Emphasis Preaching Journal

In many twelve-step groups, they make reference to a "hole in the soul." A person can be very talented, have a nice family, car, and job, and still be empty. Paul Tillich says that this leads to meaninglessness, despair, and possible self-destructive actions (Courage to Be [New Haven: Yale University Press, 1962], pp 54-57). Only the Jesus who died on the cross and rose from the grave for the sins of humanity can fill this emptiness (John 3:16-17). All other false gods of the age disappoint us.