Hi Pilgrim

You stated:
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His teaching called "Christian Hedonism" (which by the way Edwards NEVER believed nor wrote)

While I disagree with "Christian Hedonism", mainly because I think it goes too far; something that I have not been able to find out is whether or not Edwards did or didn't believe in "Christian Hedonism."

I have asked a few quite knowledgeable people about this claim and there doesn’t seem to be a consensus about Edwards and Christian Hedonism. I got the feeling that even some of those who didn’t agree with Christian Hedonism, believed that Piper was correct concerning Edwards.
What I have not had to date is solid proof either way concerning Edwards’s thoughts on the issue.
If you know of any proof, it would probably go along way (at least in my mind) towards putting this particular issue to rest.

I thought I would add for the benifit of those who are not privy to John Piper's Christian Hedonism, his defence of it as well as his take of Edwards on the matter
http://www.desiringgod.org/resource-library/articles/was-jonathan-edwards-a-christian-hedonist.

Thank you
Tom

Last edited by Tom; Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:50 AM.