Episodes

Episode 2267

Obedience Will Never Ruin Your Life

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How can Christians act in obedience when they face a life-changing cost? Grace can sustain us through the painful consequences of following God.
Episode 2266

Why God’s Protection Still Hurts

Suffering
How can we reconcile the pain we feel in this fallen world with God’s promise to keep us from all evil? Pastor John applies Psalm 121 to this life.
Episode 2265

Sovereignty and My Murdered Friend

The Sovereignty of God
Even great evil serves God’s eternal purposes — yet God also gives us precious promises to comfort us in the midst of our pain and grief.
Episode 2264

How to Save a Marriage

Pride & Humility
To redeem relationships, we need humility — but how do we get that kind of sacrificial heart? Looking to Christ and his cross strips away entitlement.
Episode 2263

Zeal For God Gone Wrong

Life of Worship
How can Christians tell the difference between true and false zeal for God’s name? Pastor John examines Jehu’s tragic history in 2 Kings.
Episode 2262

Preaching Outrage

Preaching & Teaching
Should pastors expose every fresh cultural outrage from the pulpit? Pastor John encourages pastors to condemn sin without being consumed.
Episode 2261

Defeating Daily Anxiety

Fear & Anxiety
When we face day-to-day pressure and stress, Jesus’s teaching steadies our hearts and minds. Pastor John offers eight truths to fight anxiety.
Episode 2260

The God Who Gives You Worth

Christian Hedonism
Is God’s pursuit of his glory and man’s pursuit of our joy a selfish transaction? Pastor John insists on keeping our joy in God connected to God himself.
Episode 2259

Kill Your Ego, Find Your Joy

Pride & Humility
Every recognition and reward we receive is a gift of God’s steadfast love, poured out so that we might magnify the glory of his undeserved grace.
Episode 2258

The Secret Superpower of Silence

Suffering
How does Jesus’s silence before his accusers teach us how to suffer? Pastor John offers encouragement for Christians facing unjust treatment.