Ask Pastor John

Pastor John defines selfishness and discusses the holy pursuit for joy in prayers.

Pastor John talks about God’s plan to take his glory to the nations, the spreading of his name.

Self-satisfied hearts that don’t see their desperate need for the all-satisfying Christ are the seedbed for lukewarm Christianity.

Many of us marry with little idea of the gifts and hardships ahead. So what would Pastor John tell his newly married self?

Work, play, and sleep like a Calvinist — outproduce, outplay, and outdream everyone by trusting in your sovereign God.

Pastor John shares eight practical counsels to avoid ministry burnout, starting with, “Love what you do.”

When a lie would win approval and favor from others, a Christian’s truth-telling hinges on contentment in the approval and favor of God.

If we don’t understand that God finds us hateful and loathsome in our sin, we won’t be as stunned by the depth of his love for us.

Believers know their own sin all too well. How can they know they are saved? Pastor John offers encouragement for those struggling with assurance.

Though a great thinker, Jonathan Edwards was blind on the issue of slavery. Pastor John offers five sobering responses to those who read him.

The Bible accommodates strong, godly emotions, but how do we know when godly anger or discouragement has become sinful?

Pastor John explains how God actually does make much of us, so that we might make much of him.

How can Christians pursue a childlike faith while growing mature in their thinking like the Bible commands?

In this special episode of APJ, Pastor John weighs into the non-guilty verdict of George Zimmerman.

Although God loves his people with a special, electing love, he loves all people by freely offering his Son for them to receive.

God delights in all of his works in the grand scope of God’s redemptive plan. But in the day-to-day sins and struggles of his image-bearers, God grieves.

The heart of evil lies in its desire for other things above God. When evil looks out at all that is, it chooses creation over Creator.

By memorizing and reciting Scripture before others, believers become emissaries of grace who make mundane moments explode with significance.

Pastor John walks through Psalm 107 to call Christians who have sinned grievously and foolishly to cry out to the God of steadfast, enduring love.

Properly attributing people's work is a matter of honesty. God wants us to give credit where it's due.