In modern, mainline, American Christianity, the concept of purpose seems to have become synonymous with a fulfilling life in Christ. No doubt it feels really good to think that, in the words of Rick Warren, “[I am] not an accident and [I] matter to history and to the universe.” But when I stand outside at night and I look up at the clear sky and see the thousands of stars that I am capable of seeing with my naked eyes, I have to wonder if we are just deluding ourselves thinking that way.
Inspired by an earlier conversation, here are two opposing views on the subject of “purpose.”
