Ask Pastor John

Every morning we wake up with a craving — a craving our phone is eager to satisfy. But this temporary snack cannot feed us like the bread of life.

In the gospel, we receive forgiveness and salvation, but also so much more. The end point of the good news is pure joy in the presence of God forever.

Rigorous study of the Bible doesn’t have to be cold and detached. Rather, intense intellectual work can fuel worship for God and love for others.

Mealtimes should offer a time for families to enjoy one another’s company. But what if phones get in the way?

Christians refrain from keeping the Old Testament law code not because we ignore Scripture, but because Jesus Christ fulfills the whole law.

If we come to Christ simply to receive his gifts, then we have actually missed the greatest gift God can bestow: himself.

Pray is not only a means for us to commune with our Creator, but is God’s appointed means by which his kingdom will come and have victory.

The cross is the ground of all that God does in redemptive history, which means that the cross should be the basis for all that we preach and teach in our churches.

When tragedy strikes, Christians have need to know how to respond. So how does the Bible guide us to think, feel, and act in the face of calamity?

How will the Supreme Court’s decision to legalize so-called “same-sex marriage” impact Christians and our churches? Scholar and Theologian D.A. Carson weighs in just after the ruling was announced.

In the trenches of day-to-day parenting, we need to remember the big picture — namely, that we have the unique opportunity, under God, to shape a form a human soul.

Money may allow us to buy stuff, but it can never buy contentment. If we try to use money to purchase our happiness, it will fail us every time.

The Lord takes away not so that we experience loss, but so that we know the fullness of hope and joy only Jesus Christ offers.

God’s grace is sufficient for our every weakness — even the subtle weakness of taking pride in our own “strength.”

Sex isn’t a topic the church should be embarrassed about. In fact, our God-given sexuality offers us an opportunity to display fundamental truths about God and his world.

When sex becomes all about “my pleasure,” it corrupts a pleasure that God intended to be shared and enjoyed in close, intimate relationship.

God has set boundaries for sex not because he wants to deny us some hidden pleasure, but because he wants us to experience the best joy possible.

What happens when a postmodern perspective on good and evil collides with a breathtaking tragedy like the holocaust?

Our hearts have a natural drive to seek glory. But unless we find that desire in God, we will never experience the satisfaction we so crave.

Unless our pursuit of pleasure has proper boundaries, we’ll always come up short of the lasting joy we’re looking for.