Ask Pastor John

Can a believer ever be called to a lifelong career that they do not enjoy? Pastor John explains why we should ask a different question.

When seasons of waiting make you feel aimless and without purpose, what truths from Scripture can keep you moving forward.

Which spiritual discipline can help awaken our appetite for God, but is rarely practiced well today?

Taking in the word of God and talking to him in prayer are the most basic, fundamental disciplines. But is there a way to do both of those better?

Discipline is a mark of a believer in Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit gives us new desires to see and savor Jesus Christ wherever we can find him.

The spiritual disciplines are habits to be engaged in personally and corporately. We need time alone with God, and we need time together with his people.

What makes a discipline spiritual, and what makes a spiritual practice a discipline? Don Whitney addresses six characteristics of Christian spiritual disciplines.

Every generation faces unique issues, but the most pressing, most urgent Christians remain the same year in and year out.

Marriage — including sexual intimacy — portrays Jesus’s relationship with the church. Pastor John explains how.

Faith, defined biblically, not only believes in Jesus Christ but also treasures him as the supreme value of all the universe.

Christmas is a time for relishing in the peace that God offers the whole world through Jesus Christ, but we will only have it if we put our faith in the one who took on flesh that first Christmas.

The birth of Jesus at Christmas enables glory to ascend forever to God and peace to descend on his people forever.

Compared to all the riches of knowing Jesus Christ, even the best gift Santa could bring is little more than a lump of coal.

Matthew’s Gospel recounts Herod’s infanticide of baby boys in Bethlehem, but no other historical sources appear to mention this tragedy. Did it really happen?

Lots of missionaries raise their own support for ministry. Does the Bible have any examples of this kind of support-raising that we can look to as a model?

Does the cross of Christ show how valuable we are? Or how enormous sin is that we need a Savior?

When our contentment in God fades, food quickly takes its place. Pastor John focuses on the secret to winning the war for our desires.

“I’m done with the organized church, but I still love Jesus.” If you walk away from the church, you walk away from Jesus.

We know Satan has been working evil since the beginning. But should we actually hate him? Pastor John explains why we should.

We may not be able to explain how Satan became evil, but we do know that God did not compromise his goodness or glory in allowing Satan’s fall.