An Illustrated History of Words and Phrases from Our Lively and Splendid Past (Simon and Shuster, New York, 1982), p. 153. Flexner covers such terms as “duck soup,” “a picnic,” “easy as pie,” etc. Close

3. E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech Used in the Bible (Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, MI, reprinted 1968), p. 267-285. Close

4. For a more detailed description of the work that God had for Adam and Eve, see our book, The Christian’s Hope: The Anchor of the Soul (Christian Educational Services, Indianapolis, IN, 2004), p. 118. Close