Pleasing God, Self-Salvation, and Two Sons

Wow.

This article on Tim Keller's deep dive on the "Prodigal Sons" is so good and much needed.

"Elder brothers obey God to get things. They don’t obey God to get God himself—in order to resemble him, love him, know him, and delight him. So religious and moral people can be avoiding Jesus as Savior and Lord as much as the younger brothers who say they don’t believe in God and define right and wrong for themselves."

Read the entire thing and be challenged.