![]() Piper writes, ".the message of this book. Three basic concepts make up Piper's CH: 1) God's passion for His glory 2) Man's obligation to find pleasure in God and 3) God's total sovereignty to the exclusion of man's free will. ![]() Desiring God, which introduced CH openly to readers in 1986, develops it more from philosophical reasoning than exegesis: "Human life should be a ‘living for pleasure.'" Elsewhere: "You can't love your own happiness too much." Biblical references, please! He says, "I found in myself an overwhelming longing to be happy.to seek pleasure." For that, he felt guilty until he found support in the Westminster Catechism ("The chief end of man is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever") and certain authors, especially Jonathan Edwards. Much that Piper writes is biblical and glorifying to God. He commendably seeks to awaken Christians to rejoice in the Lord. Many testify of great blessing through his writings. I will pray for him and encourage you to do likewise. I was sorry to learn of his diagnosis with prostate cancer. ![]() All were erudite, quoting Scripture, and so well-versed in Piper's writings that it must encourage him. He says he's been "brooding over these things" for nearly 40 years. Some form of CH has been present in his writings for the past 20 years. Some readers complained that my response last month in the Q&A about John Piper and his "Christian Hedonism" (CH) showed that I hadn't read what he's written. ![]()
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