Ask Pastor John

To come to true saving faith, you have to experience the miracle of spiritual sight of the supremely valuable glory of Christ, the image of God.

God intends for our real and wise fear of hell to be a means of clarifying and establishing his glory and truth in our hearts.

Teachers need to be vigilant over what they teach, and all Christians need to be vigilant over what they do with what they are taught.

The promise of future joy penetrates back into the present and sustains us with joy now in the midst of sorrow.

Our tragic loss of wonder and amazement is epidemic, especially in our age of ever-present distraction by superficial input from every manner of media.

Thinking that God owes us naturally leads to arrogant abuse. But knowing that we deserve nothing good from God naturally leads to brokenhearted love.

Don’t open your mouth to alcohol to numb your pain. Open your mouth to speak right things that would deliver you from misjudgment.

There will always be complementarians willing to die for the truth who will give their lives rather than conform to an unbiblical culture.

The key to persevering in a discouraging marriage is hope and faith from God’s word that he can overcome the divide.

Christ was a just and merciful substitute for sinners. When he died for his elect, he bore their punishment. They experience no condemnation.

Studying the historical and physical realities of crucifixion shows how deplorable and inhumane that form of human extermination is.

Jesus, God’s Son, died in the place of sinners and rose so that all who love him supremely might be forgiven all and have eternal joy in God.

When parachurch campus ministries are an extension of the local church, they can strategically reach and disciple the lost together.

God does not require finite man to love him infinitely. But he does require total and supreme love.

Because John Calvin loved the glory of God and our pursuit of happiness in him, John Piper believes he would have been a Christian Hedonist.

It is a terrible sign of spiritual obliviousness to visit religious shrines and not feel heartbreak and caution for demonic powers of deception.

If your parents think pursuing missions is a waste, win them to your vision and show them that Christ is sufficient to satisfy your soul.

Christ is our reward — as is everything else that more fully reveals him and more fully enables us to enjoy him.

Baptism demonstrates and symbolically reenacts our spiritual death, burial, and resurrection in Christ. But it does not save anyone.

Pray to God at all times, but don’t think you can twist God’s arm by repeating your requests. He seeks heartfelt, authentic fellowship.