Ask Pastor John

Nudity belongs in marriage, and nowhere else — not in dating, not in engagement, and certainly not on your phone. Pastor John gives seven reasons why.

Praying the Bible keeps us from focusing on our immediate private concerns to the exclusion of God’s larger purposes.

Jesus lived to glorify his Father by enjoying him as the sustaining power for all his life, including his greatest suffering.

Imitate Christ and ask yourself, “How can I serve somebody today?” not, “How can I get somebody to like me today?”

The greatness of our rewards in the age to come correspond with the life of obedience that we have lived here.

The secret to enjoying Grape Nuts is so special, John Piper wrote a limerick to explain.

Although we don’t know how much our loved ones in heaven can watch us, we do know that they would encourage us to fix our eyes on Jesus.

The Bible is God’s word not simply because the authors said so, but because of the way God’s glory shines through it.

When God calls a woman to be a mother, it is a glorious calling, and such women should consider and embrace those glories.

Listen to John Piper’s heart and Godward hopes for the 45th presidency of the United States.

The ultimate hope for all Christians is the new heaven and the new earth, where everyone will see God as King over all.

If your child has turned from Christ, don’t despair. God loves to hear your prayers and can meet your situation with power.

If you find praise from other people more satisfying than praise from God, you will not be able to believe on Jesus.

With every difference between men and women, there is a kind of counterpoint of indispensability.

If you are a weary pastor, ask God to protect you from wasted leisure and to help you pursue God-honoring refreshment.

Engagement is a golden opportunity for men to set patterns of spiritual leadership and talk with their ladies about biblical and spiritual realities.

Some people use Matthew 14:4 to justify divorce. But Piper shares three uncertainties in the text that should keep us from doing so.

If you are a member in good standing at your local church, renounce sin, and treasure Christ, then you should eat the Lord’s Supper with hope.

God promises to give his single children an everlasting monument and name better than sons and daughters.

We must not find satisfaction in the praise of men, but in God himself and in helping others find that same satisfaction.