Ask Pastor John
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- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 370:01:10
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Synopsis
John Piper answering tough theological and pastoral questions.
Episodes
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Did Jesus Tell Us to Give to Every Panhandler?
06/06/2022 Duration: 13minJesus tells us to give to those who ask, but Paul warns the church against giving to the lazy. How might we apply these teachings when we meet a panhandler?
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Did Jesus Disregard the Sacrificial System?
03/06/2022 Duration: 12minIf there is no forgiveness without shed blood, how could Jesus forgive sins apart from the sacrificial system and prior to his own death?
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Prayer in the Age of Global Hate
01/06/2022 Duration: 17minIn an age of hate, Christians testify to God’s grace by praying for all kinds of people: high and low, white and black, Democrat and Republican, friend and enemy.
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How Will I Find My Ministry Calling?
30/05/2022 Duration: 11minWhen God grants us a ministry, does his leading come to us through internal impulses, external affirmation, or some combination of the two?
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Should We Pray for Unbelievers or for Evangelists?
27/05/2022 Duration: 12minDoes Scripture ever command us to pray for unbelievers, or does it only command us to pray for the evangelists who speak to them?
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The Easiest Step of Love
25/05/2022 Duration: 11minPrayer is the easiest step of love, and it is also the most powerful. God can do far more for others in response to our prayers than we could ever do on our own.
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Have I Sinned If I Fall Short of Excellence at Work?
23/05/2022 Duration: 13minGod is honored when we do our jobs with technical excellence, and he is also honored when we give ourselves to the kinds of excellence that cannot be measured.
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How Do I Not Provoke My Children?
20/05/2022 Duration: 13minHow can we require obedience of our children without provoking and discouraging them? Pastor John offers eight pitfalls for fathers.
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Do Answered Prayers Depend on My Holiness?
18/05/2022 Duration: 11minThroughout Scripture, God warns that he will not hear the prayers of the disobedient. So do answered prayers depend on our holiness?
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For Christians Whose Testimony Seems Boring
16/05/2022 Duration: 11minWe will never plumb the depths of sin and grace merely from past experience. Only God’s word can tell us how lost and dead we were, and how found and alive we are.
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Would You Have Supported Prohibition in 1913?
13/05/2022 Duration: 13minIn the early twentieth century, many Christian leaders lent their approval to the cause of Prohibition. Would Pastor John have done the same if he lived back then?
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How Greatly Am I Loved?
11/05/2022 Duration: 17minIn Christ, God has chosen us from eternity, and called us in time, so that we would boast no longer in ourselves, but only in him and his great love.
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How Do I Make Christian Hedonism My Own?
09/05/2022 Duration: 14minSome teachers influence us so deeply that we find ourselves imitating them without trying. So how can we move past imitation to make biblical truth our own?
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Why Dead Men Must Die
06/05/2022 Duration: 13minPaul says we all were dead apart from Christ, but he also says we died when we were united to Christ. In what sense, then, do dead men die?
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God Saves to Make Much of Himself — Doesn’t That Lessen His Love?
04/05/2022 Duration: 13minNothing but God can forever satisfy hearts that are made for God. And so, in great mercy, God loves us in a way that makes much of himself.
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Should Gospel Disagreements End a Friendship?
02/05/2022 Duration: 11minChristians can disagree over many doctrines and stay friends. But what should we do when a friend rejects a doctrine central to the gospel?
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My Spouse Died Prematurely — Was It My Fault?
29/04/2022 Duration: 14minHow might Christians process feelings of guilt over the death of a loved one? Pastor John offers counsel to a new widow struggling not to blame herself.
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How God Makes Much of You
27/04/2022 Duration: 16minIn Christ, God makes more of us than we could ever imagine. And he will go on doing so forever.
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Does Faith Cause Regeneration?
25/04/2022 Duration: 14minDoes faith bring about the new birth, or does the new birth bring about faith? Pastor John offers three reasons why getting the order right matters.
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Does God Delight in Justification or Holiness?
22/04/2022 Duration: 13minDoes God delight in his people based on Christ’s work alone, or does his delight also depend on our own holiness?