For a certain kind of Christian, assurance of salvation can feel as fickle as a winter sun. Here and there, the sky shines blue and bright, filling the soul with light. Far more often, however, the days are mostly cloudy, the sun shadowed with uncertainty. And then sometimes, the sky goes gray for weeks on…
Category: Health
What Risks Can Moms Take? Following Jesus with Small Children
For years, my husband and I each prayed for God’s timing and the right opportunity to move overseas to work among the unreached. For many reasons, God did not open doors while we were single. And for many reasons, he did not open them in the first years of marriage either. The door finally opened…
The Joy of Jesus’s Return
Audio Transcript Welcome back to the podcast on this Friday. Pastor John is back with us in the studio. No theme runs through your writing and speaking more consistently than the truth that God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him. It’s the watchword of Christian Hedonism. And now you…
Train Them Up in Jesus: The One-Verse Vision for Dads
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4) Following the negative charge to fathers — “do not provoke your children to anger” — Paul captures a positive vision for Christian parenting with two key terms: “discipline and instruction” in the ESV.…
Why God Wills Suffering for the Children He Loves
Audio Transcript Welcome back. We’ve been looking at John Piper’s new book recently, titled Come, Lord Jesus: Meditations on the Second Coming of Christ (Crossway, 2023). And we return to the book next time. But we ended the episode on Monday looking at how the second coming of Christ gives us the grace we need…
Do not follow your heart.
Do not follow your heart. Posted by appolus on May 23, 2023 1Sa 27:1 And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to…
He is surely coming.
He is surely coming. Posted by appolus on May 23, 2023 I will shake the heavens and the earth shall move out of its place For fear shall fall upon the world as they begin to see my face Wail O inhabitants of the earth for the day is soon at hand You will see my…
Upcoming Changes to APJ
Audio Transcript Hello, APJ listeners. Thanks for spending so much time with Pastor John and me over the years. We’re honored to be along on this ride of what God has done — and continues to do — through the podcast. It’s bigger than us. It’s just me today, with an update for you about…
Find Your Way to Help the Hurting
Recently, our family was staying with a family we love when they suffered a miscarriage. The wife had just finished her first trimester. The baby would have been number six for them, their second son, a boy they all loved deeply without meeting him. The family wept for hours. Now, I could say more about…
Go to Work, Go to Church — Christ Is Coming Back!
Audio Transcript Good Monday. Thank you for listening to the podcast. We’re going to start the week looking at your most recent book, Pastor John: Come, Lord Jesus: Meditations on the Second Coming of Christ (Crossway, 2023). I’m holding it in my hands right now. It’s a beautiful volume. On Friday, you shared what you…