Title
Our deepest desires : how the Christian story fulfills human aspirations
Files
School/Department
Talbot School of Theology
Description
As human beings, we are created with desires. We all long for meaningful relationships, lives that reflect goodness, engagements with beauty, and the freedom to pursue our lives with integrity. But where can our restless hearts find fulfillment for these universal longings? Philosopher and apologist Greg Ganssle argues that our widely shared human aspirations are best understood and explained in the light of the Christian story. With grace and insight, Ganssle explains how the good news of Jesus Christ makes sense of―and fulfills―our deepest desires. It is only in the particular claims of the Christian faith, he argues, that our universal human aspirations can find fulfillment and our restless hearts will be at peace.
Keywords
Jesus Christ, human aspiration
ISBN
978-0830851829
Publication Date
8-1-2017
Document Type
Book
Publisher
InterVarsity Press
City
Downers Grove
Disciplines
Christianity | Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion
Recommended Citation
Ganssle, Gregory E. (2017). Our deepest desires : how the Christian story fulfills human aspirations. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press.
https://digitalcommons.biola.edu/faculty-books/41
Comments
Making sense of our desires -- Persons -- Persons and happiness -- People matter most -- We flourish in relationships -- Goodness -- Looking for goodness -- Goodness is primary -- Goodness is good for us -- Beauty -- The startling presence of beauty -- The artist -- Beauty points the way home -- Freedom -- Personal freedom -- Freedom and truth -- Freedom and hope -- Human aspiration and the Christian story.