Light + Truth

What fuels the world’s evils? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens 1 Timothy 6:6–10 to show how love for money corrupts the heart and spreads ruin.

What does it mean to be rich toward God? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke 12:13–21 to show that true wealth is found not in barns but in belonging to God.

Where do you turn when the future feels unsure? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke 6:24 to reveal how seeking security in riches robs us of true hope in God.

Is generosity a matter of strategy or the soul? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke’s Gospel to show how Jesus calls us to wrestle with wealth, not reduce it to rules.

Is there good news for those who have nothing? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper explores how Jesus’s poverty and preaching reveal God’s care for the desperate.

What if your greatest hope rests not in God’s love for you but in his love for his Son? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 8:32 to show how the Father’s delight secures ours.

What makes Jesus worthy of infinite affection? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows how the Father delights in the perfect union of Christ’s majesty and meekness.

What love could satisfy forever? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 17:26 to show how God shares with us the very love he has always had for his Son.

Why does the grace of God aim at joy in God? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Ephesians 1:6 to show that God gives the right and power to delight in him so his glory is praised.

How does beauty change us? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens 2 Corinthians 3:18 to show how beholding God reshapes us into his likeness.

What does it mean to die with Christ? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Galatians 2:15–21 to show how Christ’s cross slays pride and how faith receives new life in him.

Is the gospel only for conversion, or is it for all of life? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Galatians 2:11–14 to call us to live in line with the good news that God is for us.

How is the gospel threatened? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Galatians 2:1–10 to show how adding works ends grace and how the apostles united for one mission.

Is Paul’s gospel from heaven or from man? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Galatians 1:11–24 to show how Christ revealed the gospel — and why Paul’s changed life confirms its source.

Why does doctrine matter? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows from Galatians 1:6–10 that those who reject the true gospel reject God himself.

What does real freedom feel like? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Galatians 1:1–5 to show how Christ frees us by renewing our minds and reshaping our loves.

What does God want more than your obedience? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke 15:25–31 to show how God appeals to us not as slaves but as sons.

What ruins our joy in God’s house? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke 15:25–31 to show how treating God merely as Master can blind us to the joy of being his child.

What if God really does want you back? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke 15:11–24 to show the Father’s joy in receiving sinners who come home.

What kind of God runs to the guilty? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke 15:11–24 to show the glad welcome that awaits every repentant sinner.

Why would heaven throw a party over one sinner who repents? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke 15:1–10 to show how God rejoices to seek and save the lost.

Why does Christ dine with sinners? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke 15:1–2 to show that God delights to fill every last seat at his table.

What if God doesn’t need your strength — but gives his? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows that real service begins with empty hands and a full heart.

Why do our best efforts to fight sin often fail? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens 2 Peter 1:3–4 to show how victory comes through deeper joy in God.

What if real strength doesn’t end our suffering but sustains us in the midst of it? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Colossians 3:5 to show how Christ strengthens us in weakness.