deuteronomy on Joy

The only reason God would have had for creating us was not to get the cosmic love and joy of relationship (because he already had that) but to share it.

Joy must be morally clean. God warned Israel not to be tempted by the kind of debauched “joy” of the Canaanite festivals, which included sexual immorality, drunkenness, gluttony, and idolatry. They ha...