Episode 2063
Will God Judge People for Being Born Muslim?
Will God condemn someone for being born into another religion? Pastor John responds to a former Muslim deeply worried about her loved ones.
Episode 2062
On Repetitive Worship Songs
“For his steadfast love endures forever” appears 26 times in Psalm 136. What might we learn from this psalm about the right kind of repetition in worship?
Episode 2061
Let the Bible Smash Your Bad Theology
If you want more of your thoughts to become captive to Christ, open the Bible and pray, “Anything in my thinking that needs to be destroyed, destroy it.”
Episode 2060
The Good Grace of Being American
American citizens enjoy lavish blessings of common grace. Pastor John calls us to give thanks without giving away our far deeper allegiance to God’s special grace.
Episode 2059
Is My Joy Commanded or Spontaneous?
If joy in God is a gift from God, why does he also command us to rejoice? Pastor John takes us into a paradox that lies at the heart of the God-glorifying life.
Episode 2058
The Next Generation of Missionaries
The local church’s task of sending and sustaining long-term missionaries rests on several deep biblical assumptions. Pastor John shares five.
Episode 2057
How Your Heart Governs Your Mind
At the root of our sin is not a mind ignorant of God’s ways, but a darkened love, a hardened heart, and a will bent away from God’s ways.
Episode 2056
Resurrection Power for Our Pain
In this fallen age, resurrection power does not keep us from pain. Instead, it brings life to others as we keep loving Jesus in our pain.
Episode 2055
The Emotional Roller Coaster of Bible Reading
Bible reading can bring comfort, but Bible reading can also bring fear. How can we rightly embrace both the comfort of God’s promises and the fear of his warnings?
Episode 2054
Taste Test Your Way to God’s Will
Paul says that the renewed mind discerns God’s good will “by testing.” What does that testing look like in the thousands of everyday decisions we make?
Episode 2053
God’s Purpose in Our Boredom
Our boredom in this world is meant to point us to another world — a world where the infinitely interesting God will banish boredom forever.