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Tony Reinke

Tony Reinke serves as Senior Teacher for Desiring God, host of the Ask Pastor John podcast, and author of Ask Pastor John: 750 Bible Answers to Life’s Most Important Questions (2024). He and his wife live in Phoenix.

Life in God’s Cosmic Theater: An Interview with Kevin Vanhoozer

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Theology is inherently theatrical — there’s a stage (creation), a script (Scripture), a main Actor (our Triune God), secondary actors (the Church), and a historical plot (creation, fall, redemption, and restoration). Which is to say the work of theology is…

A Biblical Theology of Love: An Interview with Jason DeRouchie

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Behind the Scenes at Ask Pastor John

Behind the Scenes at Ask Pastor John

Ask Pastor John’s host, Tony Reinke, takes listeners through the ins and outs of the podcast and lists some of its top episodes.

Captured by God’s Beauty: An Interview with Michael McClymond

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The Joy Seeker’s Dilemma: An Interview with Kyle Strobel

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Six Ways Your iPhone Is Changing You: An Interview with David Wells and Douglas Groothius

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Do We Live in the Matrix?

Do We Live in the Matrix?

Three Concise Interviews on Continuous Creation

The Matrix (1999) is a man-against-the-machine movie about the enslavement of the human race. When we enter the story, human brains have been hardwired together into one supercomputer, forming a single, conscious existence. The machines keep human bodies tranquilized in…

God’s Beauty for the Bored, Busy, and Depressed: An Interview with Dane Ortlund

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Distracting Ourselves to Death: An Interview with David Wells and Arthur Hunt

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Stop Apologizing for God: An Interview with Drew Dyck

Stop Apologizing for God: An Interview with Drew Dyck

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Stewarding Our Christian Celebrities: An Interview with Thomas Kidd and Karen Swallow Prior

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Alzheimer’s Disease, the Brain, and the Soul: An Interview with Dr. Benjamin Mast

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The Horror of Crucifixion

The Horror of Crucifixion

Studying the historical and physical realities of crucifixion shows how deplorable and inhumane that form of human extermination is.

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How Do I Resist Smartphone Overuse?

How Do I Resist Smartphone Overuse?

Your smartphone is changing you, whether you realize it or not. Tony Reinke explains the costs of smartphone overuse, and how we can resist.

Your Phone Has Made You Someone New: Interview with Tony Reinke

Your Phone Has Made You Someone New

Interview with Tony Reinke

Our digital habits shape us — often in ways we don’t even recognize. In a 54-minute interview, Tony Reinke breaks down how our phones are changing us.

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Is Technology Holy or Worldly?

Is Technology Holy or Worldly?

How can Christians live faithfully in the day of Big Tech? In ‘God, Technology, and the Christian Life,’ Tony Reinke explores God’s relationship to the innovations of our age.

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Death Can Only Make Me Better: Remembering Tim Keller (1950–2023)

Death Can Only Make Me Better: Remembering Tim Keller (1950–2023)

On May 19, 2023, Tim Keller entered the reward of his Master. In this special episode of Ask Pastor John, Tony Reinke shares a sermon clip from Dr. Keller on the joy of God in the face of cancer.

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Upcoming Changes to APJ

Upcoming Changes to APJ

Tony Reinke shares two upcoming changes to ‘Ask Pastor John’ in light of a brand-new John Piper sermon podcast called ‘Light + Truth.’

Teens and Screens: A Parent’s Guide to Tech-Stewardship

Teens and Screens

A Parent’s Guide to Tech-Stewardship

If we think tech restrictions are the only way our teens can honor God with their screens, perhaps we need a lesson in digital stewardship.

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DG’s Slogan, Coined 36 Years Ago Today

DG’s Slogan, Coined 36 Years Ago Today

“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.” How did John Piper craft this memorable motto? Tony Reinke tells the story.

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