Ask Pastor John

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.

A faithful, covenant-keeping spouse can display the truth of Christ’s covenant with us — even after a failed marriage.

Qualified leaders should help God’s people come together to express his infinite value by lifting their voices and hearts in song.

While satire, irony, sarcasm, and ridicule all have their place in exposing evil and harm, Christians should patiently seek to win others in love.

Sometimes biblical authors drew in material from outside the Bible in order to strengthen their points for their audience.

Revival is a concentrated work of God where Christians in various churches earnestly desire more of Christ, boldness in witness, and commitment to missions.

Christians are called to be different from the world, but engaged with the world. That’s not comfortable, but it is essentially Christian.

First, be a Bible-guided Christian. Second, embrace the Bible-rooted doctrines of grace. Third, come to your convictions on baptism.

If you have a prodigal, immerse yourself in the Bible and pray with your spouse for wisdom, love, boldness, and joy.

God is never ignorant about the future or about anything. He is never uncertain about what is coming. He is God.

Christianity and nihilism are exclusive, because God himself is the meaning and purpose and value of human existence.

Receive Christ, the one who did all the doing that had to be done as the foundation of our acceptance with God.

God determines when everybody dies. He decided so before the world existed.

If Christ’s millennial reign comes after his second coming, Jesus could come very, very quickly.

There are some senses in which God’s people can see him, and other senses in which they cannot.

Not all Israelites will be saved, and no Jews who are waiting for a Messiah but rejecting Jesus while they wait will be saved.

Use multiple Bible translations for increased general understanding, and use one main translation for meditation and memorization.

The purpose and design of God’s justice in punishment is infinitely different than his purifying discipline in pain.

While pets, like other good things, can distract us from the glory of God, they can also provide God-saturated fascination and joy.

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.