Are you prone to taking yourself too seriously? This article explains how Christians with a high view of God and Christ should have lives marked by laughter and joy, because the basis of our hope is grace, not performance.

This article shows how central Christian joy is to the teaching of the New Testament, and thus to the Christian life.

This article explores when humour is appropriate and inappropriate, also when it comes to preaching.

Why do Christians sometimes lose their joy? This article discusses two reasons why, and also considers what to do about it.

What is Christian hedonism? Christian hedonism explains the reality that true pleasure, satisfaction, and delight are to be rooted in God. This article explains ten things you need to know about enjoying God and being satisfied in him.

We are commanded to delight in the Lord or have joy in the Lord, because joy clearly and thoroughly reveals the worth, value, splendour of whatever it is that evokes it. This article explains ten things you need to know about biblical joy.

This article interacts with the statement, "God calls us to holiness, not happiness," and finds it wanting. Scripture does not present the two in competition with one another. Rather, a gospel that promotes the one over the other is not good news, for holiness means recognizing Jesus as the source of life's greatest joy and pleasure.

The Bible commands Christians to rejoice. This article discusses how the desire for joy is real, and how we can have true joy.

This article presents joy or enjoyment as absolute necessities for those who are in Christ. The author closely links these aspects of worship to the honour, praise, and glory of God.

How are we supposed to obey the command to rejoice in the Lord if true Christian joy is a gift of God? This article answers, suggesting the use of means, such as Scripture reading, prayer, fellowship, creation & providence, and obedience.

This article discusses the nature of Christian joy. It explains how joy is a duty, it is more than an emotion, and joylessness is a sin.

This article presents the biblical definition of joy, and considers how we may get there—by contemplating the glory of Christ.

This article reflects on what the joy of the Lord looks like, alongside of godly sorrow.

What should a believer's reaction to suffering look like? This article discusses James' exhortation in James 1:2 which encourages Christians to rejoice in trials. This joy acts as a testimony to the world of the presence of the Lord Jesus in the believer's life. To withdraw and dwell in self-pity is to sin against God, who has blessed us with many things in this life and the next.

Isaiah 12 gives reasons why Christians ought to be joyful. Christians can find joy in the atoning work of Christ, having God as our salvation, and sharing this salvation message with others.

Is the Reformed Church lacking joy? The author of this article attributes the lack of joy within the Reformed Church to the desire to be unique and the challenge to preserve doctrinal truth. This article points to the covenant of grace as the cure to finding and expressing joy in God.

What brings joy to Christian obedience? This article explains that the joy of Christian obedience comes from knowing who you are, and who Jesus is.

Delighting in doing good and the glorification of God are closely connected for a believer. This article explains how.

How ought a Christian to regard his emotions? The history of theology has answered that variously. In 1746, Jonathan Edwards published A Treatise on the Religious Affections, which is a biblical discussion of the matter, and a worthwhile read especially in today's discussions over religious experiences. This article offers a survey of the work.

This article discusses the joy that is associated with the experience of conversion. In doing this the author attempts to determine what this joy is, including what is called in Scripture the joy of salvation, its relationship to justification, and how to obtain this joy.

Contentment is something that every Christian must learn. This article provides five avenues for pursuing contentment.