Why Stoicism Is Toxic

Ask Pastor John

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John Piper, Unknown, 163859, Pastor, Ask, Theology, Desiring God, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Questions

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🗓️ 18 December 2013

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Although emotionalism can lead churches into unhelpful practices and even abuse, emotionless churches are in greater danger. Pastor John explains why.

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0:00.0	Several related email questions have come in from something you said in a podcast addressing
0:09.0	John MacArthur and his Strange Fire Conference.
0:12.5	Eric writes in to ask Pastor John, you stated at the end of episode 216 that a lack of emotions
0:18.3	may be worse than too much emotion when discussing charismatic abuses.
0:22.3	Can you explain why?
0:23.9	Nick from Sanford, Florida asks more generally, Pastor John, what is the proper role of emotions
0:29.8	in the Christian life, and Kathy in South Dakota asks, Pastor John, can you expand on your
0:34.9	comment at the end of episode 216 about the absence of emotion being more deadly than
0:39.9	the excess?
0:40.9	I am super pleased that those listeners picked up on that comment.
0:44.5	I wanted to say more about that because I felt like I dropped that in there and didn't
0:49.9	really get this.
0:50.9	I mean, this is important.
0:53.0	I think too few people make the observation that non-emotion is more dangerous than excessive
1:04.9	emotion.
1:06.9	Many see emotionalism and condemn it rightly, all right, rightly.
1:13.3	That is emotion, here's my definition of emotionalism, emotion that is not rooted in truth
1:20.3	and is not proportional to the truth that's in view and is not regulated by truth.
1:26.3	So as soon as emotion gets disconnected from biblical truth and the mental grasp of that
1:34.1	truth, it spins out of control into emotionalism and that is rightly criticized.
1:43.7	So we see that, and we recognize that because it's usually weird, right?
1:49.7	It usually gets on TV and it's over the top and people make spoof salad with binny
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