Ask Pastor John

How do we avoid falling into spiritual complacency amid daily routines? Pastor John warns of the danger of viewing God as a nonfactor in everyday life.

Transcribed - Published: 18 December 2025

How should we respond when we face accusations, especially if they seem unwarranted? Pastor John helps us bear all kinds of criticism with gutsy guilt.

Transcribed - Published: 15 December 2025

How can we love our aging parents through the many challenges of caregiving? Pastor John shares counsel from Scripture and personal experience.

Transcribed - Published: 11 December 2025

Why would a gospel-driven ministry define itself as Reformed? Because Reformed theology guards and glorifies the grace at the heart of the gospel.

Transcribed - Published: 8 December 2025

How can trust regrow in the aftermath of adultery? Pastor John identifies two needed miracles for a marriage to survive and thrive again.

Transcribed - Published: 4 December 2025

Can a Christian lose patience and not be in sin? Pastor John explains why patience and impatience may be more complicated than we think.

Published: 1 December 2025

As we steward the body, our appearance might change for the better. How do we keep our focus on being a whole person, not just an attractive shape?

Transcribed - Published: 27 November 2025

Satan wouldn’t exist if God didn’t keep him around — so why is he here? Pastor John explains four ways in which God is using Satan for his glory.

Transcribed - Published: 24 November 2025

Differences in belief can feel bigger than they are — but sometimes they are truly big. What separates personal opinion from soul-damaging theology?

Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2025

If God refuses to act “for our sake,” does that mean he refuses to do us good? Pastor John resolves a perplexity and holds forth lavish grace from Ezekiel 36.

Transcribed - Published: 17 November 2025

Does Psalm 82 teach that human beings are gods? Pastor John describes the moment when Jesus quoted the psalm to escape an early death.

Transcribed - Published: 13 November 2025

How could Jesus, the King of kings and true Son of God, be ashamed at the final judgment? Pastor John digs into Jesus’s argument for following him.

Transcribed - Published: 10 November 2025

Are “fleshly” Christians truly Christian? Pastor John traces Paul’s distinctions between natural people, carnal Christians, and spiritual Christians.

Transcribed - Published: 6 November 2025

How can we learn to rest in the saving work of Jesus Christ? Pastor John offers eight God-given ways to increase our confidence in him.

Transcribed - Published: 3 November 2025

What is the bottom-line, existential, frightening, glorious question of Romans 8? Pastor John draws out two signs that a professing Christian is secure in Christ.

Transcribed - Published: 30 October 2025

When pastors have the freedom to decide what to preach, how do we make a wise decision in line with the mind of Christ?

Transcribed - Published: 27 October 2025

When we move to a new place, how do we find a good local church to call home? Pastor John offers nine steps to take in our search.

Transcribed - Published: 23 October 2025

What should we do when two texts seem to say opposite things about God and his character? Pastor John digs to the common root of truth.

Transcribed - Published: 20 October 2025

James says God cannot be tempted, but Hebrews says Jesus was tempted just like we are. How do these two passages fit together?

Transcribed - Published: 16 October 2025

If a man wants to be married but is too young to pursue it, how can he keep his desires in the right place? Pastor John offers five weapons for the fight.

Transcribed - Published: 13 October 2025

Sorrow and joy are not just sequential emotional states: first sorrow, then joy. Miraculously, we can experience overflowing joy in the midst of deep sorrow.

Transcribed - Published: 9 October 2025

How can we delight in the good work we do while keeping our work in its proper place? Pastor John situates daily work within God’s larger purposes.

Transcribed - Published: 6 October 2025

Does human evil really call for infinite punishment? Pastor John confronts the ultimate sin of ignoring God’s infinite value.

Transcribed - Published: 2 October 2025

Pastor John connects God’s word with his ability to perform that word, grounding our faith in the unstoppable purposes of our loving God.

Transcribed - Published: 29 September 2025

In Isaiah 58, does God condemn his people for having too much delight in his ways? Pastor John distinguishes hypocritical pleasure from true, generous joy in God.

Transcribed - Published: 25 September 2025

God promised a home to faithful eunuchs in the Old Testament, but what about childless believers today? Pastor John sees three enduring blessings.

Transcribed - Published: 22 September 2025

In the Bible, God sometimes tests his people to see how they will respond. Why does he do this if he already knows every heart?

Transcribed - Published: 18 September 2025

Should Christians seek mystical experiences as a way to grow closer to God? Pastor John looks at how Paul responded to his own visions.

Transcribed - Published: 15 September 2025

When a society normalizes sin, how should the church respond? Pastor John calls for spiritual integrity that doesn’t depend on society’s opinion.

Transcribed - Published: 11 September 2025

God destroys many enemies in the Bible, and he promises to destroy many more in hell. As his people, should we celebrate our enemies’ downfall?

Transcribed - Published: 8 September 2025

Sometimes, when the Bible describes indifference to God, it sounds like us. How can we resist our tendency to drift away from him?

Transcribed - Published: 4 September 2025

How might we understand the apparently casual way some biblical writers quote earlier parts of Scripture? Pastor John explores how Hebrews handles God’s word.

Transcribed - Published: 1 September 2025

With so many decisions for us to make every day, why doesn’t God tell us exactly what to do in each situation?

Transcribed - Published: 28 August 2025

Serving children in Jesus’s name is beautiful and God-pleasing. Gathering for worship is crucial and soul-preserving. So, how much corporate worship should we miss to serve?

Transcribed - Published: 25 August 2025

In a day when sexualized content seems to be everywhere, including in many shows and movies, Pastor John gives twelve reasons to never watch nudity.

Transcribed - Published: 21 August 2025

What might Simon of Cyrene teach us about supporting one another in trials? Pastor John digs into the perseverance of the saints and the church’s crucial role.

Transcribed - Published: 18 August 2025

How can we rebuke without compromising love and show gentleness without diminishing truth? Pastor John gives counsel for speaking with emotional wholeness.

Transcribed - Published: 14 August 2025

What does a ring-wearing pig have to do with physical beauty? Pastor John describes God’s purposes for beauty and how we so often misuse it.

Transcribed - Published: 11 August 2025

Does the Bible say women should never teach anything anywhere? Pastor John traces and applies Paul’s argument from the created order.

Transcribed - Published: 7 August 2025

To understand the two sides of pre-Christian suffering, Pastor John analyzes the two identities we had before we became believers.

Transcribed - Published: 4 August 2025

What happens when Christians saturate themselves with worldly entertainment? Pastor John calls us to offer a resolute no for the sake of a better, sweeter yes.

Transcribed - Published: 31 July 2025

Why would anyone say that God causes suffering when Satan is so clearly at work? Pastor John leads us through the shocking sovereignty of God.

Transcribed - Published: 28 July 2025

How do we live with unfulfilled desires, especially when we thought God had promised them to us? Pastor John meditates on mature sorrow and persevering joy.

Transcribed - Published: 24 July 2025

What are some common but wrong reasons for coming to Christ? Pastor John warns against coming to Jesus to get something other than Jesus.

Transcribed - Published: 21 July 2025

Jesus laid woes on cities and even an entire generation. Does God still render corporate judgments today — and if so, what happens to believers in these groups?

Transcribed - Published: 17 July 2025

When we feel stuck, is God redirecting us, or are spiritual forces trying to derail us? Pastor John delves into the mysteries of providence.

Transcribed - Published: 14 July 2025

The Internet is full of different teachers and various doctrines. So, how do we discern false teachers from true, and good doctrine from bad?

Transcribed - Published: 10 July 2025

As long as we sincerely love God, does it really matter if we have wrong doctrine? Pastor John shows what’s at stake in our knowledge of God and his ways.

Transcribed - Published: 7 July 2025

When we feel the pressure of worldly expectations, what should really matter to us? Pastor John defines true success in a world of conflicting advice.

Transcribed - Published: 3 July 2025

If a couple sins their way into marriage, should they split up and start over? Pastor John calls a weary husband and wife back to their lifelong covenant.

Transcribed - Published: 30 June 2025