See Glory, Be Glorious: How Our Holiness Honours God
ABSTRACT: The glory of God is God’s ultimate purpose in all he does, including the sanctification of his people. But God glorifies himself in the sanctification’s Read more
ABSTRACT: The glory of God is God’s ultimate purpose in all he does, including the sanctification of his people. But God glorifies himself in the sanctification’s Read more
It was a small, flesh-coloured growth on my cheek. The doctor said it was mild skin cancer and should be removed. But after looking at Read more
Making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple. (John 2:15) He made a whip. Gentle Jesus, meek and mild. It was Read more
Zephaniah 3:17 – The LORD your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love, Read more
“Some of us imagine the Christian life as being sedentary,” a good friend commented to me, “more about sitting than standing, talking and listening than Read more
A likely outcome of his ministry ended with him upon a plate. A generation before, on November 20, 1839, the first pair of formal missionaries Read more
Two years after he lost his son, you could tell he had changed. Death had stolen into his family and pierced him, shattered him, broken Read more
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which Read more
Let me begin where we left off last night by trying to clarify one of those key sentences — namely, God is most glorified in us when Read more
“Matt, would you grab the rest of the groceries from the trunk of the car?” The familiar words fell on me with greater irritation than Read more
Throughout the history of the church, the Ten Commandments have been central to Christian ethical reflection. Pastors and theologians have consistently gone back to the Read more
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Does God detest Africa? Audio Transcript Does God detest Africa? It’s a stark question, and it comes to us from inside the continent. “Pastor John, Read more
As we come to Genesis 3, all is well, it seems. Genesis 1:31 says, “God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good.” Read more
This is the first of a series of messages titled Spectacular Sins and Their Global Purpose in the Glory of Christ. Lord willing, we will be Read more
Audio Transcript What is stopping you from coming to Christ? There is a common myth we must address. Something gets in the way of the Read more
My aim in this message is that you would experience Jesus, the sovereign, risen, living Lord of the universe, as the source and content of Read more
“Your sins are forgiven.” (Luke 7:48) A woman comes to Jesus in a Pharisee’s house weeping and washing his feet. No doubt she felt shame as Read more
The word of today: “God has not forgotten you” As I heard those words, I was flooded with emotion. I hadn’t realized how much I Read more
Audio Transcript Today’s APJ episode deals with mature themes. Particularly, Pastor John deals here with the world’s infatuation with lust, and how to escape it. The clip Read more
Christians worship a big God with a big mission that will one day reach this whole big world. Yet for all of his bigness, our Read more
If you had been at the cross, you probably would have vomited, or screamed, or pulled your hair, or thrown yourself on the ground and Read more
”A name which is above every name.”- Philippians 2:9. 1. A Good Name This text was one of Paul’s rapturous and enthusiastic descriptions of the Read more
“There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.” Whenever Read more
There are two ways to state the ultimate goal of life, one positively and one negatively. Positively we could say: the ultimate goal of life Read more
People-pleasing is a well-worn scheme and trap of Satan. If we think people-pleasing began with self-esteem training, the tolerance movement, or social media, we have Read more
One of the most illuminating facts to shed light on what I mean by reading the Bible supernaturally is the fact that Jesus did not think the Read more
Set aside, for a moment, the day’s pressing tasks. Hush, if you can, the hopes and desires that rushed upon you the moment you awoke. Read more
Proverbs 14:34 says, “Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.” The word righteousness in this passage is not referring to Read more
What an unspeakable and undeserved privilege it is to stand in this pulpit again and look out on you, the flock that the great Shepherd Read more
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