Ask Pastor John

In 1 Peter 3:19, we read that Christ “went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey.” What might Peter mean?

Explore the emotional journey of approaching God amidst personal sin and brokenness. Discover how to seek divine forgiveness and guidance, even when feeling undeserving. Learn about the nature of God through Old Testament stories, which offer hope during suffering. Emphasize the importance of approaching God with reverence and humility, reflecting on His identity as the Creator. This conversation offers comfort and understanding for anyone grappling with spiritual distress.

Thirty years after ‘Let the Nations Be Glad!’ was published, Pastor John reflects on the book’s beginnings and its lasting legacy.

Paul and Peter charge Christians to use our spiritual gifts for the good of the church. But what if we don’t seem to have any spiritual gifts?

If God has given helpful skills to both believers and unbelievers, what makes the difference between a merely natural ability and a spiritual gift?

How can Christians live so that, at bottom, we can say with Paul, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me”?

Christ bids his people both to wisely get and freely give, and he supplies us with the grace we need to discern when to do what with our talents.

The death of Christ was no accident. He came to be crucified, that he might hang the sins and sufferings of those he loves with him there.

Christian love labors to overlook the sins of others, just as Christ went to the cross to forgive us, not to shame us.

Real differences exist between real Christians. But where we lack unity of conviction, we can share unity of humble, sacrificial disposition.