Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks, where we connect the Bible to your life in the time it takes to get to work.

I'm Keith Simon.

Thomas Jefferson, Mahatma Gandhi, Steve Jobs,

they're some of the most important influential people in the last few centuries.

Their individual careers and the movements they led caused a massive shift

in the way people think, live, and interact with each other. They provided amazing resources and

leadership, improving the quality of life for millions of people worldwide.

But they all had one thing in common.

They all had a dark side.

For Gandhi, it was inappropriate and mysterious sexual encounters. For Steve Jobs, it was his

his arrogant and demanding attitude.

For Thomas Jefferson, it was the hypocrisy of writing all men are created equal

while owning slaves.

All three of these men were mixed bags.

They did great things and possessed moral clarity,

and yet at the same time they didn't live up to their own moral standards and caused much pain in the lives of those

around them. No person is all good or all bad. Every human being is a mixed bag.

Because we're all made in the image of God,

human beings are capable of amazing creation

and ideas that are beneficial to the world.

But because of sin, we're also capable of wrecking God's good creation.

I like how Alexander Solzhen, the Russian dissident put it.

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