Ask Pastor John

Christians are called to be different from the world, but engaged with the world. That’s not comfortable, but it is essentially Christian.

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.