Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

Beware the Complacency of “Once Saved, Always Saved”

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.

Those Who Believe the Gospel Become Like the Gospel

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

I Am Not ________ Enough

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

Jesus Isn't Looking for the Best People. He’s Looking for the Right Ones.

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.

7 Essentials of Grace-Based Giving

What if giving felt joyful instead of pressured?

God Delivers Us from Our Sins and the Sins of Others

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.

God Is Working Even When We Don't See It

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

8 Signs You're a Lukewarm Christian

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.

Why Abiding in Jesus Is the Key to Spiritual Growth

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.

Here's Why Jesus Is Called God's True Horn

Jesus is depicted as God's True Horn, symbolizing strength, abundance, anointing, and the announcement of salvation, fulfilling Old Testament prophecy.

5 Reasons God May Not Be Answering Your Prayers

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.

How to Avoid Spiritual Leeches

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.

Faith Waits for What God Already Promised

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.