The Christian Story and our Longing for Relationship

Episode 21 October 08, 2021 00:22:50
The Christian Story and our Longing for Relationship
Knowing & Doing
The Christian Story and our Longing for Relationship

Oct 08 2021 | 00:22:50

/

Show Notes

According to Gregory Ganssle, the Christian story makes sense of our deepest longings. That is, the story that Christianity sets forth fits well with the things we value most and with the kinds of people we want to be. In this article, he develops one aspect of this fittingness, the centrality of relationships to our well-being. . . Read the full article.

Recommended Reading:

Gregory E. Ganssle, Our Deepest Desires: How the Christian Story Fulfills Human Aspirations (IVP Academic, 2017).

InterVarsity Press | AmazonChristian Book Distributers

Other Episodes

Episode 69

August 11, 2023 00:19:26
Episode Cover

The Faith of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - Part 1

Like most of pre-Soviet Russia, Solzhenitsyn had been born into a Christian tradition and was baptized as a child. However, as Marxism took hold...

Listen

Episode 9

April 23, 2021 00:25:47
Episode Cover

How to Read the Bible Part 4: How Is the Bible Useful?

In this last of his series of four articles written to help people read God’s Word with profit, Bill Kynes considers the questions: What...

Listen

Episode 66

July 07, 2023 00:06:18
Episode Cover

Profile in Faith: The Martyrdom of Perpetua

We have little idea what brought Perpetua to faith in Christ, or how long she had been a Christian, but thanks  to her diary,...

Listen