Is God a Hedonist?
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The FAQs on John Piper’s “Christian Hedonism”
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Recent Posts
- The end of the FAQ on Christian Hedonism
- Why don’t you folks at thefaithfulword.org website get it? It’s not ordinary hedonism, it’s hedonistic pleasure "in God".
- Is God Pleasure? (A question on the nature of God.)
- Is God a Hedonist?
- Isn’t the doctrine of the Trinity similar to Christian Hedonism in that it is a label and a doctrine not explicitly taught in the Bible but is nonetheless true?
- If I just substitute the word “joy” for “pleasure” doesn’t Christian Hedonism become biblical?
- Wasn’t Jesus motivated to redeem mankind because He was seeking His own joy?
- Weren’t C.S.Lewis and the Apostle Paul both Christian Hedonists?
- So Piper pushed the pendulum back to the other side, away from dead unemotionalism, what’s wrong with bringing some emotional balance back to the churches?
- You quoted Dr. Piper’s writing well enough, but the quote does not really communicate what he really wanted to say.
- If I find a Bible verse that calls me to be joyful, haven’t I proven Christian Hedonism is correct?
- Isn’t the command to delight in God the same as saying we are commanded to "pursue pleasure"?
- What’s really the harm in emphasizing "the pursuit of pleasure"?
- Is the goal of worship about getting pleasure, or is it something else?
- As a summary statement of the Bible, isn’t "pursue pleasure" more encompassing than "love God" (Matthew 22:37)?
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