Ask Pastor John

Many of today’s skeptics ask questions that God himself has already addressed. Sometimes, we just need to hear how God responds to his critics.

“Woe to you who are rich. Woe to you who are full now. Woe to you who laugh.” What do Jesus’s woes mean for middle-class Americans?

God’s sovereignty over all creation is one of the grandest themes in the Bible. Pastor John overviews some of the basics.

Every child is an eternal being, someone who will live forever. So if our children may end up in hell, would we be better off not having kids?

With so many urgent spiritual needs in the world, is it wise to spend years of life in a seminary classroom? If someone is eager for ministry, why wait?

If Jesus is God, why does the Bible say that he “became” superior to angels? Hasn’t he always been superior to angels?

Christians can learn many important facts from non-Christian teachers. But they cannot learn the most important facts — or how to love them.

Chris Watts murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters. A few months into his prison sentence, he said he found God. Can he really be forgiven?

In the Old Testament, the disabled were excluded from the holy place. In the New Testament, Jesus touched and healed the disabled. Why the difference?

God could have chosen all to inherit eternal life, but he didn’t. So why would God choose some and not choose others?

Dozens of countries are experiencing a resurgence of biblical Christianity. Pastor John shares several stories from his recent trip to Brazil and Argentina.

Your smartphone is changing you, whether you realize it or not. Tony Reinke explains the costs of smartphone overuse, and how we can resist.

Making a decision with a coin flip glorifies chance. But making a decision from a renewed mind glorifies God.

“My girlfriend affirms homosexual love — is this a deal-breaker?” Yes. Pastor John gives five reasons why.

When Jesus says, “I never knew you,” he means, “I don’t recognize you as my disciple, as my follower. You are a spiritual stranger to me.”

God may use you to change your spouse. But if you press in to him, no matter how disappointed you are in marriage, he will certainly change you.

As God’s child, you are not enslaved to entertainment or anything else. Christ has purchased a way out for you.

Watching a movie, playing a board game, reading a novel — is God disappointed if we use free time for these instead of reading Scripture and praying?

In Jesus, God has given us what we need to rest — even while we work. To every anxious soul, Jesus says, “Come to me, and I will give you rest.”

Seeing and loving art and seeing and loving divine glory are not the same. They require different ways of seeing. So how can we see the beauty of God?