““God’s primary concern, and I think I learned this from Bruce Ware and John Piper, is His own glory and reputation. People are a means to that end, not ends in themselves. Allow me to state this as clearly as possible so my point is not missed: My individual right to choose my own destiny is a deception of Western democracy. This is not to deny the benefits of personal freedom, but perhaps we have confused the blessings with the curses that accompany individual freedom. In other words, “What happens to God when I believe I control my own world?””
