Ask Pastor John

Husbands have a high calling in their homes. And one of the primary ways we can see our families flourish is by humbling ourselves and not insisting on our own way.

If joy is a fruit of the Spirit, then any Christian home should strive to be a source of joy, for the family first, and then as an overflow to others.

What matters in a potential significant other isn’t just what they do, but whether they know and love Jesus in a deep relationship.

What matters most in our homes isn’t that our children enjoy everything parents do, but that they come to know and love Jesus more than anything else.

Joy in the Lord isn’t automatic, but a daily fight to delight in him. Even prominent leaders like Francis Chan are no stranger to the struggle.

Our souls thirst for water that will satisfy us fully and forever. We long for the fullness of life that only Jesus himself can provide.

Pastor Piper has written dozens and dozens of books Where should someone begin — especially a new believer — if they want to start reading Piper’s work?

Pastor John gives an update about the ways God worked through Desiring God in 2014, and shares goals of the ministry for 2015.

Pastor John and Noel talk about how they celebrated Christmas in their home as their kids were growing up and their two overarching goals.

Establish a principled and emotionally healthy and happy place at your church where people, especially women, feel safe to hug or not to hug.

God’s glory does not rise and fall as our effectiveness in showing him glorious rises and falls.

The most important thing we do every day is make our souls happy in God by praying over the Bible.

Submission is mainly a wife’s intelligent, happy, wise support for her husband’s leadership.

We can’t explain precisely what the star of Bethlehem was, but we do know God formed it to bring the nations to their Savior.

There are certain tests from the Bible that help us know if our relationship with God is a good one.

If you think the New Testament simply sets a trajectory for ethics, you might effectively strip the Bible of its final authority.

Unless the Spirit gives us eyes to see that the true God is beautiful and desirable, we won’t seek him.

Trusting your parents by being honest is a huge honor to them.

There is a mean streak in Christianity, and it is not against anybody else but ourselves and our sinfulness.

Men like John and Charles Wesley, G.K. Chesterton, George MacDonald, and, in a sense, C.S. Lewis have been the most influential Arminians in Pastor John's life.