Christian Hedonism and John Piper
Christian Hedonism sounds a bit dodgy doesn't it? I'd heard about John Piper advocating this, but hadn't bothered looking into it. A recent discussion with a brother in England has made me investigate it and, as I suspected, it looks okay. I'm going to listen to the sermons here and understand a bit more. It sounds just what we need, although he should've named it something else!An overview can be found here.
posted by Timothy Davis | 8:37 pm
7 Comments:
Yes, I think the goal is to name a book something catchy, in order to catch your attention.
Although, I think the name is "Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist"
Blessings
What he has done is to make people suspicious of him! A lot of people pick-up on sound bites, judge someone immediately and don't bother to do the research.
I have to say it makes me suspicious and I don't know anything about the author . It is difficult to understand why anyone would want to associated Christianity with a word which denotes a life devoid of God.
Are the followers of this author called "Christian Libertines"? Will the sequel be called practicing Christian Idolatry?
As I said, the title isn't helpful as it puts people off. I think it is a rather foolish use of words. He should of called it "seeking pleasure in God". However, the title is technically correct.
Hedonism comes from the Greek for pleasure, and thus means seeking pleasure as the highest good. Christian Hedonism is seeking pleasure in God and in doing His will as the highest good.
The sermons are good. The title maybe is a bit controversial or attention-grabbing, but his theory is that man's chief end is to glorify God BY enjoying Him forever - starting now
i.e. God is most glorified when we are most satisfied in Him
Is that Peter Loughridge?
Our forefathers made the distinction between glorifying and enjoying (not glorifying BY enjoying) for a reason. Not all glorifying God is enjoying Him. Nevertheless we do glorify Him by enjoying Him, and we should enjoy glorifying Him. If you get what I mean...
Yeah, Peter Loughridge!
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