Ask Pastor John

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.

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.

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.