Suffering, Sacrifice, and Christian Hedonism
Ask Pastor John
Desiring God
4.9 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2013
⏱️ 5 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Desiring God is your signature book, Pastor John. |
| 0:07.1 | It was first published in 1986. |
| 0:08.8 | And of course, Desiring God is the name of the ministry, too. |
| 0:11.4 | But it's also the title of this foundational 400-page book. |
| 0:14.2 | And in the last podcast, you talked a little bit |
| 0:16.3 | about how and why chapter 10 on Suffering |
| 0:18.3 | came about as an added chapter to the second edition |
| 0:21.6 | of the book released in 1996. |
| 0:24.0 | Explain this a little bit more for us. |
| 0:25.6 | Why did you add the chapter on Suffering and Sacrifice? |
| 0:29.1 | We were talking about how to prevent Christian hedonism, |
| 0:34.9 | which basically says, pursue your joy in God. |
| 0:38.6 | How to prevent joy from being our God, |
| 0:43.1 | instead of God being our God. |
| 0:44.5 | And I gave about what, four or five or six ways |
| 0:48.0 | that Christian hedonism avoids that mistake. |
| 0:50.8 | And I was talking there about an experience early on |
| 0:55.7 | where I don't think I felt, as fully as I should, |
| 1:00.8 | how this would land on people. |
| 1:04.0 | And here's the example I had in mind. |
| 1:05.8 | I published the book Desiring God. |
| 1:09.2 | And a review of it was written by a missionary. |
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