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- When Should a Pastor Preach Through Romans? The Banner of Truth poses this question to Sinclair Ferguson.
- What Are Some Warning Signs of Legalism? In this video, Sinclair Ferguson explores how legalism manifests in our hearts through our tendency to try to earn God’s favor and judge others by standards that distort the gospel.
- Jesus’ Teaching on Marriage and Gender. Many people are rejecting the teaching in Genesis about the boundaries of marriage and gender. But Jesus didn’t reject it. On this episode of the Things Unseen podcast, Sinclair Ferguson shows that Christ’s way is the only way for God’s image-bearers to flourish.
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- How Much of Christianity Remains a Secret? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to a question about how much of the Christian faith is revealed and how much of it is hidden and not revealed.
- What Jordan Peterson Gets Wrong About Happiness. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to this post on X from Jordan Peterson “Life is suffering. The purpose of life is not to be happy, but to find something that sustains you in spite of suffering”
- How Did Jesus Freely Live a Scripted Life? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to a question that reads in part “I don’t quite understand how the cross can be both fully planned out and still come from Jesus’s totally willing heart. I believe he ‘gave himself as a ransom for all’ (1 Timothy 2:6). But when I think of actors following a script, it doesn’t feel like they’re acting freely or authentically — it’s someone else’s will, not their own. So, how can Jesus’s life and death be fully scripted out and authentically yielded at the same time?”
- Help Me Live a Genuine Life. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper addresses the following question “I desperately want to be the type of man who exhibits Romans 12:9–13in his life. ‘Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.’ I have sought to make this the mantra of my life for the next year. There’s a lot here to digest. As you read this text, what stands out to you? Are there any keys in here that you would see to help me live out such a godly life, not from duty, but from a genuine affection inside of me?”
- What is the Most Effective Method of Personal Evangelism? Timothy Beougher answers this question in this episode of Honest Answers.
- Seven Promises That Have Kept John Piper. On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question “I write with a heavy heart. I have recently concluded that I treat the Bible as literature and treat Christianity as a social culture. Meaning, I study both from an outsider’s perspective, lacking personal conviction. I do think the Bible is true, but I haven’t experienced a close or personal relationship with Christ at all. It feels wrong and dishonest to describe my faith as walking with Christ when I so rarely feel God’s presence. How do I move from what feels like being an outsider to the faith to becoming a genuine Christian believer?”
- Does God Withdraw His Presence From Me? On this episode of the Ask Pastor John podcast, John Piper responds to the question “In an early episode of APJ” — way back in APJ 19, over twelve years ago — “you said that God sometimes withdraws his presence from us. How does that not contradict God’s new-covenant promise to us that he will never leave us nor forsake us in Hebrews 13:5?”
- What Does It Mean to Disciple Another Christian? In this video, Joel Kim explores how discipleship thrives through authentic presence and modeling Christ in everyday relationships rather than through formal programs alone.
- Iain H. Murray, The Historian Who Looks Forward. Here is an enjoyable interview with Iain Murray. I’ve read a number of his books, and several years ago my pastor and I drove up to the Chicago area on a very cold night to hear him speak. In this interview he talks about life, loss, ministry, biography, and much else.
- The best way of manifesting our affection to our friends is by praying and giving thanks for them. Matthew Henry
- The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope. Tim Keller
- Without good leadership, chaos easily follows. Many of the unsolved problems in the life of local churches can be traced back to defective leadership. Conversely, the resolution of problems almost always can be traced back to effective Alistair Begg
- God will either give us what we ask or give us what we would have asked if we knew everything He knows. Tim Keller
- While others are congratulating themselves, I have to sit humbly at the foot of the cross and marvel that I’m saved at all. Charles Spurgeon
- It is because we have received radical spiritual generosity that we can be radically generous with those in need. Tim Keller
- We forget that God’s primary goal is not changing our situations or relationships so that we can be happy, but changing us through our situations and relationships so that we will be holy. Paul Tripp
- When I root my identity in the eternal grace and love of God rather than in an ever-changing world, temporary situations, relationships, or achievements, I can live with peace and security of heart, no matter how my circumstances might change. Paul Tripp
- We are not preserved in the Christian life by our own courage, strength or wisdom, but only by the intercession of Jesus, without which none of us would be able to stand. Sinclair Ferguson