Ask Pastor John

The psalmists regularly plead their own righteousness before God. Can Christians today do the same, even though we know just how sinful we really are?

In our personal communion with the Lord, we want the highlight of our time to be worship an adoration, not just more ideas and notes for our next sermon or Bible study.

If God gave his only Son, then that means that we must receive him. But what does it really mean to receive Jesus Christ?

Pursuing romance outside of marriage might seem like it offers a path to pleasure and joy, but in the end, it obscures the only way to life and sets you on a road to destruction.

Every believing parent longs to see their children walking with the Lord. But what can a mom or dad do when their son or daughter rebels?

Would we really stand for Christ in the moment our life is on the line? What if we’re really not sure?

Tardiness may not seem like a big deal, but when it becomes a habit, it can really disrupt someone’s life. So how can brothers and sisters in Christ help each other deal with chronic lateness?

The new birth changes our status before God and how we act in the world. We now fight for purity as adopted children of the Most High.

Christ has freed all his people from any and every Christ. All who take refuge in him need no longer fear any generational sin, hex, curse, or anything else.

The Bible calls us to encourage one another, but how do we prevent encouragement and praise from devolving into flattery?

If Scripture is the Christian’s primary guide, then why do we need confessions of faith? Shouldn’t we just stick to the Bible?

Even when others won’t acknowledge the wrong they have committed, Jesus still calls his people to love, forgive, and forebear.

The inheritance we have in Christ far outvalues anything this world can offer. Our eternal treasure is safe and secure in him.

When we reject God, we suppress the truth. But we can never escape all that is true, good, and beautiful in our Father’s world.

God has known himself perfectly for all eternity, and now he knows every aspect of his world perfectly. So as we come to learn and discover, we are simply thinking God’s thoughts after him.

The Bible seems to say that God does not take pleasure in death, and yet that he takes delight in executing his wrath. Is this a contradiction, or can they both be true?

Nothing exists that does not relate directly to God. In other words, everything about God is also about everything in this world.

Do not underestimate the power of preaching to your soul and singing to God when you can’t shake spiritual darkness.

How does socialism borrow from the Bible? And how does socialism differ from biblical principles on compassion and justice?

As peoples spread and migrate across the globe, Christianity ebbs and flows. But there is no reason to believe that God won’t use the movement of peoples to advance the gospel.