• The Prayer You Don’t Want Answered. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to a question about Psalm 106:15 that reads in part “Are we liable to have a wrongfully asked prayer get answered by God for our own undoing?”
• Are the Stories of Jesus Borrowed from Pagan Myths? Timothy Paul Jones answers this question in this episode of Honest Answers.
• What Shia LaBeouf Gets Wrong About Joy. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to a viral video clip going around from actor Shia LaBeouf.
• How Do I Think Biblically about Social Justice? Andrew Walker answers that question in this episode of Honest Answers.

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• Mom’s Role in Raising Boys. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question “Share with us just broad counsel that would apply to Christian mothers — whether they’re single moms, or moms married to non-Christian men, or moms married to Christian men. In these various situations, what’s a mom’s role in raising boys?”
• What Exhortation Do You Have for Young Christians? What do young people need if they are to flourish as Christians in the world today? From one of Ligonier’s live events, Sinclair Ferguson issues several exhortations to encourage the rising generation.
• What Does It Mean to Pray Without Ceasing? What does it mean to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5:17)? From the 2023 Ligonier National Conference, Robert Godfrey explains this biblical command and our calling to be people of prayer.
• If I’m Not Elect, How Am I Guilty for Not Believing? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to a question that reads in part “I have often heard nonbelievers blaming God for not electing them and giving them a new heart to have faith. How can I persuade them that it is not God’s fault but their own unbelief?”
• Killing Lust with the Cross of Christ. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question which reads “You created an acronym for this called ANTHEM. That’s important here, to fight lust, and particularly the H in ANTHEM, which you define as this: “Hold a beautiful vision of Jesus in your mind until it triumphs over the other sensual vision.” So, in the fight against lust, how important is it to have this “beautiful vision of Jesus,” and how does this work for you in the moment of temptation? What’s happening as youhold this image in your imagination?”

• Tapping into Our Source of Life through Prayer. This message on prayer, from Burk Parsons, was one of my favorites from the recent 2024 Ligonier National Conference.
• 24/7 Devotion: A Conversation with John Piper. Here is a conversation with John Piper from the Cross Conference that was held in Louisville.
• Basics 2024. The Basics 2024 Conference was held at Parkside Church and featured Alistair Begg, Sinclair Ferguson, Rico Tice and others. You can listen to all of the messages here.
• 2024 Ligonier National Conference. You can now watch all of the messages from the 2024 Ligonier National Conference. The conference had the theme of “The Way, the Truth and the Life”, and featured speakers such as Sinclair Ferguson, Rosaria Butterfield, Michael Reeves, Steven Lawson, Derek Thomas and more.
• 10 Things You Should Know About the Final Judgement. Thomas Schreiner writes “The final judgment may seem to be bad news or even cruel, but when we think about it more deeply, we discover it is central to the message we preach, that the gospel shines with clarity in light of the final judgment. Ten truths about the final judgment—ten reasons why it is so important—are sketched here.”

• Faithfulness in the Negative World: A Conversation with Aaron Renn about Christians in a Post-Christian Age. On this episode of the Thinking in Public podcast, Albert Mohler visits with Aaron Renn, a co-founder and Senior Fellow at American Reformer about his new book, Life in the Negative World: Confronting Challenges in an Anti-Christian Culture.

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• If anything becomes more fundamental than God to your happiness, meaning of life, and identity then it is an idol. Tim Keller
• There is more mercy in Christ than sin in us. Richard Sibbes
• It’s impossible to have met the real Jesus and be indifferent. You either bow down in wonder OR go away offended. Tim Keller
• May our passion for Christ always be greater than our passion for an easy and comfortable life. Burk Parsons
• The gospel is good news, not good advice. Tim Keller
• No matter how amazing your life is or how great your accomplishments, the best and greatest thing in your life is that your name has been written in heaven. Paul Tripp
• We should let Scripture interpret us more than we interpret Scripture. Tim Keller
• The gospel is God’s gospel. The gospel originates with God, it belongs to God, and it is all about what God has done for his people through Christ by the Spirit. Because it’s his gospel, we must not mess with it, dilute it, change it, or complicate it. Burk Parsons
• The closer we draw to God, the more we are aware of our sin and the more we treasure His grace. Steven Lawson