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#240 Why the Modern Self Is a Christian Idea Gone Rogue
Who are you—and can you truly understand yourself without first understanding God?
In this conversation, Joel Settecase explores the Christian roots of personhood, identity, and the modern idea of the self.
Long before contemporary culture made self-expression the highest good, Scripture presented human beings as morally responsible persons who stand before God, possess real agency, and live within a meaningful story. David cries out to God in the Psalms. Paul describes the inner struggle of the human heart. Augustine recounts his restless journey toward the One who made him.
But the modern…
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