Ask Pastor John

Are the various anxieties in our lives sinful? Are they simply disorders? Are they neither? Are they both?

Satan’s plan is for evil. God’s plan is for good. Both set causes in motion but God exercises ultimate authority over all.

Does dad enjoy playing with me? A father’s earthly love for a child can serve as a picture of the Father’s heavenly love for them.

What is right in the marriage bed is right in the mind, but husbands should strive to serve their wives, not use them, in both.

The Bible often makes high demands of our minds. Believers must therefore work hard to understand and teach God’s word.

With digital Bibles and keyword searches at our fingertips, why should Christians take the time to memorize Scripture?

The digital revolution presents new challenges and opportunities. Should believers take advantage of the digital tools available for Bible study?

Digital Bibles can distract from worship — just like anything else. Readers and pastors alike must fight to wield them well.

If you feel in bondage to pornography, don’t assume it’s too late to repent. But don’t assume that repentance can wait until tomorrow.

Pastor John explains how humanity’s terrifying problems meet God’s glorious remedies in Romans 3:25.

Was God unfair on the cross? No. Pastor John proclaims two life-changing truths about the substitution of Christ in our place.

Whether rock climbing or crosswords, hobbies can encourage or discourage a believer’s relationship with God.

Believers can boast in their weaknesses, but crush the sin that slithers through their hearts.

Pastor John encourages women to cultivate a beautiful heart for the God who truly sees them before laboring over a beautiful appearance for everyone else.

Although moms and dads should both discipline their kids, God calls husbands to be engaged leaders and servants in their homes.

Loving criticism must always work with heartfelt care for the good of another. Unloving criticism acts out of a prideful spirit unaware of the need for grace.

Christ’s glory shines most fully, most brightly, most durably by making a complete atonement for sin on the cross and interceding for us in heaven.

Sometimes, the aching desire to want to worship God is itself worship. But what happens when a Christian feels nothing at all?

When the eyes see God’s beauty and the mind understands God’s worth, the heart overflows in worship.

Not only does abortion attack God’s image by murdering his image-bearers — it assaults God’s own Son, who came to earth by Mary’s womb.