Happy Church
eBook - ePub

Happy Church

Pursuing Radical Joy as the People of God

  1. 183 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Happy Church

Pursuing Radical Joy as the People of God

About this book

Most Christians resist the idea that we are to pursue happiness. We are more comfortable with the idea of finding joy or being blessed. But seeking happiness seems too superficial or too flighty for people of faith.In Happy Church, Tim McConnell offers a radical call for Christians to reclaim happiness. Happiness flows from the joy of the Lord and being glad in Christ. When the church expresses happiness, we are making a countercultural choice that the world cannot help but notice. "It's time to bring the happy back," he says. "It's time to get serious about happiness."This is a book to read with your small group or congregation, with discussion questions to help you become happy together. You'll discover that God's call to the church is to radiate happiness—because we live in a world that desperately needs it.

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Information

Publisher
IVP
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9780830844562

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword by John Ortberg
  6. Epigraph
  7. Preface
  8. 1 Getting Serious About Happiness
  9. 2 Where Is the Happy Church?
  10. 3 Satisfied in the Word
  11. 4 God’s Instrument of Praise
  12. 5 Prayers of the People
  13. 6 Laughing Matters
  14. 7 The People of Limitless Hope
  15. 8 Suffering the Mission of Joy
  16. 9 The Future Feast We Taste
  17. 10 When the Church Is Heaven’s Sunlight
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. Small Group Discussion Questions
  20. Notes
  21. Praise for Happy Church
  22. About the Author
  23. More Titles from InterVarsity Press
  24. Copyright