PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

Autonomy, the Impossible Gospel, and the Birth of the New Man “Who then can be saved?” Matthew 19:25 We live in an age that is intensely focused on autonomy, independence, personal freedom, self-determination, and self-fulfillment. These ideas are not merely cultural values. For many they have become the very center of identity. A person must define himself, protect himself, construct himself, and fulfill himself. Slowly the heart becomes enclosed within its own project. Yet