Ask Pastor John
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- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 370:01:10
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Synopsis
John Piper answering tough theological and pastoral questions.
Episodes
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“Let Your Light Shine” — Should I Instagram My Good Works?
26/01/2018 Duration: 13minJesus commands us to do our good deeds in secret, but he also commands us to let our good deeds shine before others. How can we do both?
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Is This Life Too Short to Determine Our Eternal Destiny?
24/01/2018 Duration: 10minGod would be just to condemn us even if we only sinned for five seconds. The time it takes us to sin does not measure the gravity of the offense.
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Is There a Place for Female Professors at Seminary?
22/01/2018 Duration: 08minSeminary professors need to be more than competent exegetes, linguists, or theologians. They need to embody the pastoral office.
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Does God’s Happiness Depend on Mine?
19/01/2018 Duration: 10minWhen one sinner repents, God and his angels rejoice in heaven. Does that mean that God’s happiness depends on ours?
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What Value Is the Old Testament to the Christian Life?
17/01/2018 Duration: 10minAll Scripture is profitable — not just the pages of the New Testament. But how should Christians read the Old Testament in light of Christ’s coming?
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Does God Love the Non-Elect?
15/01/2018 Duration: 10minGod has a special love for his adopted children, but that does not mean he has no love for those who reject him.
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Do Non-Christians Ever Please God?
12/01/2018 Duration: 09minCan a non-Christian ever please God? If not, how should we understand the account of Cornelius in Acts 10?
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What’s Wrong with Dressing Immodestly for Attention?
10/01/2018 Duration: 12minWhen billboards, TV commercials, and even dolls tell women that beauty comes from tight, trim-cut clothing, how can we cultivate beauty in the heart?
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To Discouraged Pastors and Their Wives
08/01/2018 Duration: 13minWhat should a pastor do if he feels discouraged, defeated, and almost ready to quit? Pastor John gives a series of diagnostic questions.
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Why ‘Falling Out of Love’ Never Justifies Divorce
05/01/2018 Duration: 10minStaying married is not first about staying in love. It’s about keeping a covenant that reflects Jesus’s own commitment to his bride — the church.
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Deep Bible Reading Strategies for the Tired and Busy
03/01/2018 Duration: 10minDeep study of Scripture yields deep payoffs, but many of us can’t engage in rigorous study every day. So how do we strike a proper balance?
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A New Year, A New Bible Reading Plan
01/01/2018 Duration: 11minWe need to read large sections of Scripture and stop to meditate on short passages. Pastor John recommends a reading plan that allows you to do both.
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I’m Retired and Want to Do Missions — What’s My First Step?
29/12/2017 Duration: 09minRetirees, what a glorious exchange it would be to give up our golf game and bridge club for the mission field. But where should we start?
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Where Is Heaven Right Now?
27/12/2017 Duration: 09minWe can say with confidence God does not dwell in a geographic place we could go to in a spaceship. So what can we say about the location of heaven?
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Why Did Jesus Need to ‘Learn Obedience’?
25/12/2017 Duration: 10minWhy does Hebrews tell us that Jesus needed to “learn obedience” and “be made perfect” if the Bible also says he never sinned?
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Why Christmas Never Lives Up to the Buildup
22/12/2017 Duration: 12minChristmas may fall short now, but one day our delight will be full — and it will go on increasing for all eternity. This is what Christmas is all about.
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Do I Love God for His Gifts or for Who He Is?
20/12/2017 Duration: 11minEvery good gift we receive comes through the death of Christ. So every gift from God is an opportunity to enjoy God himself.
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Did Jesus Diminish His Divine Power to Become Human?
18/12/2017 Duration: 12minJesus is one hundred percent God, one hundred percent man. This union of divinity and humanity may be mysterious, but it’s the only hope for sinners.
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Keep Close to the Heart of Christmas
15/12/2017 Duration: 09minLet’s stay close to the heart of Christmas: God took on flesh that he might die to destroy our enemies, deliver us from sin, and give us eternal life.
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To Live Is Christ — What Does That Mean?
13/12/2017 Duration: 09minThe key to magnifying Christ in life and in death is to find him more precious and more satisfying than everything we lose in death.