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July 2026

July 02, 2026

If Christians Shouldn’t Be Happy, Who Should Be?

G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) has been widely credited with saying, “Jesus promised His disciples three...

May 2026

May 04, 2026

True Happiness Is Only Found in the Last Place People Look

Jonathan Edwards said, “The enjoyment of [God] is the only happiness with which our souls...

April 2026

April 02, 2026

Attempting to Separate Holiness and Happiness Distorts Both

In his book The Seven Deadly Virtues, Gerald Mann tells of his first exposure to...

March 2026

March 02, 2026

The Longing of God’s People for Heaven on Earth

English Reformer and martyr John Bradford (1510–1555) wrote in a letter nearly five hundred years...

February 2026

February 09, 2026

It’s Possible to Find Happiness in Jesus Every Day

I find that any day I haven’t contemplated Scripture and worshiped my Lord, my happiness...

November 2025

November 24, 2025

How Perspective Affects Our Happiness

Happiness researchers have found that circumstances can contribute about 10 percent to our happiness—a remarkably...

October 2025

October 06, 2025

These Seven Biblical Truths Can Bring You Great Happiness

In my last blog, I shared six false expectations that can diminish our happiness. So what truths...

October 02, 2025

Are These False Expectations Diminishing Your Happiness?

Most people intuitively know that our expectations profoundly affect our life experiences. Yet even as...

September 2025

September 04, 2025

The Happiness of Knowing Christ Accomplished My Redemption

If my redemption depended on me, I would be constantly anxious, worried, and distraught. I...

July 2025

July 17, 2025

Entitlement Is One of the Greatest Enemies of True Happiness

Though all of us, if asked, might say that we don’t have any more right to a...

June 2025

June 30, 2025

William Wilberforce Encourages Us To Look to Jesus

One of my great heroes is William Wilberforce. He is credited as the primary human...

May 2025

May 19, 2025

How Can the Happiness of Heaven Touch Our Lives Today?

This life is neither our only opportunity nor our best one for happiness, adventure, and...

May 15, 2025

Are Happiness and Holiness Exclusive?

Some Christians see happiness as the virtual opposite of holiness. But Scripture says otherwise. Greek...

May 05, 2025

Are We Hardwired for Happiness?

In the twentieth century, many Bible-believing churches moved from Charles Spurgeon’s “You cannot be too...

May 01, 2025

Is There a Conflict Between Joy and Happiness?

As part of a study related to my Happiness book, I recorded a series of videos, 10...

April 2025

April 10, 2025

The Forgotten Truth: Jesus Is Full of Happiness

The Glad Heart of Jesus In the first-ever gospel message of the newborn church, the...

March 2025

March 03, 2025

How Can Enjoying Happiness in God’s Creation Draw Us to God?

Two seriously ill men occupied the same hospital room. The man next to the window...

January 2025

January 30, 2025

Consider Reading the Bible Chronologically This Year

Countless Christians believe that Bible reading is their duty—something holy people do. What many don’t understand is...

January 02, 2025

Does Scripture Show God Has Emotions?

I wrote about God’s emotions in my Happiness book, but recently ran across this past video, answering...

November 2024

November 21, 2024

Where Does Happiness Originate?

Some people suppose happiness is uniquely human, unrelated to God’s nature: as He gave us...

November 04, 2024

There Is a God-Given Happiness That Honors Him

The Puritans, Charles Spurgeon, John Wesley and a host of others constantly spoke of a God-made happiness....

October 2024

October 21, 2024

Find Happiness by Planting Yourself Deeply in God’s Word

In our side yard a tree has survived ice storms, heavy snows, and howling winds....

August 2024

August 01, 2024

When God Grants Happiness, He Reveals His Own Happiness

After the exiles had returned to Jerusalem and the wall had been rebuilt, Nehemiah told...

May 2024

May 02, 2024

How Does Understanding God’s Happiness Change Lives?

A teenage boy came to me with questions about his faith. He’d attended church all...

April 2024

April 18, 2024

What Happiness Can We Anticipate on the New Earth?

At the end of Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of Tolkien’s The Return of the King, Bilbo...

April 08, 2024

If We Realize We’re Undeserving, the World Comes Alive

Jesus said to His disciples, “When you do all the things which are commanded you,...

March 2024

March 11, 2024

What Secular Happiness Studies Have In Common With the Bible

The former chapel dean at Duke University tells about a recruiter coming from Teach For...

December 2023

December 21, 2023

Jesus: Good News of Great Happiness

The angel’s message to the shepherds at Jesus’ birth condenses the gospel to its core....

December 18, 2023

Giving, the Gift of Happiness

Sociologist Christian Smith’s study on generosity yielded this observation: “People rightly say that money cannot...

October 2023

October 19, 2023

God Calls Us to Find Happiness in Him

In my novel Safely Home, I tell the story of two Harvard roommates reunited in China...

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