And welcome back to the Aspastor John podcast, especially if this is your first time here.

Welcome.

I'm Tony, the host and I pitch questions to longtime pastor and author John Piper.

That's his name.

And we talk about life's most challenging questions and what the Bible has to say about

those challenging questions.

And maybe just happen to see this episode online or maybe someone sent you this link, a friend

or someone.

Welcome.

We do all this by taking questions from our audience.

And today's question comes from a listener named Rebecca.

Hello, Pastor John.

And thank you for this podcast.

It has blessed me, guided me and strengthened my faith over the years.

My question for you is this, how would you explain your experience of joy in God to a curious,

unchurched, non-Christian?

Where would you begin and how would you do it with language and non-Christian could easily

follow?

Okay.

Let's do it this way.

I'll write a short letter to an imaginary unbeliever named Michael who has almost no experience

of church or religious language and who has asked me this very question to tell him what

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