Light + Truth
Classic sermons from John Piper to help you see Christ clearly and treasure him truly. Five days a week, 20 minutes per episode. Hosted by Dan Cruver.
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Wisdom the World Cannot Receive
What blinds us to God’s wisdom in Christ? John Piper opens 1 Corinthians 2:6–13 to show how craving power and acclaim keeps us from seeing Jesus as the Lord of glory.
2026-11-06Link to episode
Prudence Kills Pride
What keeps servants of Christ from self-reliance? John Piper opens 1 Corinthians 2:1–5 to show how God makes us feel our insufficiency so that we rely on his power.
2026-11-05Link to episode
Wisdom Sustains the Weary
How does wisdom nourish the soul? John Piper shows from Proverbs 20:15 how the knowledge of God’s will strengthens us.
2026-11-04Link to episode
Become a Fool, Become Wise
What kind of fool becomes truly wise? John Piper opens 1 Corinthians 3:18–23 to show that wisdom belongs to believers, whom the world labels fools.
2026-11-03Link to episode
Better Than Gold
Why is wisdom more satisfying than wealth? John Piper opens Proverbs 24:13 to show how wisdom leads to everlasting happiness that riches cannot buy.
2026-11-02Link to episode
The Path to Lasting Happiness
What keeps us from seeking happiness in substitutes? John Piper opens Proverbs 4:1–13 to show that wisdom leads us to lasting joy in God.
2026-10-30Link to episode
Barnabas and the God Who Works Through Weakness
Can the failures of great saints defeat God’s cause? John Piper opens Galatians 2:9–13 to show sovereign grace advancing God’s purposes through their weakness.
2026-10-29Link to episode
Barnabas and the God Who Builds Up
How do we avoid getting cynical in the face of people’s flaws? John Piper shows from Acts 9:18–31 how Barnabas watched for glimpses of God’s grace in others.
2026-10-28Link to episode
Barnabas and the God He Trusted
What makes us willing to go when God calls? John Piper opens Acts 11:19–26 to show that faith in Christ’s promised presence frees us to obey.
2026-10-27Link to episode
Peter and the Savior Who Prayed for Him
What keeps faltering faith from final ruin? John Piper opens Luke 22:31–34 to show Christ praying for the faith of his people to not fail.
2026-10-26Link to episode
Paul and the Master He Served
What does Christ’s purchase mean for believers? John Piper opens Romans 1:1 to show that those he bought belong to him.
2026-10-23Link to episode
Paul and the Mercy That Saved Him
Can someone appear far from Christ yet be near conversion? John Piper opens Acts 9:1–19 to show Paul on the brink of salvation while actively opposing Christ.
2026-10-22Link to episode
Stephen and the Lord Who Received Him
How does God make death serve his saints? John Piper shows from Acts 7:54–8:1 how the Spirit turned Stephen’s death into a doorway to Jesus.
2026-10-21Link to episode
Stephen and the Temple Jesus Replaced
What made Jerusalem’s temple unnecessary? John Piper opens Acts 6:8–15 to show Stephen declaring Christ its fulfillment.
2026-10-20Link to episode
Gutsy Guilt the Morning After
Does the accuser have the last word when you fall? John Piper opens Micah 7:8–9 to show how God disciplines his people while pleading their cause.
2026-10-19Link to episode
Your Failure Is Not Final
What frees us from guilt after sexual failure? John Piper opens Romans 8:3 to show that God condemned our sin in Christ’s flesh at the cross.
2026-10-16Link to episode
Beauty That Breaks Lust
What breaks lust’s power over us? John Piper opens Galatians 5:23 to show how the Spirit produces self-control by revealing Christ as more satisfying than sex.
2026-10-15Link to episode
Gratitude Unseats Lust
What loosens lust’s grip on the heart? John Piper shows from Ephesians 5:3–6 how thanksgiving displaces the covetous desires that feed lust.
2026-10-14Link to episode
Know God, Fight Lust
What delight can defeat sexual sin? John Piper opens 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8 to show that knowing God himself enables purity.
2026-10-13Link to episode
Why God Wills Purity
What does God demand in the fight for sexual purity? John Piper opens 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8 to show that God’s will is holiness of heart and body.
2026-10-12Link to episode
Sexual Desire: God’s Gift, Satan’s Target
What makes Satan’s sexual lies lose their appeal? John Piper opens 1 Corinthians 7:1–7 to show how knowing God exposes false satisfaction.
2026-10-09Link to episode
Free to Be a Slave to God
What breaks the grip of enslaving desire? John Piper opens Romans 6:16 to show why true freedom is found not in having no master, but in gladly belonging to God.
2026-10-08Link to episode
God’s Design for Sexual Desire
What turns sexual desire into worship? John Piper shows from 1 Timothy 4:1–5 how God gives marital pleasure to evoke thanksgiving.
2026-10-07Link to episode
Pure Hearts Will See God
What kind of heart will behold God’s glory? John Piper unfolds Matthew 5:8 to show God cleansing divided hearts to delight in his presence.
2026-10-06Link to episode
Grace Gets Us Home
How can you know you’ll reach glory? John Piper opens Romans 8:28–30 to show that God will surely glorify everyone he justifies.
2026-10-05Link to episode
The Man Who Reigns in Heaven
Why does Christ’s humanity matter now? John Piper opens Matthew 21:42 to unveil the man rejected by men, reigning from heaven.
2026-10-02Link to episode
Labor That Is Not in Vain
Can anything done in Christ be wasted? John Piper opens 1 Corinthians 15:51–58 to show that life with Christ carries our labor beyond death.
2026-10-01Link to episode
Death Lost Its Sting
What removes death’s terror? John Piper shows from 1 Corinthians 15:51–58 that Christ took the sting of death our sin deserved.
2026-09-30Link to episode
Suffering That Shows Christ
How do believers make Christ’s afflictions visible? John Piper opens Colossians 1:24 to show how we joyfully reveal to others what Christ suffered.
2026-09-29Link to episode
Hope Worth Any Hardship
What makes costly love worth it? John Piper opens 1 Corinthians 15:12–19 to show how resurrection hope frees us to take risks for love’s sake.
2026-09-28Link to episode
A World Fit for Glory
What kind of world awaits God’s children? John Piper opens Romans 8:21 to show creation remade for God’s people to rule and enjoy.
2026-09-25Link to episode
Groaning for Glory
What hope remains in a world of suffering? John Piper opens Romans 8:18–25 to show God subjecting creation to futility in hope of coming glory.
2026-09-24Link to episode
Swallowed Up by Life
What happens when life swallows mortality? John Piper shows from 2 Corinthians 5:4 that God remakes our bodies to see and savor his glory.
2026-09-23Link to episode
Lay Hold of True Life
Why not limit life to what we have here and now? John Piper opens 1 Timothy 6:19 to show that true life is tasted now but fully realized in glory.
2026-09-22Link to episode
Moses and the Rock That Was Christ
Can guilty people count on God’s help? John Piper opens Exodus 17:1–7 to show that Christ bought the help sinners need.
2026-09-21Link to episode
Moses and the Presence We Need
What if your greatest need is not relief? John Piper opens Exodus 17:1–7 to show how God’s presence meets our deepest need.
2026-09-18Link to episode
Joseph and the God Who Works Good
What if God’s good purpose stays hidden for years? John Piper opens Genesis 50:20 to show God working for good while we cannot see it.
2026-09-17Link to episode
Jonah and the People God Pitied
Why does God rescue rebels? John Piper shows from Jonah 4:1–11 how mercy received becomes mercy shown.
2026-09-16Link to episode
Jonah and the Glory of Mercy
Can guilty sinners still cry for mercy? John Piper opens Jonah 2:1–10 to show that God hears guilty rebels who cry to him.
2026-09-15Link to episode
Asa and the Folly of Self-Reliance
Why is self-reliance so foolish? John Piper opens 2 Chronicles 16:9 to show how it forfeits the help God gives to those who trust him.
2026-09-14Link to episode
Give Your Life for Lasting Gain
What gain is worth risking your whole life for? John Piper opens Psalm 25 to show why joy in God frees us for sacrificial love.
2026-09-11Link to episode
The Spirit Meets the Mission’s Needs
What help do we have when suffering comes? John Piper opens 1 Peter 4:14 to show how the Spirit comforts God’s people.
2026-09-10Link to episode
The Spirit Who Opens Eyes
How can rebels come to call Jesus Lord? John Piper shows from 1 Corinthians 12:3 how the Spirit’s power opens eyes to the beauty of Christ.
2026-09-09Link to episode
Everlasting Joy for Every People
Why suffer for the nations? John Piper opens Hebrews 12:2 to show how future joy sustained Christ and compels us.
2026-09-08Link to episode
The Light Hell Cannot Hide
Is there a cause worth every risk? John Piper opens the Scriptures to show how Christ brings sinners out of darkness into the light of his joy.
2026-09-07Link to episode
God’s Love in Christ’s Death
Can we glimpse God’s love in the murder of Christ? John Piper opens Luke 22:1–6 to show that God reveals his love for us in the death he planned for his Son.
2026-09-04Link to episode
The Sin That Saved the World
How did the darkest sin serve salvation? John Piper opens Luke 22:1–6 to show how God guided Judas’s betrayal to serve our salvation.
2026-09-03Link to episode
The King Who Dies for Rebels
Why would God give rebels a king? John Piper shows from 1 Samuel 12 how God used Israel’s sin to prepare the way for Christ.
2026-09-02Link to episode
God’s Plan for a Better King
What can God do with great wickedness? John Piper opens 1 Samuel 12 to show how Israel’s rebellion became the path to Christ the King.
2026-09-01Link to episode
The Righteous One Who Saves
What kind of king saves the guilty? John Piper opens Genesis 49:8–10 to show that the Lion of Judah bears the guilt of his people.
2026-08-31Link to episode