“Gender dysphoria ought to evoke our compassion,” says Rob Smith, our guest this week on the podcast. “It is a horrific affliction to bear.” Smith is a theologian and ethicist at Sydney Missionary and Bible College in Australia, and for him, gender dysphoria hits home.

John Piper has written dozens of books, but that doesn’t mean the process is easy. So how does he begin laboring on a book project?

God could have designed the world so that all the help we need comes from him directly. Instead, he often ministers to us indirectly through other people. Why?