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Perilous Pursuits: Our Obsession with Significance
Perilous Pursuits Our Obsession with Significance Author:Joseph M. Stowell 2 cassette tapes, abridged and read by Greg Wheatley. — From the publisher: — Why are we consumed with glorifying ourselves and seeking enjoyment apart from God? — — Abridged from his book Perilous Pursuits, Joseph Stowell explains that our need for personal worth is not the culprit-in fact, we were built for it. Our error is assuming w... more »e can create meaning through prosperity, performance, power, and the clever management of our world. Yielding to random inner impulses, we search to express and experience our own importance in ways that ultimately leave us feeling empty and sad.
True significance is given, not gotten. And, when we tap its true source, we find liberation from our destructive and disappointing obsession with personal worth. This source transforms our perilous inner powers to productive energies that take us above and beyond those who still clamor and compete for power and place in our 'me-first' world.« less