Ask Pastor John

Your conscience should be clear in marrying a godly, Christ-exalting spouse, whatever his or her race.

The Bible portrays the unfolding of history under the sovereignty of God to bring about his purposes in line with his promises.

Christ’s advocacy is the ongoing presentation of our union with him established at the cross through faith by the Spirit.

God wills a new humility and submission and faith through our sin and the pain of loss.

The prohibition of eating pork is a refusal to submit to God’s plan for the fulfillment of the Law in Jesus.

The fullness of our joy in God will climax when we delight in the Son with the very delight that the Father has in him.

Definite atonement triumphs over unbelief and hardness of heart and brings to pass salvation and all the purposes of God that depend on it.

We think of our Bibles as two testaments, but the notion of covenant shapes much of how God has shaped the Scriptures.

The greatest happiness God pursues is the delight he takes in the echoes of his excellence in the supremely happy praises of the saints.

The Reformation celebrates how embracing Christ as our supreme treasure in faith is how we enjoy God’s fellowship.

If the Bible is God’s word, by definition no human authority can serve alongside it with equal authority.

It is inconceivable that the pleasures Christ has in the church would be stimulated by his imaging a prostitute to get his juices flowing.

God is capable of bringing something about and both lamenting that act in one regard, while affirming it as best in another.

Our loving behavior must always include gladness in God that overflows in the hope of including other people in our joy.

Real obedience to God, even though imperfect, is made possible through the work of Christ for all who believe in him.

Given the way he chose to make the gospel clear in the world, God’s preparations for Christ were necessary and fitting.

Pastors should notify parents when they need to address difficult topics so they can decide if they want their children present.

There should be a never-ending stream of creativity in helping our people reach the lost, but theological faithfulness is essential.

Help your children prepare to suffer by teaching them a biblical worldview, disciplining them, and modeling joy through your own sorrow.

The fight, the striving, the narrow, the hard, the work, the warfare is not a striving to get Christ. It is a striving precisely to rest.