I have two related questions for you today, Pastor John, joining us over the phone today.

Back in 1981, in a sermon on wisdom, you said this, it's a rather curious thing, so I want

your thoughts on it.

Quote, God has created this world and its moral laws in such a way that the more we choose

to glorify God, the happier we will be."

That sounds different to my ear.

My question is, would you say that same thing today, looking back?

Is this how Christian hedonism should be expressed, that God created this world and its moral

laws in such a way that the more we choose to glorify God, the happier we will be?

And while we're at it, what did you think of Kevin D. Young's recent tweet, where he

wrote, quote, we will only be most satisfied when we delight in God being most glorified.

He seems to want to adjust your favorite sentence.

Yes, yes, he does seem to want to tweak my sentence.

I love Kevin D. Young.

I'll get to Kevin in a minute, but let's take these questions one at a time.

First, that sentence from 1981, the more we choose to glorify God, the happier we will

be, that sentence is almost the flip-flopping of my usual sentence.

I like to say, and I think it's the heart of Christian hedonism, indeed the heart of

the Christian life, that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

And that 1981 sentence could be paraphrased.

We are most satisfied in God when God is most glorified in us.

And would I say that today?

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