Ask Pastor John

We all need private, regular communion with God. But the Bible presents a vision for prayer that reaches well beyond our personal quiet times.

The New Testament doesn’t apply the term “pastor” to any leader in the church, but only to qualified men who oversee and teach the flock.

The God of our Bibles is more glorious than we can even begin to imagine. And it all begins with this fact: God absolutely and simply is.

What happens when a preacher saturates himself with the Scriptures, walks into a pulpit, and overflows with a God-entranced vision of all things?

James tells us that we have not because we ask not. But do we still lack sometimes because we don’t ask with enough faith?

Evil goes beyond the harm we commit against other humans. Evil is preferring anything above God, even if we harm no one in the process.

Our perceptions of race relations in the church are of some importance. God’s vision for where race relations are heading is of infinite importance.

Most fundamentally, marriage is not a convenient matchup of vocations, but a covenant that displays the love Jesus has for his church.

Should parents require non-Christian teens to attend church with them? And if so, how do they avoid creating hypocrites of their kids?

The cross will seem like an overreaction as long as man is big and God is small. The essence of sin is not harm done to man, but indignities done to God.

How should Christians live in a culture that increasingly views our faith as bigoted, immoral, and even dangerous?

What our marriages need most is probably not new and novel counsel from the latest book or seminar, but this one piece of timeless, biblical truth.

What do sexually illicit dreams reveal about our souls? Pastor John offers biblical principles for understanding dreams and practical ways to overcome them.

What can you expect when you set out on a journey through the entire Bible? Pastor John offers three cautions and nine life-transforming hopes for every Bible reader.

Are New Year’s resolutions helpful, are they harmful, or are they just a setup for eventual failure?

Journaling Bibles can be a great way to go deeper in God’s word, but many feel paralyzed, not knowing what to write (or not).

In our good concern for what and how we consume, how do Christians keep from being consumed by ethical consumerism?

The wonder and glory of Christmas will never dry up because the manger lets loose waterfalls of mercy that will flow forever.

As we gather around the dinner table this Christmas, how might we share the gospel with family who don’t understand the meaning of Jesus’s birth?

The second commandment forbids using an image or likeness of God in worship. Does that mean we should take down our nativity sets?

The Christ who took on flesh and dwelt among us never had a beginning. He existed eternally before, and will be forever after.

Victory over pornography use is no small thing, but that doesn’t mean our battle is over. God lays claim to every impulse in our hearts, however small.

Did the biblical writers expect Jesus to return at any moment, or were they waiting for certain events to take place before the end would come?

The greatest ache of the human heart is not to have wealth, comfort, or power, but to see and savor the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Why was Jesus born a Jew? The incarnation undercuts all ethnic boasting and throws people from every tribe, tongue, and nation on the mercy of a Jewish man from Nazareth.