Ask Pastor John

Because John Calvin loved the glory of God and our pursuit of happiness in him, John Piper believes he would have been a Christian Hedonist.

It is a terrible sign of spiritual obliviousness to visit religious shrines and not feel heartbreak and caution for demonic powers of deception.

If your parents think pursuing missions is a waste, win them to your vision and show them that Christ is sufficient to satisfy your soul.

Christ is our reward — as is everything else that more fully reveals him and more fully enables us to enjoy him.

Baptism demonstrates and symbolically reenacts our spiritual death, burial, and resurrection in Christ. But it does not save anyone.

Pray to God at all times, but don’t think you can twist God’s arm by repeating your requests. He seeks heartfelt, authentic fellowship.

A faithful, covenant-keeping spouse can display the truth of Christ’s covenant with us — even after a failed marriage.

Qualified leaders should help God’s people come together to express his infinite value by lifting their voices and hearts in song.

While satire, irony, sarcasm, and ridicule all have their place in exposing evil and harm, Christians should patiently seek to win others in love.

Sometimes biblical authors drew in material from outside the Bible in order to strengthen their points for their audience.

Revival is a concentrated work of God where Christians in various churches earnestly desire more of Christ, boldness in witness, and commitment to missions.

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.