Ask Pastor John

A wartime lifestyle for wealthy Christians could demand that they give their resources away. But it may sometimes call for strategic investment.

Even simple, inexpensive pleasures can be nonessential luxuries. How can believers discern which luxuries are worth spending money on?

Learn how the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit should shape our prayer life.

Christians can rest in the goodness and wisdom of God and the freeness of his grace in gifting his people. God is a good gift-giver.

The cross displays this profound paradox: God scripted and ordained the murder of his Son — without once sinning.

What should we do when unmarried non-Christian friends or family members are spending the night at our house and want to share a bed?

The praise of others lulls Christians into disbelief of their great, eternal reward. So how can Christians slay the dragon of praise-seeking?

Throughout Scripture, God repeatedly commands his people to pray more. But is there ever a time to stop praying for something?

A wife is not responsible for her husband’s sin. But she is responsible for how she responds to his sin.

Pastor John describes three stages to Christian obedience: knowledge of God’s word, meditation on God’s word, and the abundance of our hearts that flow from both.

The jealousy of God is both loving and righteous. For idolaters, it is also dangerous.

Journaling clarifies thoughts, stewards Spirit-given insight, and reminds believers of God’s daily faithfulness.

Satan works everyday to dishonor God and to destroy his image. So why does God allow him to live? Pastor John shares his thoughts.

We can know the gospel is true because the God who authored it wants us to know, and gives the gift of eyes to see, believe, keep seeing, and keep believing.

The question of cremation or burial is not an ultimate one, but an important one. Pastor John explains why he counsels toward burial, not cremation.

Online dating can be a good gift if it unites two believers able to discern the other’s genuine allegiance to Jesus.

Pastor John commends the well-placed comma to writers along with this encouragement: good grammar invites writers to love their readers.

Jesus is the joy that we seek. Go to him when you feel empty, weary, or broken down, and he will supply you with rest and refreshment.

Does our joy in God drive our obedience to his will, or does obeying God produce our joy?

In protecting doctrinal purity, Christians must be careful not to lose sight of the beauty of what they are protecting.

Is oral sex prohibited in the Bible, and is it unkind?

Does God play favorites? Pastor John explains how God is only good and only wise in his decisions to choose some and not others.

Does it muddy the water to say that saving faith must include joy in God? Or does it bring an extra note of clarity?

When everything in a marriage feels broken, what do you do? Pastor John offers hope for overwhelmed spouses.

The misuse of sex is only a symptom of a far graver disease. Sexual sin arises when we lose our joy in God and go looking for it elsewhere.

Bible study resources abound. So which tools do you need as you delve into personal Bible study?

Our meal choice has not always been a moral issue, but Burger King and other restaurants are starting to make it one.

God made us for joy in him, so he knows that by maximizing himself — not us — he achieves our greatest joy.

Are you wasting your life? Pastor John answers by reminding us why we exist — to know and love God.

Is it possible to backslide so long and so deeply that there is no return? Pastor John answers “yes” but offers hope for Christians who repent.

We love to talk about it, but can we define it? God means for us not only to see his glory profusely, but to speak about it precisely.

God is not distant from us, but agonizes with us over sin and suffering and sorrows. He is angry at our sin. But he also rejoices over his people.

Physical, emotional, and spiritual needs abound in the world. Pastor John encourages women of God can meet them.

How do believers respond to the inevitable suffering of this life? Pastor John explains what it means to be “sorrowful, yet always rejoicing.”

God is speaking to us. His word tells us what he wants us to know, and what we need to hear.

God’s glory is transformative. When Christians behold his glory in his word by his Spirit, we change to be more like Christ.

Pastor John gleans wisdom from the Psalms for dispassionate hearts. God himself will rekindle our love for his book.

Union with Christ is not a side benefit of the Christian life — it defines it.

“We were created to share the Father’s sweet pleasure in his Son.” But how do we pursue that goal? Michael Reeves offers practical advice to help.

Historian Michael Reeves explores the Catholic tradition of praying to Mary, and encourages Christians toward Jesus, our great high priest.

Armed with the life of John Calvin, Dr. Michael Reeves shows how sound doctrine produces driven saints.

Doubt pursued the Puritan Thomas Goodwin for seven years until he finally understood Christ’s work. Then, his whole life changed.

God’s people are Christians before they are patriots, but they still work for the good of their homelands.

At some point, all Christians ask, “Am I really a Christian?” Learn how the Spirit gives God’s people the assurance of salvation.

Can God, who brings about everything, be caught off guard by anything? The belief that he can springs from a misinterpretation.

When sin’s lies have hardened your heart, here are six ways to soften it again.

If we are supposed to find joy in God alone, what do we make of Psalms calling us to delight in God’s word?

Christians do not put their hope in being the moral majority, but in God’s promise to give them the kingdom.

How should the church respond as technology-driven, morally unhinged sexuality leaves more and more people thirsty for true, living water?

How should Christians live in an increasingly secular culture? Russell Moore gives three lessons for parents and their children.