Light + Truth

Light + Truth episodes:

• 04.19.2024

  Divine Compassion and Human Resistance

  How does God’s compassion overcome human resistance? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Jonah 2 to show how mercy conquered the prophet.

  
• 04.18.2024

  God’s Righteous Rule

  How should God’s sovereignty stabilize our hearts when the world seems out of control? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Obadiah to help us find rest by faith.

  
• 04.17.2024

  The Heart of the Gospel

  What does it mean that the just shall live by faith? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Habakkuk to unpack the heart of the gospel.

  
• 04.16.2024

  Preparing to Meet God

  How do we prepare to meet the holy God who judges sin? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens the book of Amos to show how we can be ready to face the final judgment.

  
• 04.15.2024

  From Judgment to Joy

  How do we move out from under God’s judgment and into God’s eternal joy? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Zephaniah 3:14–17 to encourage us with amazing grace.

  
• 04.12.2024

  Divine Judgment and Mercy

  What is God’s purpose in executing justice and showing mercy in the world? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens the book of Joel to look at why God does all that he does.

  
• 04.11.2024

  God’s Delight in Blessing Us

  Does God really delight in doing us good? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke 12:32 to explore the pleasure God takes in his children.

  
• 04.10.2024

  God’s Delight in Civic Righteousness

  Why would God delight in ordinary lives like ours? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Proverbs 11:1 to show why God finds pleasure in righteous living in the nonreligious areas of life.

  
• 04.09.2024

  God’s Delight in Obedience

  Why is God’s delight in our obedience good news? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens 1 Samuel 15:22–23 to show how God takes pleasure in our glad efforts to obey him.

  
• 04.08.2024

  God’s Delight in Our Prayers

  Why is God delighted when we pray? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Proverbs 15:8 to show how our prayerful dependence magnifies the glory of God’s wealth.

  
• 04.05.2024

  God’s Delight in Our Hope

  Why does God delight in people who hope in him? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Psalm 147:10–11 to show how our dependence magnifies his infinite worth and power.

  
• 04.04.2024

  God’s Delight in the Death of His Son

  Why did God delight in bruising his Son? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper looks to Isaiah 53:10 for Scripture’s profound answer to a challenging question.

  
• 04.03.2024

  God’s Delight in Loving His Own

  Why does God delight in loving you? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Zephaniah 3:17 to reveal why God sings over the redeemed with great joy.

  
• 04.02.2024

  God’s Delight in Choosing a People

  Why did God choose you? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Deuteronomy 10:14–15 for a look at the foundational reason.

  
• 04.01.2024

  God’s Delight in His Name

  Why is God’s delight in his own name the foundation for his delight in us? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to 1 Samuel 12:22 to show how God’s commitment to his own glory is our...

  
• 03.29.2024

  God’s Delight in His Works

  Why should it matter to us that God delights in his creation? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Psalm 104:31 to show how God’s joy in what he has made overflows into our lives.

  
• 03.28.2024

  God’s Delight in His Sovereignty

  What difference does it make that God does whatever he pleases? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Psalm 135:6 to look at God’s delight in all that he does.

  
• 03.27.2024

  God’s Delight in His Son

  Why is it important that God eternally delights in his Son? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Matthew 17:5 to show how this joy is the very foundation of our salvation.

  
• 03.26.2024

  Lewis and the Pursuit of Joy

  Why is the pursuit of joy such a serious matter? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper explores the wonder of C.S. Lewis’s conception of eternal joy.

  
• 03.25.2024

  Unexpected Lessons from Lewis

  What’s the relationship between objective truth and the experience of joy? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper looks to the life of C.S. Lewis to show where true joy is found.

  
• 03.22.2024

  Learning from an Unlikely Teacher

  What can we, as Christians, learn from C.S. Lewis? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper explores what the storyteller has to teach us.

  
• 03.21.2024

  The Man from Heaven

  How does God’s sovereign grace rescue us from the sin we inherited from Adam? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 3:31–36 to show how Jesus changed everything.

  
• 03.20.2024

  All Are Going to Him

  Why did people leave John the Baptist for Jesus? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to John 3:22–30 to show what drew them away.

  
• 03.19.2024

  The Joy of John the Baptist

  What is it that filled John the Baptist with such joy towards the end of his short life? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 3:22–30 for a look at the source of John the Baptist’s...

  
• 03.18.2024

  The Light Has Come

  In Jesus, the light of God has broken into the darkness and split our world in two. In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper looks to John 3:16–21 to show how God’s light divides humanity.

  
• 03.15.2024

  What Is the Nature of Unbelief?

  When someone does not believe the gospel, why is that? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to John 3:16–21 to examine the reality of unbelief.

  
• 03.14.2024

  Loved by the Father

  What is God’s covenant love for you as his child? In this episode of Light + Truth, beginning with John 3:16, John Piper looks at the wonderful love of the Father for those he has adopted in Christ.

  
• 03.13.2024

  The Seven Peaks of John 3:16

  How do we come to know Jesus as the great quencher of our soul’s thirst? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper takes us to John 3:16 to glory in God’s provision of our satisfying Savior.

  
• 03.12.2024

  The Spirit’s Irresistible Call

  What do we mean when we say that the Spirit’s work in the new birth is irresistible? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper looks at John 3:1–10 to explore the beauty of this aspect of the Spirit’s...

  
• 03.11.2024

  The Wind Blows

  How does the wind help us understand how the Spirit of God works? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to John 3:1–10 for Jesus’s own explanation of the third person of the Trinity.

  
• 03.08.2024

  Look and Live

  What does it mean to look at Jesus and live? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 3:1–15 to explore how Moses lifting up the serpent in the wilderness helps us understand how the death of...

  
• 03.07.2024

  The Spiritual Sight of Glory

  What is the spiritual sight of glory that saves a person? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to John 2:23–25 for a cross-centered answer to our greatest need.

  
• 03.06.2024

  Jesus Knows You

  How can Jesus’s infinite knowledge of us possibly be good news to us? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to John 2:23–25 to help us admire just how much Christ understands us.

  
• 03.05.2024

  Our Eternal Meeting Place

  Why is it good news that Jesus himself has become our new meeting place with God? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper looks to John 2:12–22 for an answer to that thought-provoking question.

  
• 03.04.2024

  Jesus Loves His Bride

  How has Christ loved the church? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 2:1–11 to see the lengths the Son has gone to have his bride.

  
• 03.01.2024

  Jesus Reveals His Glory

  What happens when the glory of Jesus is revealed through the preaching of the gospel? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to John 2:1–11 to unfold how God works through the good news.

  
• 02.29.2024

  To Him Be Glory Forever

  In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Romans 11:36 to put the glory of God on display for our satisfaction.

  
• 02.28.2024

  Our Infinite Treasure

  How does God become our treasure when we could never deserve him? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 11:33–36 for a deeper look at the gospel.

  
• 02.27.2024

  Oh, the Depths of God

  What should happen in us when we are confronted with the depths of God? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper expounds Romans 11:33–36 to explore how unfathomably great our God is.

  
• 02.26.2024

  The Nourishing Word

  How much are you currently relying on the nourishing milk of the word? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Hebrews 5:11–14 to help us understand just how much we need the Bible in order to grow...

  
• 02.23.2024

  The Eternality of Christ

  Why is the eternality of Christ’s priesthood so important? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper looks at Hebrews 5:4–10 to examine the significance of Christ’s never-ending ministry on our behalf.

  
• 02.22.2024

  Our Source of Eternal Salvation

  What gives us confidence, in the face of all our sin, that Christ is our source of eternal salvation? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Hebrews 5:4–10 to strengthen our assurance.

  
• 02.21.2024

  Jesus Is Alive and with God

  What does it mean for us to have a great high priest in the presence of God? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Hebrews 4:14–5:3 to encourage us with the superior ministry of Jesus.

  
• 02.20.2024

  Our High Priest

  Why must we understand who Jesus is and what he’s done for us on the Bible’s terms? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper looks to Hebrews 4:14–5:3 for the categories Scripture provides for knowing Christ.

  
• 02.19.2024

  Hear, Believe, and Embrace the Word

  Why must we be diligent with the word of God? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Hebrews 4:12–13 to show us how the Scriptures help us battle an unbelieving heart.

  
• 02.16.2024

  Our Promised Rest

  What is the future rest that God has promised his people? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper considers that coming day in Hebrews 4:1–11.

  
• 02.15.2024

  Our Eternal Security

  What makes our security in salvation eternal? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper tackles the question of eternal security from Hebrews 3:12–19.

  
• 02.14.2024

  Partakers of Christ

  What makes our union with Christ so utterly important? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Hebrews 3:7–19 to show just how dependent on him we really are.

  
• 02.13.2024

  Your Apostle and High Priest

  Why does it matter that Jesus is called both the apostle and high priest of our confession? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Hebrews 3:1–6 to show how these two titles meet our two greatest...

  
• 02.12.2024

  God’s Merciful Word

  Why do we desperately need to hear God’s word of mercy? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Malachi 4:4–6 to answer that question.