Have you picked up a copy of Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller? You should. Early on Keller cites a piece by David Brooks that referenced “rank-link imbalances”. Here’s the original piece, which is highly worth reading. And here’s a great quotation: Then they go into one of those fields like law, medicine or politics, where [...]
Becoming a Research Assistant: Or, How to Best Pursue Your Dreams of Assistantship-Based Glory
February 26, 2008 By 4 Comments
I’ve done a number of internship and worked as a research assistant a few times in my young life. In fact, I’ve gone so far as to label myself a “career intern” due to my completion of no less than five internships to this point in my life. In the course of my glorious and [...]
A Theology of Ambition: Concluding Synthesis
December 26, 2007 By Leave a Comment
We conclude our very brief theology of ambition with a concluding synthesis of the material laid out so far. How, then, should we understand ambition from the texts considered? There’s a great deal to say here. We can start by pointing out the biblical ambition is never to be understood as using God to get [...]
A Theology of Ambition: Biblical Considerations, Pt. 2
December 24, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Update on December 25th–Merry Christmas to all consumed readers. Enjoy the holiday! We pick back up in our biblical consideration of ambition. On Wednesday, I’ll give a concluding synthesis. 1. Gen. 1:26-28 the call to take dominion2. 1 Chron. 4:10 Jabez’s bold prayer3. 2 Chron. 1:7-13 Solomon’s ambitious prayer for wisdom4. Nehemiah an example of [...]
A Theology of Ambition: Biblical Considerations, Pt. 1
December 19, 2007 By 4 Comments
I’m going to give you several different texts to think about in relation to my topic. Today and tomorrow, we do a study of biblical material. After that, we synthesize the material. 1. Gen. 1:26-28 the call to take dominion2. 1 Chron. 4:10 Jabez’s bold prayer 3. 2 Chron. 1:7-13 Solomon’s ambitious prayer for wisdom4. [...]
A Theology of Ambition
December 18, 2007 By 4 Comments
In some evangelical circles, piety is equated with passivity. The holiest person is the one who sits the stillest, waits the longest, and does the least. Somewhere along the way, godliness became equated with doing very little, with sitting on one’s hands, with praying for hours while sitting for the same. This version of the [...]
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