Joy Is Not More Biblical Than Happiness

By Randy Alcorn

February 3, 2016

Joy Is Not More Biblical Than Happiness from Randy Alcorn - EPM on Vimeo.

In this interview with Faithlife's Daniel Di Bartolo, Randy Alcorn talks about joy and happiness. He talks about the misconceived notion that joy is more Biblical than happiness.

Randy Alcorn (@randyalcorn) is the author of over sixty books and the founder and director of Eternal Perspective Ministries.

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Happiness

Is Happiness Different from Joy?

audio December 11, 2015

I think the first thing we need to realize is that historically there was no such distinction in the church and in the English language. Simply look up joy in a secular dictionary, say Webster’s Dictionary, and you’ll see it defined as happiness and, happiness defined as joy. They are synonyms with overlapping meanings.

Is There a Difference Between Happiness and Joy?

article November 11, 2015

There’s a long rich, history of equating joy with happiness in Christ. In stark contrast to believers prior to the twentieth century, many modern Christians have portrayed happiness as, at best, inferior to joy and, at worst, evil.