Ask Pastor John

It’s a weighty thing to be a pastor. Shepherds bear greater responsibility. How do we discern when they are abusing their position?

When the fresh water from Jesus’s well quenches your thirsty soul, the tepid drink of praise from other people loses its allure.

What does Paul mean when he commands us to be “rooted and built up” in Christ? How does he tell us to get there?

If you are new to the Bible, the life and ministry of Jesus recorded in the gospels will illuminate the rest of the Bible. Let the adventure begin!

If Jesus says, “Whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you,” how can James say that sometimes God withholds our requests?

When we pray to God as our Father, we remember he is more than a boss. He is the lover of our still sinful souls, working in us to seek after him.

Our requests, our laments, and even our complaints in prayer have worth in the hands of the God who works sovereignly through them.

Tim Keller offers help for distracted believers who struggle to focus their minds and warm their hearts when they pray.

The Psalms can give us spiritual breath that we didn’t even know we needed. Tim Keller offers practical help to pray the Psalms.

For some, reading feels like a chore instead of a joy. Audio Bibles open the door to God’s word, even for those who don’t read.

World missions is the great work of the church, and David Platt exudes a passion to reach the unreached peoples with a massive God behind him.

Fight lust with a stronger weapon than guilt, shame, and fear. Fight lust by feeding faith with the knowledge of an irresistibly glorious God.

God doesn’t need anything from anyone, so when we obey God, do we obey him for his sake or for our own happiness?

Paul said that it is better to marry than to burn with passion. What does that mean for the person struggling with homosexual desire?

The message of Ecclesiastes: Life — and money and possessions — is empty and futile without God.

More than any other kind of person, Christians are able to delight in creation because they are not bound to worship it.

Pastor John points to the purpose of prayer — that God would look great in the world and in the lives of his people.

Predestination to hell is a heavy reality. But what is mysterious to us now will be revealed in the end. And we will see that it is right.

Even those who claim Christ can show themselves not to share in him if they refuse to repent of their sin.

The joys of pastoring may ebb and flow, but Pastor John offers ten hope-filled counsels to help pastors press on when ministry proves difficult.