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The Bible Project, teaching the skill of discernment and chasing desires (Interview with Tim Mackie)

The Intentional Parents Podcast

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The Pernicious Myth of Self Actualization

The self actualization myth is this really subtle, but I think pernicious theme. And it's like, you don't even have to be a Christian. The moment that humans let their desires for pleasure become their guiding kind of compass, it ironically almost never ends with happy people. So there must be some other path of which happiness and contentment and the fullness of life is some byproduct of something more important than those things.

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