Josh Hunt's Blog, page 228
March 20, 2018
Joy is commanded
The Scriptures command joy, hope, fear, peace, grief, desire, tenderheartedness, brokenness and contrition, gratitude, lowliness, etc. Therefore Christian Hedonism is not making too much of emotion when it says that being satisfied in God is our calling and duty. It is true that our hearts are often sluggish. We do not feel the depth or […]
March 18, 2018
God is most glorified in us…
If you get anything, get this. I learned it from Jonathan Edwards, C. S. Lewis, and, most importantly, from the apostle Paul. Edwards was the greatest pastor-theologian that America has ever produced. He wrote a book in 1755 called The End for Which God Created the World. The foundation and aim of that book is […]
March 17, 2018
March 15, 2018
The Dangerous Duty of Delight
So if Christian Hedonism is old-fashioned, why is it so controversial? One reason is that it insists that joy is not just the spin-off of obedience to God, but part of obedience. It seems as though people are willing to let joy be a by-product of our relationship to God, but not an essential part […]
God loves the sound of your voice.
For that reason “be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God” (Phil. 4:6). God loves the sound of your voice. Always. With this verse the apostle calls us to take action against anxiety. Until this point he has been assuring us of […]
March 9, 2018
March 7, 2018
How I Solved Group Life’s Two Biggest Problems
When I was a Group Pastor I had two problems I couldn’t get enough leaders Many of the leaders I did have were boring Great groups were great—really great. But, a lot of groups were not great. And I struggled to create new groups because I couldn’t get leaders. I stumbled onto a solution in […]
March 1, 2018
Contagious Calm
Disaster was as close as the press of a red button. Four Russian submarines patrolled the Florida coast. US warships had dropped depth charges. The Russian captain was stressed, trigger-happy, and ready to destroy a few American cities. Each sub was armed with a nuclear warhead. Each warhead had the potential to repeat a Hiroshima-level […]
Guilt and anxiety
Guilt came first. Anxiety came in tow. Guilt drove the truck, but anxiety bounced in the flatbed. Adam and Eve didn’t know how to process their failure. Neither do we. But still we try. We don’t duck into the bushes. We have more sophisticated ways to deal with our guilt. We . . . Numb it. With a […]
