Ask Pastor John

The burdens and drudgery of life may feel like walls keeping you from joy. But inside these walls, God Almighty is working for your everlasting good.

If God made everything good, then do we honor him just by using what he has made? Pastor John explains the essential steps to God-honoring feasting.

Every single one of us can look over our lives and find failures we regret. How do we deal with remorse in light of God’s mercy?

Our culture saturates itself with entertainment that hardly gives a passing thought to God. Should Christians consume such media?

When you discover that God is not only perfectly glorious, but that everything he does is for his glory, your life may get flipped upside down.

Sexual desire doesn’t begin and end with physical attraction. God made us to cherish inner beauty and glory, not just looks that pass with age.

If heaven is a world of love, with no grief or pain or loss, then will we have any need to pray to God once we are there?

Only the grace of supernatural delight can empower us to resist the allure of sin’s constant temptations.

If someone’s sexual desires are low to the point of indifference, should he or she still be open to marriage down the road?

The Bible stresses repeatedly the power and greatness of Jesus’s name. But why does it emphasize his name, and not just his person?

If Jesus promises that his yoke is easy and his burden light, then why do some people struggle so much to put their faith in him?

If God created us for good works and wants us to labor diligently, then how do we determine when our career has become an idol?

If your job requires you to work on Sundays, how do you honor the Lord’s Day? Pastor John offers three pieces of counsel.

Every Protestant owes a debt of gratitude to the Reformers, especially for one of their most precious gifts to us: expository exultation.

Christians should judge a book not by the color of its author or the number of its century, but by the God-exalting or God-ignoring content of its pages.

As we sit under preaching in our churches, what matters most is not how eloquent the teacher is, but how much truth shines forth in his content.

Sermons are more than a transfer of facts and stories. They are a part of worship that God uses to work miracles in both the preacher and the people.

With all the demands on our time, how can young families pace themselves to run the marathon of life without burning out halfway through?

God’s sovereignty is his right and power to do whatever he pleases. God’s providence is his wise and purposeful sovereignty.

If God has given you elders in your local church and brothers and sisters in Christ, then why should you bother seeking wisdom from this podcast?

God may not reveal every detail we want to know about our future, but he does promise to walk with us and direct our steps.

Our culture may celebrate sin and stifle truth, but that doesn’t mean we should lose hope. God can still grant an awakening.

If we believe in the sovereignty of God, then how do we explain friends or prominent leaders who turn their backs on Jesus?

Our song choices influence our churches nearly as much as our sermons. If we don’t choose our music with care, we aren’t shepherding well.

False teachers threaten churches all over the world. Every Christian, and especially pastors, should know how to respond to their danger.