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Ambition's Hidden Danger: Miroslav Volf Explains

July 18, 2025   ●   48 min

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Ambition drives success today, but is it also destroying our souls? Today, theologian and author Dr. Miroslav Volf Joins me in person to discuss his new book The Cost of Ambition. We explore the deeper spiritual cost of our culture’s obsession with striving, comparison, and being better than others. This book truly led me to reflect on my own life and striving for ambition. It is one of the most important books I have read in awhile. READ: The Cost of Ambition: How Striving to Be Better Than Others Makes Us Worse by Miroslav Volf (https://amzn.to/3ToRb3V)*Get a MASTERS IN APOLOGETICS or SCIENCE AND RELIGION at BIOLA (https://bit.ly/3LdNqKf)*USE Discount Code [SMDCERTDISC] for 25% off the BIOLA APOLOGETICS CERTIFICATE program (https://bit.ly/3AzfPFM)*See our fully online UNDERGRAD DEGREE in Bible, Theology, and Apologetics: (https://bit.ly/448STKK)FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter: https://x.com/Sean_McDowellTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@sean_mcdowell?lang=enInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/seanmcdowell/Website: https://seanmcdowell.org

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