Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

Having a faith that endures to the end is evidence that you possess the salvation you could never lose. Not enduring to the end is evidence you never had it to begin with.

Jesus didn’t tell the Good Samaritan story to make you try harder. He said it to show what happens when grace changes everything.

Feel like you’re falling short? Here’s the biblical reason your weakness might be the very thing God plans to use.

Jesus wasn’t looking for the best players; he was looking for the right ones—those who were ready to follow him, become like him, and say yes to him. He was, and still is, looking for those with humility and teachability.

What if giving felt joyful instead of pressured?

If you feel stuck in sin or scarred by someone else’s sin, Exodus shows that God’s salvation reaches further than we ever imagined.

You may feel stuck in the wilderness, but God is writing a bigger story.

Lukewarm Christians are those people who sit in churches and believe the message of the gospel … but are not really sold out to Jesus and not meaningfully engaged in his mission.

Most of us know we shouldn’t staple dead roses onto a rose bush. But when it comes to our spiritual lives, we’re essentially doing the same thing.

Every Christian I know struggles with the reality of unanswered prayer. If you don’t,then either (1) you’ve been a Christian for about 10 minutes or (2) you’re lying.

Culture is like the water we swim in: If we soak in it long enough, we’ll absorb its thinking and values without even knowing it. Before long, we’ve got “spiritual leeches”—sinful, even demonic, ways of thinking—attached to us and slowly sucking the life out of us.

The author of Hebrews reduces the lives of Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph to a single moment that typifies faith in God, highlighting their struggles with trust and obedience. By examining the story of Jacob, who was initially considered unworthy due to his deceitful nature, the author shows how Jacob's eventual acceptance of blessing as a gift of grace parallels the gospel message of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.

Chasing approval will wear you out. Learn how to rest in the blessings God’s already given you.

What if the real miracle is trusting God when nothing changes? This kind of faith reshapes your walk and your witness.