He takes Piper to task in a workmanlike fashion. Emperor’s new clothes?ĭr Williams, author of The New Calvinists, is not one to be easily taken in by any Emperor’s new clothes. Was it the novelty or the wildness of the times that allowed Piper’s unorthodox ideas to gain such easy acceptance? But I should add that this is Christian hedonism, so it is the pursuit of pleasure in God, sensual self-indulgence in God! Whatever this might feel like is anybody’s guess, but looking at the YouTube videos referenced in the book, Piper-style worship offers the same sensual pleasures experienced by anyone at any pop concert, with loud beat music and strobe lighting, but of course there goes with it an assumption that everybody is enjoying a truly spiritual experience. Hedonism means the pursuit of pleasure, sensual self-indulgence not something the Bible encourages in believers. The term ‘Christian Hedonism’ was first coined by Dr John Piper in his 1986 book Desiring God. A biblical examination of John Piper’s teaching
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