“There’s a divinity that shapes our ends,

Rough-hew them how we will” (5.2.10-11).

***There is more wisdom in that line than in most graduate school seminars. In other words, God knows not just the sparrows but all things.

As Christ says in Matthew 10, “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered” (Mt 10:29-31, ESV).

Secularism is bankrupt at every level. It cannot explain origin, meaning, morality, or teleology. But in the biblical worldview, we understand why we demand meaning, we know where we came from, we know what the core problem is (sin), and we understand our teleology/purpose. He who has ears to hear, let him hear. Shakespeare’s lines above in the world’s most famous play echo the very teaching of Christ.