Broken Not Crushed life as a statement, not an apology

Ayn Rand is brilliant, and her ideas need to be heard. But they are also unreasonably biased against faith, making them incomplete. Her prejudice against faith…

Pursuit of short-term gratification = greed. Equals being led by the flesh.
But pursuit of long-term self-interest, seeking that which can TRULY satisfy, which will TRULY bring joy…doesn’t that necesarily point to pursuit of “higher things”, and ultimately to pursuit of God?
Isn’t that the “Christian hedonism” John Piper talks about? Isn’t that what the Spirit leads us to?
Isn’t that completely compatible with following Jesus?

Church is too often self-focused, not Jesus-focused. And often it’s still legalistic. Which leads to performance-based thinking, despair, and/or hypocrisy. None of which is good news.

Every man who knocks on the door of a brothel is looking for God