“Quite simply, our isolation from nature has become isolation from God's Word. Cocooned in our manmade world of climate-controlled homes, cars, subways, and high-rises, we're finding it easier to live as practical atheists.”

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This reads as a critique of modern life that has become sealed off from the natural world. It can be taken to mean that when people live almost entirely inside artificial routines, they lose a sense of dependence, wonder, and spiritual attentiveness. The line lands when someone is arguing for time outdoors, silence, or a less insulated way of living.

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About Eric Metaxas

American author, speaker, and conservative radio host

Eric Metaxas is an American author, speaker, and conservative radio host. He is known for biographies of William Wilberforce, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Martin Luther, along with other books, a memoir, and work for VeggieTales. His books include Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, and Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World. He also published Fish Out of Water: A Search for the Meaning of Life, as well as If You Can Keep It and Letter to the American Church. His writing also extends to humor, children's books, and scripts.

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Books by Eric Metaxas

Amazing Grace

2007

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Miracles

2014

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Seven More Men

2020

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Bonhoeffer

2009

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If you can keep it

2016

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