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 Mc Connell 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.
Table of Content
Foreword by John Ortberg
Preface
1. Getting Serious About Happiness
2. Where Is the Happy Church?
3. Satisfied in the Word
4. God’s Instrument of Praise
5. Prayers of the People
6. Laughing Matters
7. The People of Limitless Hope
8. Suffering the Mission of Joy
9. The Future Feast We Taste
10. When the Church Is Heaven’s Sunlight
Acknowledgments
Small Group Discussion Questions
Notes
About the author
John Ortberg is teaching pastor of Menlo Park Presbyterian Church and author of many books, including God Is Closer Than You Think.
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