John Piper

John Piper is founder and teacher of Desiring God and chancellor of Bethlehem College and Seminary. For 33 years, he served as pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is author of more than 50 books, including Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist and most recently Foundations for Lifelong Learning: Education in Serious Joy.

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The Seven Peaks of John 3:16

Mar 13, 2024

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.

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Christ Became a Curse for Us

Galatians 3:10–14, Part 3

Mar 12, 2024

The only result of attempting to be justified by works will be curse, but Christ took our curse on the cross. How does that exchange work?

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The Spirit’s Irresistible Call

Mar 12, 2024

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.

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The Wind Blows

Mar 11, 2024

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.

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How Much Error Can I Believe and Still Be Saved?

Mar 11, 2024

Some biblical truths are essential to believe for salvation — but not all. So, how much error can someone hold and still be saved?

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The Law Is Not of Faith?

Galatians 3:10–14, Part 2

Mar 10, 2024

Obedience to the law can never make a person right before God, but the faith that saves produces works that conform to the law.

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The Law-Path to God Is Cursed

Galatians 3:10–14, Part 1

Mar 8, 2024

Trying to be right with God through works is an all-or-nothing enterprise. If you do not keep the whole law, you have violated the whole law.

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Look and Live

Mar 8, 2024

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.

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The Spiritual Sight of Glory

Mar 7, 2024

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.

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Is My Child Transgender Because of Me?

Mar 7, 2024

How can parents resist the despair that comes from feeling like failures? Pastor John offers ten words of hope for parents of prodigals.

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Jesus Knows You

Mar 6, 2024

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.

Panel Discussion

Pastoring in a World of Suffering

Treasuring Christ Together Panel

Mar 6, 2024

Though suffering is promised to every Christian and will likely be experienced even more by pastors, God has given us a glorious Savior and promised us a glorious future to give us courage.

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How Do Gentiles Become Sons of Abraham?

Galatians 3:6–9, Part 3

Mar 5, 2024

How do Gentiles become sons of Abraham? And what is the blessing promised to all of Abraham’s true heirs?

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Our Eternal Meeting Place

Mar 5, 2024

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.

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The ‘Ask Pastor John’ Book Is Here

Mar 5, 2024

After ten years and two thousand episodes, Tony Reinke has distilled the best of ‘Ask Pastor John’ in a remarkable new book.

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Jesus Loves His Bride

Mar 4, 2024

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.

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Is Obedience Without Affection Still Love?

Mar 4, 2024

If we obey God outwardly but feel no affection for him inwardly, is our obedience still love? Pastor John takes us to the heart beneath God-pleasing obedience.

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How Is Faith Counted as Righteousness?

Galatians 3:6–9, Part 2

Mar 3, 2024

Galatians says that Abraham’s faith was counted to him as righteousness. What did that mean for him, and what does it mean for us?

Message

Leaders in the Church

Speaking and Living God’s Word

Mar 3, 2024

Does church leadership seem endlessly complicated? Take heart. Christian leaders guide God’s people from where they are to where God wants them to go, using God’s methods.

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The Law Refutes Justification by Law

Galatians 3:6–9, Part 1

Mar 1, 2024

We know that the New Testament teaches justification by faith alone, but what about the Old Testament? Does it teach salvation by faith or by works?

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Jesus Reveals His Glory

Mar 1, 2024

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.

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To Him Be Glory Forever

Feb 29, 2024

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

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How Preachers Grow Graceless

Feb 29, 2024

How do preachers guard themselves from hypocrisy? Pastor John traces double-faced preaching to its deepest root: the love of human praise.

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Our Infinite Treasure

Feb 28, 2024

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.

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The Spirit Moves Through Hearing with Faith

Galatians 3:1–5, Part 4

Feb 27, 2024

The Spirit is both the gift of faith and the agent of faith. We receive him by faith, and he grants the very faith by which we receive him.

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A digest from Desiring God

John Piper

The Seven Peaks of John 3:16

Christ Became a Curse for Us

Galatians 3:10–14, Part 3

The Spirit’s Irresistible Call

The Wind Blows

How Much Error Can I Believe and Still Be Saved?

The Law Is Not of Faith?

Galatians 3:10–14, Part 2

The Law-Path to God Is Cursed

Galatians 3:10–14, Part 1

Look and Live

The Spiritual Sight of Glory

Is My Child Transgender Because of Me?

Jesus Knows You

Pastoring in a World of Suffering

Treasuring Christ Together Panel

How Do Gentiles Become Sons of Abraham?

Galatians 3:6–9, Part 3

Our Eternal Meeting Place

The ‘Ask Pastor John’ Book Is Here

Jesus Loves His Bride

Is Obedience Without Affection Still Love?

How Is Faith Counted as Righteousness?

Galatians 3:6–9, Part 2

Leaders in the Church

Speaking and Living God’s Word

The Law Refutes Justification by Law

Galatians 3:6–9, Part 1

Jesus Reveals His Glory

To Him Be Glory Forever

How Preachers Grow Graceless

Our Infinite Treasure

The Spirit Moves Through Hearing with Faith

Galatians 3:1–5, Part 4

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