Ask Pastor John

God made us to need other people — but not to be codependent on them. So, how can we tell the difference between healthy need and disordered neediness?

With eternity in view, any span of life is a vapor. However long we live, our time here is preparation for the endless days of heaven.

Some Christians seem to be always on the lookout for signs from God in creation or circumstances. Does the Bible encourage us in that search?

Should Christians make a habit of visiting loved ones’ graves? And if we do visit, how can we honor Christ in the cemetery?

Many wonder how a good God could govern a world filled with pain. But sometimes, pain becomes the very means God uses to awaken us to his goodness.

The Gospel of John speaks of a “disciple whom Jesus loved” five times. Who was this beloved disciple, and why does he single himself out like this?

After a year unlike any other, Pastor John looks ahead to new books and renewed ambitions to spread Christian Hedonism farther across the globe.

How can Christians challenge and correct one another in a way that honors Christ and acknowledges our common neediness before him?

God expects faithfulness of all his people. But faithfulness for one Christian may look far different than faithfulness for another Christian.

Paul tells us that we do not wrestle against flesh and blood. But Paul himself had many human enemies. So, are our enemies spiritual, human, or both?

The essence of God’s love is not that he makes much of us, but that he frees us, at great cost to himself, to enjoy making much of him forever.

Many medical professionals regularly find themselves around people only hours or minutes from hell. How would love call us to act in those moments?

Christians display the character of God through both mercy and justice. But how do we know when to show mercy and when to give justice?

Almost everyone wants to be loved by God. But our reasons for wanting God’s love may reveal whether we truly know him or not.

When God restored Job’s fortunes, he also doubled his wealth. Should Christians pray for God to do the same for us today?

Serial dating, if left unconquered, often turns into serial marriage. So, what hope does Jesus offer to those addicted to the pleasures of a new relationship?

God commands us both to fear him and to flee to him for refuge. How can we possibly do one without contradicting the other?

The book of Ecclesiastes tells us that “all is vanity.” But if God providentially guides all things, then doesn’t he give meaning to everything in this world?

As with other Protestants, many Baptists trace their lineage to the Reformation. But what makes Baptists unique among the heirs of the Reformation?

Strategies are important in our battle against lust. But nothing arrests our souls with the urgency of purity like the supremacy of Jesus Christ.