Ask the Pastor with J.D. Greear

Discover why facing significant opposition isn't a sign to quit, but often proof that you're precisely where you need to be in your divine calling. Here are three powerful, biblically-rooted strategies to build unwavering persistence.

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.

Whether you're in the workplace, at school, or in your community, your calling is clear: make disciples wherever God has placed you. Are you ready to step into the mission?

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

Our bodies may grow weak, age, or carry pain, but God is renewing His people from the inside out. This devotional invites you to hold on to resurrection hope and focus on the soul-deep transformation He is bringing about now.

God’s work of restoration often includes many callings working together. This devotional looks at Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther to remind you that your faithful work matters, whether you are serving through ministry, leadership, or reform.

The strongest relationships aren’t built on fleeting chemistry but on a foundation of faith, friendship, and trust. The marriage pyramid—spiritual, emotional, and physical oneness—reveals why lasting love is more than just attraction. Discover why God’s design for love, dating, and marriage leads to the most fulfilling romance of all.

Ever feel like you’re doing all the right things, but nothing’s happening? Just like the Israelites circling Jericho, we often walk in faith without seeing immediate results.

Many people are attracted to the big, quick answer to prayer—but new life comes only through persistent, unceasing, and belabored prayer.

Chemistry may bring people together, but it’s character that keeps them together.

Jesus and the apostles saw singleness as a powerful calling, not a second-class status.

What if the way you use your money revealed what you truly believe about eternity?

Are you climbing the generosity ladder? Discover how biblical principles of giving can transform not just your finances but your entire perspective on life. From firstfruit offerings to legacy investments in eternity, this article explores how to align your heart, possessions, and purpose with God’s eternal mission.

Jesus’ warnings in Revelation reveal the danger of a lukewarm heart that looks religious but has grown self-sufficient, prayerless, casual about sin, and quick to use God only in crisis. This article names three signs of lukewarm faith and reminds readers that Jesus confronts spiritual complacency in love so He can restore passion, dependence, repentance, and first love for Him.