yet each person indwells the others

We have a far bigger role to play than most of us realize.

Corresponding to each of these relationships are four types of relational poverty: a poverty of spiritual intimacy (with God); a poverty of being (with self); a poverty of community (with others); and a poverty of stewardship (with creation).

the Father is not the Son or Spirit, and the Son is not the Father or the Spirit, and the Spirit is not the Father or the Son;

though their understanding of Eden and God is warped.

in the last ten years, Americans have reported a steady decline in overall life satisfaction, despite the fact that average income per capita increased by 5.5 percent (see Figure I.2). We got richer, but became less happy.12 Something has gone terribly wrong.

we should never pretend that only one aspect of the human person is important.

The reason for this difference is that a biblical perspective is radically different from our cultural default perspectives, which have been deeply shaped by the erroneous teachings of Western Naturalism and Evangelical Gnosticism.

People experience human flourishing when their mind, affections, will, and body enjoy loving relationships with God, self, others, and the rest of creation.