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$\"klo\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

National Review\u2019s Kathryn Lopez recently interviewed me on my most recent book, Broken Gods: \u00a0Hope, Healing, and the Seven Longings of the Human Heart<\/a><\/em>. \u00a0Take a look!<\/p>\n

What does God see when He looks at you? That\u2019s a main question Gregory K. Popcak asks and answers in his new book Broken Gods: Hope, Healing, and the Seven Longings of the Human Heart. Popcak, executive director of the Pastoral Solutions Institute, talks below about the book and some of the prospects its raises for a beautiful life. \u2014 KJL \u00a0 \u200b<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ: Do you want to be \u201cperfect, whole, healed, and, yes, even immortal\u201d? These seem high promises for a book! <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

GREGORY K. POPCAK: Well, of course! Because it\u2019s a great book! No, look, in all seriousness, I know it sounds like hyperbole, but I\u2019m simply reiterating the promises Jesus himself made to all of his followers; promises that were echoed by every single one of the Church fathers. Jesus says, \u201cIs it not written you are gods?\u201d and \u201cI came so that they might have life and have it more abundantly\u201d (John 10:34, 10:10). What is that abundant life, exactly? Nothing less than our \u201cdivinization\u201d \u2014 that is, the process by which we become \u201cpartakers in the divine nature\u201d (Peter 1:4). As Saint Thomas Aquinas shockingly put it, \u201cThe son of God became man so that men might become gods.\u201d Saint Justin Martyr said it even more jarringly: \u201cHe who listens to the Lord, and follows the prophecy given by Him, will be made a god going about in flesh.\u201d Of course it\u2019s true that there\u2019s only one God \u2014 and we\u2019re not him. But early Christians were unanimous in asserting \u2014 up through the Reformation \u2014 that the entire point of the Christian life was to allow God to transform us into \u201cgods\u201d in the classic sense \u2014 perfect, whole, healed, and yes, even immortal \u2014 and destined to be loved by God and united to him eternally. \u00a0 <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

LOPEZ: How does this idea that we are \u201cbroken gods\u201d change things?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

POPCAK: When Christians say that \u201cwe are broken and in need of salvation,\u201d it prompts the question, \u201cWe are broken what?\u201d Most people think we are broken in the same way that the occupants of the Island of Misfit Toys are broken \u2014 hopeless, absurd, and more than a little pathetic. Of course, the appeal of this idea is lost on a lot of people, especially non-believers, who tend to reply, \u201cWhat do you mean \u2018I\u2019m broken?\u2019 Who do you think you are anyway? I have a good job. My family loves me. I do nice things for people. I\u2019m fine just the way I am\u2026CONTINUE READING<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"