Ask Pastor John

God’s discipline could come through suffering or a cool breeze on a sunny day. If God’s discipline comes in various forms, how can we know if we’re being disciplined?

Paul wrote that “rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad.” But rulers sentenced Jesus to death, so how should we understand Paul’s words?

Paul says to submit to the government God has established. Does this include evil and unjust governments?

What does it mean to be a woman? Here are four ways the Bible defines womanhood.

The Bible requires us to use our minds to grow in holiness. Does this mean that smarter people have a leg up on holiness?

Christian pastors should never conduct a generic funeral for unbelievers. There is always something hopeful for us to say at funerals.

Christians help their friends be satisfied in Christ by speaking God's promises to each other, and by filling our own wells of joy in God.

Jesus tells us to repeat our prayers with persistence, but he also says that God disregards vain repetition. So how do we know when to repeat ourselves?

Regardless of how God answers our individual prayers, he loves to hear them, and he will use them to establish his kingdom once and for all.

If we want to become more evangelistically-minded, we should constantly ask, “What is God doing here?”

Pastor John gives his thoughts on the 2013 Conference for Pastors, “Brothers, We Are Still Not Professionals.”

One of your pastor's greatest needs is for you to pray for him.

If God is the source of the Christian’s joy, and God lives in us, why are there times when we don’t feel joy?

Is it okay for missionaries to lie in order to do ministry in closed countries?

Should the difficult circumstances of some pregnancies affect our pro-life position?

Is God glorified in our desire to enjoy him? Or can we only glorify God when we're actually delighting in him?

What role should art play in the church and the Christian life? A Christian theology of art considers God as an artist who commands creativity from his creation.

How do you preach joy in God when you have almost no feeling of it? Pastor John gives some helpful counsel for pastors struggling to experience joy in the Lord.

Pastor John offers counsel for pastors and others challenged by spiritual dryness and burnout.

What are you looking for in your Bible reading? Do you hope mainly to glean life principles or to be shaped by what you see of God's glory?