Timothy Keller Quotes
The Idols Of Modern Culture Have Had A Profound Influence On The Shape Of Our Work Today. In Traditional Societies People Found Their Meaning And Sense Of Value By Submitting Their Interests And Sacrificing Their Desires To Serve Higher Causes Like God, Family, And Other People. In Modern Societies There Is Often No Higher Cause Than Individual Interests And Desires. This Shift Powerfully Changed The Role Of Work In People's Lives - It Now Became The Way We Defined Ourselves. Traditional Cultures Tended To See People's Place On The Social Ladder As Assigned By Nature Or Convention, Each Family Having Its "proper Place." That View Had Put Too Little Stock In The Role Of Individual Talent, Ambition, And Hard Work For Determining The Outcome Of One's Life. But Modern Society Responded By Putting Too Much Stock In The Autonomous Person.
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