Ask Pastor John

Our preferences do not dictate our worship or our sexual identity. God reveals truth about both through nature.

How would Pastor John explain what he means by “Christian Hedonism” over a thirty-minute lunch?

How did Paul “fill up what is lacking” in Christ’s afflictions? Didn’t the cross provide a sufficient payment for the sins of God’s people?

How did Look at the Book begin? Pastor John explains its past and shares his hopes for its future: to give all Christians confidence in Bible reading.

Singing to the Lord can enrich your devotions and enliven your soul, even if you aren’t a natural singer.

A final act of self-murder is not necessarily decisive in determining if someone was saved. God regards the whole life.

Talking to your children about their adoption requires timing and initiation.

Adoption is an eternal reality. God planned it before he founded the earth. Now, we have the chance to act it out.

Adoption is hard, and parenting often hurts, but God can create happy stories even in those difficulties.

Vacations are a time to rest and refresh. What does it look like for a dad to share the leadership of the family with his wife while on break?

For believers, both work and rest become redemptive tools in God’s hands to advance his kingdom.

Sincere belief cannot exist apart from salvation. Pastor John unpacks the implications of believing that the Bible — all of it — is true.

Holiness, news, risk, and suffering. Pastor John offers four words for four tests to determine whether you love God or just love loving God.

God has sufficient grace for our sins, our weaknesses, and our failures. He can turn even our failures into gospel successes.

If God is everywhere, is he also in hell? If so, in what sense is God present in hell? Pastor John answers.

True modesty is the fruit of joyfully submitting to Christ, saturating ourselves with the word of God, and considering the good of others.

God’s glory is the goal of all things, and his freedom and his sovereignty are essential to his deity — and our salvation.

We don’t know how much the saints in heaven know about the events on earth. But the Bible’s promises for the joy of the saints are glorious.

Desires for marriage, even very strong desires, are not necessarily at odds with contentment in Christ.

Pastor John explains why God withdraws from his people in light of his new-covenant promises to stay with them forever.