{"product_id":"the-pleasantness-of-a-religious-life","title":"The Pleasantness of a Religious Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrue piety has true pleasure in it.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn six chapters on Proverbs 3:17, Matthew Henry proves and illustrates the doctrine of religious pleasantness, saying the religious life is the only life worth living. “What was the fall and apostasy of man, and what is still his sin and misery, but the soul’s revolt from the divine life, and giving up itself wholly to the animal life?” Henry writes. Henry’s work is a treasure, helping to demolish Satan’s insinuation that true religion is boring and burdensome. Read Henry’s \u003cem\u003eThe Pleasantness of a Religious Life\u003c\/em\u003e and see why Christians really are the happiest creatures on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEndorsement\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Isaac Watts taught us to sing that ‘religion never was designed to make our pleasures less.’ Matthew Henry describes and demonstrates the truth of that assertion, outlining the comforts and privileges of true religion taught in Scripture and known by experience. It is a sweet corrective to any who suspect or indulge the idea that there is an inherent sourness in real Christianity. If we grasp what Matthew Henry writes, then we will also sing with John Newton that these truly are the ‘solid joys and lasting treasures’ that are found only in the pleasant paths of heavenly peace.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—Jeremy Walker, pastor, Maidenbower Baptist Church\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-color-mode=\"light\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"form__input wmde-markdown-var markdown-editor markdown-editor-show-live\" name=\"externalTextMarkdown\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown-editor-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"markdown-editor-preview\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wmde-markdown wmde-markdown-color\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo the Reader\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapter I: The Explication of the Doctrine\u003cbr\u003eChapter II: The Pleasure of Being Religious, Proved from the Nature of True Religion, and Many Particular Instances of It\u003cbr\u003eChapter III: The Pleasantness of Religion Proved from the Provision that Is Made for the Comfort of Those Who Are Religious, and the Privilages They Are Entitled To\u003cbr\u003eChapter IV: The Doctrine Further Proved by Experience\u003cbr\u003eChapter V: The Doctrine Illustrated by the Similitude Used in the Text, of a Pleasant Way or Journey\u003cbr\u003eChapter VI: The Doctrine Vindicated\u003cbr\u003eChapter VII: The Application of the Doctrine\u003cspan class=\"token tag punctuation\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Soli Deo Gloria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53009758650679,"sku":"fus1789813802533","price":8.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/8910\/4695\/files\/the-pleasantness-of-a-religious-life_1.jpg?v=1789813807","url":"https:\/\/effortlesschicclad.shop\/products\/the-pleasantness-of-a-religious-life","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}