Inside The Thoughts of David Cay

A few weeks ago, I wrote a blog about discontentment which you can find here . Please read that blog first, it will give more of a complete context of what we are talking about. As I mentioned in my previous blog, I have been reading and working through Timothy Keller's book , 'Making Sense of God' and he devotes a whole chapter on Discontentment (Chapter 4). It is a fascinating chapter and I wanted to engage and interact with his thoughts and the themes he brings up in the chapter. I want to primarily focus on how a Christian worldview explains the issue of discontentment and fulfillment. Previously,we looked into how discontentment affects us all, whether we lived in ancient or modern times, discontentment is a problem for everyone. A good question that Keller poses is this, "What is the cause of this seemingly inescapable condition of enduring discontent?" One modern theory summarized by Jonathan Haidt as the "Progress Principle" says that, "...

For the past few months, I've been working through Timothy Keller's book 'Making Sense of God'. It is a fascinating book that is thought provoking and well researched. His chapter on discontentment (Chapter 4) alone is well worth the price of purchase. I want to provide some of my thoughts on the chapter, but I am not attempting to solve the problem of discontentment, so be nice to me. These are not my final thoughts either, so I may blog about this again. The chapter begins with Psychologist Jonathan Haidt's book, The Happiness Hypothesis, which provides a historical survey of thinking about happiness. He quotes the book of Ecclesiastes  which says, "I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards...I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired male and female singers, and harem as well- the delights of man's heart...I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pl...