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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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 surprising happiness.
2024-03-19Link to episode
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.
2024-03-18Link to episode
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.
2024-03-15Link to episode
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.
2024-03-14Link to episode
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.
2024-03-13Link to episode
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 sovereign work.
2024-03-12Link to episode
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.
2024-03-11Link to episode
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 Jesus changes us.
2024-03-08Link to episode
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.
2024-03-07Link to episode
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.
2024-03-06Link to episode
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.
2024-03-05Link to episode
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.
2024-03-04Link to episode
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.
2024-03-01Link to episode
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.
2024-02-29Link to episode
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.
2024-02-28Link to episode
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.
2024-02-27Link to episode
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 to maturity.
2024-02-26Link to episode
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.
2024-02-23Link to episode
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.
2024-02-22Link to episode
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.
2024-02-21Link to episode
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.
2024-02-20Link to episode
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.
2024-02-19Link to episode
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.
2024-02-16Link to episode
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.
2024-02-15Link to episode
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.
2024-02-14Link to episode
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 needs.
2024-02-13Link to episode
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.
2024-02-12Link to episode
Expecting the Son
Why did Jesus come into the world? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper answers the most important question in the world from Malachi 4:1?3.
2024-02-09Link to episode
Trust the Father Who Promises
How do we trust the promises in the Bible when we?re worried they won?t come true? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Malachi 3:13?18 for a look at our infinitely gracious and trustworthy God.
2024-02-08Link to episode
Our Bountiful God
How does our relationship to money change when we experience the infinite generosity of God? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper tackles that ever-relevant question from Malachi 3:7?12.
2024-02-07Link to episode
The Purifying Mercy of God
What does it mean to trust in the purifying mercy of God? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Malachi 2:17?3:6 to encourage us to trust God?s power to transform our lives.
2024-02-06Link to episode
Do Not Act Faithless
What enables us to keep the covenants we make? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Malachi 2:10?16 for a look at how God?s faithfulness transforms and sustains our faithfulness.
2024-02-05Link to episode
The Tree of Successful Ministry
What are the essential qualities of successful pastoral ministry? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Malachi 2:1?9 to highlight the characteristics of a faithful shepherd.
2024-02-02Link to episode
When Leaders Fail
What happens when pastors fail in the ministry of the word? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Malachi 2:1?9 for a needed word of warning.
2024-02-01Link to episode
The Failure of Careless Worship
Genuine worship treasures God above all things and fuels God-centered passion in people. What if our worship doesn?t look or feel like that? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper addresses this still relevant question from Malachi 1:6?14.
2024-01-31Link to episode
Knowing God as Father
Knowing that God is our Father is one thing; understanding how we should relate to him as such is another. In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Malachi 1:6?14 to demonstrate how knowing God as Father should lead us to honor him.
2024-01-30Link to episode
?I Have Loved You?
What does it mean for God to love us with a free, sovereign, unconditional, electing love? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Malachi 1:1?5 to see how God himself answers that very question.
2024-01-29Link to episode
The Blessing of Justification
What is the blessing of justification? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Romans 4:6?8 to sketch out the wonders of what it means to be made right with God.
2024-01-26Link to episode
Justified by Faith Alone
Why is the doctrine of justification by faith alone such good news? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper takes us to Romans 4:1?5 to expound the heart of the gospel.
2024-01-25Link to episode
The Saving Oneness of God
How should rescued sinners respond to the oneness of God, especially in his work of salvation? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Romans 3:29?30 to examine this timely question.
2024-01-24Link to episode
The Freedom of Justification
How does justification by faith not only free us from having to earn God?s favor but also empower us to love? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 3:27?31 to answer this important question.
2024-01-23Link to episode
Trust the One Who Justifies
If faith does not look to itself for salvation, where does it look? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Romans 3:27?31 to show how saving faith looks only to grace.
2024-01-22Link to episode
Where the Law Points Us
If the law is not a way for man to get right with God, how should we understand its purpose? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper tackles that critical question from Romans 3:27?31.
2024-01-19Link to episode
The Problem with Justification
Why is God?s mercy to sinners a massive problem? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Romans 3:21?26 to explain the crisis and outline Paul?s solution.
2024-01-18Link to episode
Justified by God?s Grace
What does it mean to be justified by God?s grace? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 3:21?26 to explore how we are saved.
2024-01-17Link to episode
Only God Justifies
Can you actually articulate what makes the good news of Christianity good? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Romans 3:21?26 to explain how God justifies the ungodly.
2024-01-16Link to episode
Nothing to Dread
Why is the verdict of no condemnation at the very center of the Christian faith? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Romans 8:34 to revisit the best news in the world.
2024-01-15Link to episode
What the Law Could Not Do
How does knowing what the law cannot do help us better understand what only the gospel can? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 3:19?20 to explain how the law brings us to the end of ourselves.
2024-01-12Link to episode
Why We Need God?s Remedy
How does the law of God reveal our need for the gospel? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper explains how from Romans 3:19?20.
2024-01-11Link to episode
Righteousness Freely Given
What makes Christianity Christianity? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Romans 3:9?18 to detail Paul?s glorious explanation of our faith.
2024-01-10Link to episode