1: Do we imagine ourselves as heroes? 

“One of the good people contributing to the way the world ought to be?” Tim Keller asks in his book Every Good Endeavor.

Do we believe the world would be a better place if others simply acted as we did? 

Perhaps we believe “the world would be dramatically improved if everyone were free-spirited and progressive and willing to defy oppressive traditions,” Tim … continue reading

1: “Everyone knows that things in this world are seriously out of whack,” Timothy Keller writes in his book Every Good Endeavor.

“No one claims that his or her own life is as it should be, let alone the whole world,” he notes. 

“There is something wrong within us. Nothing ever seems to make us happy or fulfilled except in the most fleeting way. 

“There is also wrong among … continue reading

1: When we reflect on the disasters and atrocities of the last 100 years, it is easy to be discouraged.

“It is more a mood than a coherent set of beliefs,” Tim Keller writes in Every Good Endeavor. “There is far more cynicism about all truth claims and plans for society—both older traditional ones and more modern, liberal ones,” he observes. 

“Movies and novels about the future in the … continue reading