Comments on: The Greatest Obstacle to Personal Happiness https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/12/11/the-greatest-obstacle-to-personal-happiness/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: The Greatest Obstacle to Personal Happiness | The Log College https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/12/11/the-greatest-obstacle-to-personal-happiness/#comment-39122 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 15:04:35 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15784#comment-39122 […] is Professor of Old Testament & Practical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. This article  first appeared on his blog, Head Heart […]

]]> By: Amplitudo https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/12/11/the-greatest-obstacle-to-personal-happiness/#comment-39098 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 13:10:45 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15784#comment-39098 While I cannot fault the intent and message, and indeed it is a wonderful message, I cannot help but smile at the naive conclusion.

“You want to be happy? Target sin as your greatest enemy, not your greatest friend. It is the greatest obstacle to your happiness in every way.”

Not only does this not logically follow, for simply not-sinning does not make one happy, it does not prove true in the lives of believers who earnestly seek to serve and glorify God. The depression and heaviness of heart that some of the greatest historical preachers and teachers struggled with does not fit this conceptualization of the Christian experience.

Happiness is a fleeting thing; I would settle for peace and give no thought to happiness.

]]> By: The Greatest Obstacle to Personal Happiness https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/12/11/the-greatest-obstacle-to-personal-happiness/#comment-39034 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 05:06:17 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15784#comment-39034 […] is Professor of Old Testament & Practical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. This article  first appeared on his blog, Head Heart hand, and is used with […]

]]> By: Donald Bryant https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/12/11/the-greatest-obstacle-to-personal-happiness/#comment-37778 Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:27:08 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15784#comment-37778 Stimulating. Can’t reprint this list too much!!

]]> By: Posts to peruse 12.13.13: happiness, hating Christmas, chimps, the pope, and joy | Strengthened by Grace https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/12/11/the-greatest-obstacle-to-personal-happiness/#comment-37364 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 15:01:37 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15784#comment-37364 […] The Greatest Obstacle to Personal Happiness;  “Most people think that sinning is the best way to happiness. Otherwise, why would so many spend their days figuring out how to sin bigger and better?” David Murray looks to Ralph Venning. Jesus Is For People Who Hate Christmas:  Listen closely. For just a moment, tune out the Christmas music and television commercials. Do you hear that slow creaking and cracking noise? It’s the sound of Satan’s skull being slowly crushed underneath the foot of our conquering Savior. Now we suffer. Now we experience cancer and migraines and anxiety and singleness and sadness and loneliness and poverty. Now we are afflicted by sin and Satan and our flesh. But not always. Judges Deny Chimpanzees Personhood:  “Three lawsuits filed last week that attempted to achieve “legal personhood” for four chimpanzees living in New York have been struck down. They were the first step in a nationwide campaign to grant legal rights to a variety of animals.” Looks like another front has been opened up in the culture wars. And, like the gay marriage lobby, this ones seems equally zealous, organized, well-funded, and strategically savvy. […]

]]> By: Various & Sundry: December 13 « Charlie Wingard https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/12/11/the-greatest-obstacle-to-personal-happiness/#comment-37343 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 12:58:34 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15784#comment-37343 […] David Murray turns to the Puritans to demonstrate that sin is the greatest obstacle to personal happiness. […]

]]> By: 6-String Salvo, December 13, 2013 | Mike Lee https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/12/11/the-greatest-obstacle-to-personal-happiness/#comment-37318 Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:45:06 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15784#comment-37318 […] What’s the greatest obstacle to personal happiness?  David Murray tells us it’s the very thing that most people thing will bring them […]

]]> By: David Bissett https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/12/11/the-greatest-obstacle-to-personal-happiness/#comment-37160 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 20:38:52 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15784#comment-37160 EXCELLENT!

]]> By: Amita Patel https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/12/11/the-greatest-obstacle-to-personal-happiness/#comment-36931 Thu, 12 Dec 2013 02:33:42 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15784#comment-36931 This is a powerful post! Our true purpose is to be happy so we can give to others. Many feel that happiness is selfish when in fact it is what helps us to serve.
Thanks for sharing!
Best,
Amita Patel
http://www.AlignedHolistics.com

]]> By: Sharon https://headhearthand.org/blog/2013/12/11/the-greatest-obstacle-to-personal-happiness/#comment-36755 Wed, 11 Dec 2013 14:07:54 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=15784#comment-36755 One of the best books I have read on what sin is

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