Description

We take a look at where purpose comes from and whether or not we can create it. 

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Purposer --(purpose)--> Instrument --(action)--> Goal

God's Equation: Purposer (God) ----> Instrument (Humanity) ---> Goal (Glorifying God in Loving Community)
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Self-Purposing Equation:  Purposer (Humanity) ---> Instrument (Whatever We Choose) ---> Goal (Self-fulfillment and Pleasure)

• The Politics of Jesus: https://www.amazon.com/Politics-Jesus-John-Howard-Yoder/dp/0802807348/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=the+politics+of+jesus&qid=1589237437&sr=8-3
• My Summary of "The Politics of Jesus": https://www.dckreider.com/blog-theological-musings/category/politics-of-jesus
• My Written Article: https://www.dckreider.com/blog-theological-musings/the-impossibility-of-creating-self-purpose
• Other Thoughts on Purpose: https://www.dckreider.com/blog-theological-musings/category/meaningpurpose
• Sickness Unto Death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY2rNGBHgDQ 

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• Phillip Mast
• Laverne Miller
• Jesse Killion