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How Far Is Too Far Before Marriage?
Five new episodes of the Ask Pastor John podcast were released this week. Here's a list of brief excerpts from each episode (click on the titles to listen).How Far Is Too Far Before Marriage? (Episode...
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Letter to a Parent Grieving the Loss of a Child
Earlier this year, a grieving mother, who recently had given birth to a stillborn son, wrote to me asking for counsel and comfort. The team at Desiring God thought this letter might be helpful to some...
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The Power of a Parent’s Words
“Mom, you are making me feel dumb” my son said quietly.I drew in a quick breath and exhaled. My heart was pierced by his words. I looked over at my son. He stood there staring at me, the hurt stretched...
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In God We Joy
Our joy in God is bound up with our trust in God. The two cannot be separated — not ever. Trust is the backbone of joy. And joy is the outflow of trust in one who is fully Trustworthy.We see this...
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New Daily Devotional Website
We’ve taken Solid Joys to a new level.As of today, we are happy to announce that our daily devotional app is no longer restricted to Apple and Android mobile devices, but is now a fully functional...
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Envy Hunts in a Pack
Picture your bathroom. Now picture your toilet. Now, you know that space behind the toilet, the disgusting place where nobody goes? The place that, if you should happen to drop your toothbrush, it...
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What’s the Big Deal with the Puritans?
He was the kind of adolescent who would keep secret reading material stashed under his mattress. Long after he was supposed to be fast asleep, the teenage Joel Beeke would lay in bed with the light...
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In Defense of Sports
Last week I had the chance to sit down with some of the team at Desiring God to talk about how Christians should interact with sports. During the conversation we briefly touched on how easily sports...
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John Piper and Mark Noll on the Life of the Mind
Jesus is king. He is the ascended, seated, reigning Lord over everything. Now what does this mean for how we think? How does his preeminence affect our intellectual pursuits?Last fall Mark Noll and...
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Faith That Made Jesus Marvel
Jesus… marveled at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” (Luke 7:9)Jesus, the “founder and perfecter of our faith” (Hebrews...
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Marijuana, Caffeine, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and Battling Selfishness (Ask...
These were four themes featured in this week’s lineup of Ask Pastor John podcast episodes. What follows are excerpts from each episode (click on the hyperlinked titles to listen).When Jehovah’s...
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The Tuning Fork of the Soul
Successful Christian living is very much about steadiness and consistency, about firm resolve and steadfast endurance. There’s more to the Christian life, but these remain certain marks of God’s Spirit...
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30 Reasons Why It Is a Great Thing to Be a Pastor
God is the greatest Reality in the universe. And pastors swim in that sea with ever-replenished joy. I am the Lᴏʀᴅ, and there is no other, besides me there is no God. (Isaiah 45:5) Oh, the depth of the...
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Introducing Jon Bloom and His New Book
There are books you should read at your desk hunched over and ready to wrestle with rarified ideas. Then there are books that you should read the way you stop by a shaded stream. The trust level is...
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Meaning and Metaphor
Sometimes spiritual truth is best communicated through the imagination, and I think this explains why the book of Revelation includes war tales of red dragons and multi-headed beasts — those nasty...
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Epic of the Ordinary: Christian Mission for You and Me
The Book of Acts is clearly one of the most action-packed segments in the storyline of Scripture. The title, “The Acts of the Apostles,” cues us in on this clue from the start. As many commentators...
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A Child Is Not Chattel
One of the common hopes and repeated phrases around the pro-life movement is that “abortion will become as unthinkable as slavery.” I long for such a day.The only problem is that the elements that made...
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We Are Family: What African Americans Bring to Reformed Theology
Reformed theology is theology in process. Semper reformanda, we say — always reforming.As a body of thought, Reformed theology is not complete. The challenge and opportunity for Christians is not to...
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The Sanctifying Work of Parenthood
A friend recently asked me if I could give her some parenting advice. I smiled and said that I couldn’t because I’m not an expert and don’t know really what I am doing. She laughed and remarked on the...
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Jesus Came to Reverse the Curse
“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” (John 11:25–26)A few days...
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