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Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 11: God Glorified, Man Satisfied Video 05.11.2019 ↓

If you desire God to get glory from your life, take your joy in him very seriously.

Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 10: Love for People as the Overflow of Joy Video 02.11.2019 ↓

Pursuing greater, deeper joy in God increases, not diminishes or hinders, our love for other people.

Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 9: Joy in Suffering Shows the Worth of God Video 29.10.2019 ↓

Suffering with joy in this world is one of the greatest advertisements for the reality of the next.

Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 7: The Severing of Boasting and Self-Pity Video 22.10.2019 ↓

Joy in Christ is not passive or timid. It severs, with holy aggression, all boasting and self-pity still within us.

Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 6: Is Joy Essential to Saving Faith? Video 19.10.2019 ↓

If our faith in Jesus does not involve an enjoying of Jesus, it is not saving faith.

Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 5: Conversion to Christ — and Joy Video 15.10.2019 ↓

The essence of genuine conversion to Christ is awakening to Christ as supremely valuable.

Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 4: What Is the Essence of Evil? Video 12.10.2019 ↓

We should pursue our fullest and most lasting satisfaction in God because to find that satisfaction anywhere else is the essence of evil.

Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 3: If You Refuse to Be Happy Video 08.10.2019 ↓

It is our duty, not just our opportunity, to pursue God. And he underlines this reality by threatening judgment if we will not seek happiness in him.

Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 2: God Demands Our Delight Video 05.10.2019 ↓

God cares more about your happiness than you do. He is so serious about your joy that he threatens hell if you refuse to find it in him.

Foundations of Christian Hedonism, Part 1: The Duty of Delight Video 01.10.2019 ↓

Christian Hedonism: A life devoted to pursuing the fullest and longest pleasure in God through Jesus Christ.

Philippians 4:1, Part 4: Stand Firm in the Strength of God Video 28.09.2019 ↓

God does not call us to stand firm in our own willpower, relying on our own strength. He calls us to stand firm in the Lord.

Philippians 4:1, Part 3: What Crown Will Christians Receive? Video 24.09.2019 ↓

Other Christians will stand as evidence on the last day that you truly loved the Lord Jesus during your lifetime.

Philippians 4:1, Part 2: Can We Love Christians Too Much? Video 21.09.2019 ↓

How can the apostle Paul call other believers “my joy” when he just said that he counts everything as loss compared to knowing Christ?

Philippians 4:1, Part 1: Love and Long for One Another Video 17.09.2019 ↓

The apostle Paul expressed a deep love and longing in his letters. How often do you express that kind of love to other Christians?

1 Corinthians 10:13, Part 2: What Is the Way of Escape in Temptation? Video 10.09.2019 ↓

How can God say he will provide us with an escape in our tests and trials while also saying he will help us endure them?

1 Corinthians 10:13, Part 1: Is Every Temptation a Test from God? Video 07.09.2019 ↓

Don’t limit the word “temptation” to something that lures us into sin. Anything that tries to pull us away from God is a temptation. Anything.

Philippians 3:18–21: Our Bodies Will Shine Like the Sun Video 03.09.2019 ↓

When this life comes to an end, when our frail bodies sputter for the last time, God will raise us from the dead and give us glorious bodies.

Philippians 3:18–21: What Will My New Body Be Like? Video 31.08.2019 ↓

Someday soon we get to exchange our crippled and lowly body for a glorious and heavenly one.

Philippians 3:18–21: Live Like You Belong in Heaven Video 27.08.2019 ↓

If you are Christ’s, you don’t belong here. This is not your home. Your citizenship is in heaven.

Philippians 3:18–21: How to Be an Enemy of the Cross Video 24.08.2019 ↓

Even though Paul could outdo every Pharisee in law-keeping, he had no confidence in the law. But he had full confidence in the cross.

Philippians 3:18–21: Two Ways to Oppose God Video 20.08.2019 ↓

God’s enemies will face God’s eternal wrath. So who are these enemies of the cross, and how do I know I am not one of them?

Philippians 3:18–21: Two Ways to Nullify the Cross Video 17.08.2019 ↓

The cross was designed by God to humble us. It reminds us that we need Christ’s blood to rescue us, and his power to strengthen us.

Philippians 3:18–21: Are You Ruled by Your Desires? Video 13.08.2019 ↓

To love the world and all its riches may scratch an itch for a moment, but it will cost you everything in the end.

Philippians 3:18–21: A Mini-Theology of Hell Video 10.08.2019 ↓

As hard as it may be, we must face the reality that hell exists and is promised to all of God’s enemies.

Philippians 3:18–21: Do You Weep Over the Perishing? Video 06.08.2019 ↓

God does not call us to learn just from Paul’s teaching but also from his emotions. Do you weep over the lost like the apostle Paul?