Well, obviously we live in fractured and chaotic times, and we also know that God's glory

is important, the most important thing in the universe.

So when we survey our world and we mentally run the numbers, so to speak, to find the

evidence, which side of the scale tips does this world bring God mostly honor or does

it bring God mostly dishonor and creation and in this drama of human history, which side

is winning out?

I love unique big picture questions like this one today from a listener named Sam in Brighton,

England.

Dear Tony and Pastor John, I have been listening to your podcast for two years now and have

found it invaluable in my own personal journey towards the Christ Center life.

The key foundation of the APJ ministry is that God wishes to be glorified in the everyday

actions of his creatures and that this is both satisfying and pleasing to him.

I greatly enjoy the study of history and what it tells us about the human condition.

My interests are in human conflict and approaches to peace.

So often it appears, however, that human history is full of violence, war, and suffering.

My question is this, how does this enormous weight of non-God glorifying acts stack up

against God's desire to be glorified?

I realize that God ultimately requires nothing from us, but how can he be satisfied if

quite possibly there have been far more God dishonoring acts across the span of human

history than God glorifying once?

How does the philosophy of Christian hedonism answer this imbalance?

Yeah, maybe, maybe it's the imbalance he thinks, maybe not.

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