Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I thank God for helping me immensely during this journey by bringing many special people into my life. The whole project is done to glorify and honor his name.
This book is dedicated to my husband, Daniel Khouri. You have been my source of inspiration and support through this long journey. Your enduring love, patience, and encouragement helped me make this project a reality. I am truly blessed to be your wife and partner in life.
To the soul of my father, Elias Nicholas, who is unfortunately not with us to see and celebrate this accomplishment. He was my supporter right from the beginning, and I am so blessed to be his daughter. Without him, I could not have had the discipline to achieve this accomplishment. My father played a major role in my life because of his highly disciplined personality. He taught me how important it is to be diligent in everything I do and how vital it is to inspire others and leave a legacy.
To my mother Laila and my siblings, Iyad, Ihab, and Nisrine. Despite the distance, you were a great source of help. I could not survive without my mother’s prayers and encouragement. Thank you Nisrine for the endless conversations that we had, in which you opened my eyes to many facts. I am so blessed to have you in my life as my twin sister and my best friend.
This work is also the result of the immense help and encouragement of my second mother, Margie Zacharias, which was encouraging me since my first day in higher education.
I want to thank my PhD committee and Dr. Gaylen Leverett, who has been alongside me since the beginning of my writing journey. I would like to thank Dr. Gary Habermas for his encouragement during classes and for the wealth of knowledge that he has poured into his students. I’m so grateful for his foreword to this book, which prayerfully will help me reach a wider audience. Special thanks go to Ki Won Seo and Ruth Buchanan for their great support. I will always be in debt to the people whom God placed in my life. Without them, this book would have never seen the light.