Hello, everyone. This is Tony. Today we have for you a special Saturday episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast. It’s a celebration of sorts. After a production delay and a couple of stops and starts, John Piper’s new book, Providence, is now in stock, available, and shipping from Westminster Books, Amazon, and other retailers. If you preordered the seven-hundred-page book, you might already have it in hand.

To mark today as the official launch date, we’re releasing the following long-form episode of the podcast. This is an interview with Pastor John on the book. The conversation is 85 minutes long. It’s led by Dr. Joe Rigney, who serves as professor of theology and literature and the president-elect of Bethlehem College and Seminary. He put the questions to Pastor John, who serves as the chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary. Here now is their conversation.