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“The misunderstanding of this book that I want most to avoid is that I am writing to make well-to-do Western Christians comfortable, as if the joy I have in mind is psychological icing on the cake of already superficial Christianity.”

I’m so ready Mr.Piper.

“Truth and affections. Doctrine and joy. Both are essential. When the word of the cross is preached like this, a great blow is struck against the joylessness of God’s people. And that is a blow for the glory of God.”

“The essence of the Christian life is learning to fight for joy in a way that does not replace grace. […] I have pursued Christ as my joy with all my might. But it was a might that he mightily imparted.”

“Oh, how easy it is to think we are what we ought to be when the emotions are made peripheral. […] But the emotions—they are the weathercock of the heart. Nothing shows the direction of the deep winds of the soul like the demand for radical, sin-destroying, Christ-exalting joy in God.”

“Love is not a mere choice to move the body or the brain. Love is also an experience of the heart. So the stakes are very high. Christ is to be cherished, not just chosen.”