Ask Pastor John

More single women serve in missions than single men, but God is able to give grace for every circumstance.

When we see all of Jesus’s virtuous capacities and magnificent achievements, it is natural, not awkward, to call him beautiful.

We must see how sacrifice works as a theme in all of the Bible in order to fully appreciate the cross of Christ.

And it’s a rather obscure German hymn you’ve probably never heard — until now.

If being Jesus-focused is a killjoy for your Christmas, you don’t know him well.

We should not exclude the prospect of trembling in and of itself from our glorified state in the age to come.

A pregnancy outside of marriage exposes a previous sin, but pregnancy itself is not sin. Pastor John gives three reasons why.

It is wise to pursue a measured use of wide reading and listening — including non-Christian authors.

In the age to come, when there will be no more sorrow or sin, we will experience perfect freedom for the first time.

As you make plans, know that when God works for you, the goal of his work is to fit you for enjoying God himself.

Quenching the Spirit means despising or neglecting his gifts, refusing to express spiritual emotion, and resisting his fruit.

God will give us everything we need to do his will and to glorify him most fully, even if it means death.

We are heirs of all God’s promises. But they are fulfilled differently today because of the work of Jesus.

Only Christ-centered commitment enables spouses to be honest with each other about their sexual purity.

God does not mean to remove suffering in this life, but assure us in suffering that nothing can separate us from his love.

Remember your corruption enough to humble yourself, but forget whatever keeps you back from pressing on toward Christ.

Your conscience should be clear in marrying a godly, Christ-exalting spouse, whatever his or her race.

The Bible portrays the unfolding of history under the sovereignty of God to bring about his purposes in line with his promises.

Christ’s advocacy is the ongoing presentation of our union with him established at the cross through faith by the Spirit.

God wills a new humility and submission and faith through our sin and the pain of loss.