Welcome back to the Ask Pastor John podcast, and before we look at today's question, just

a note of update, Pastor John speaks Wednesday night at the Pipeline Conference, which is

gathering of pastors in Nashville, Tennessee.

He'll be speaking on the topic of ministry succession, and I look forward to hearing

that message.

Please keep him in your prayers to see he finishes up his message prep today and travels

out to Tennessee.

Now on to today's question, as you know, Pastor John New listeners are coming to our

podcast every day, and many of them don't know what lies behind your answers to the questions

that people are sending into us.

For example, your view on God is important, it's foundational, Jesus Christ, the Bible,

the human condition, the future, all of those things are really foundational.

And so we thought maybe it'd be helpful now and then to include a podcast, not addressing

a question per se, but talking about a foundational reality, part of the deepest convictions that

shape the way you think and approach all the many questions about life that our listeners

send in.

So Pastor John, you've said many times before that you believe in the absolute sovereignty

of God that he finally and decisively controls all things, from the farthest galaxy to the

smallest subatomic particle, including all the actions of human beings.

I think what our listeners would like to hear from you is not only why you believe

that, but mainly how does this truth make a difference in our daily lives?

Well, that's right.

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