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Why should believers live without fear? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 8:1–8 to show how the Spirit’s presence gi...
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One classic John Piper sermon or conference message for each day of the year, based on listeners’ recommendations and feedback. Piper is founder and teacher of desiringGod.org and is author...

Why should believers live without fear? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 8:1–8 to show how the Spirit’s presence gi...

What awakens dead hearts to see and savor Christ? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 3:3–8 to show how the new birth is...

How can finite sinners learn to delight in God? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to John 17:26 to show how the Spirit is G...

Can our trials separate us from Christ’s love? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows from Romans 8:35–39 that no suffering can...

What makes a Christian unshakably secure? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 8:28–30 to show how God’s saving plan fo...

How do we pray when suffering hides God’s will? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 8:26–27 to show how the Spirit int...

How can we endure deep suffering without despair? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows from Romans 8:18 how the glory ahead fa...

What kills sin? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows from Romans 8:13 that the Spirit flows with power as the word is heard an...

What turns forgiven sinners into sacrificial servants? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 8:1–4 to show how the Spiri...

Does obedience secure your right standing with God? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 8:1–4 to explain why pardon co...

When pain hits, do you assume God is against you? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 8:1 to show that “no condemnatio...

For those in Christ, acceptance before God is certain. In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 8:1 to show how being in Ch...

What makes our guilt so serious before God? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Romans 3:23–26 to show how rejecting God’s...

Why does sheer resolve fail against temptation? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Romans 8:13 to show how the Spirit use...

Why are you tempted toward self-pity when obedience proves costly? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Matthew 19:29 to show...

What are you really chasing in life? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Isaiah 6:1–3 to show that only God himself can sa...

Is hell an overreaction to human sin? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper explains why offending an infinitely glorious God is an i...

If Christ did not alleviate your earthly struggles, would the gospel still be good news? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows...

How do you persevere when few seem to believe? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 10:16 to explain why gospel labor res...

What makes missions unstoppable? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 10:16 to show how Christ’s certain purpose draws us...

Why would God appoint martyrs? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows how our suffering carries Christ’s saving work to those wh...

If there’s no resurrection, should we just live for comfort? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows why normal comforts make sen...

Why must God exalt himself to love you? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 4:23 to show that your joy is only complete...

Do we only need the gospel for the first steps of faith? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 1:8–15 to show why the go...

Why does Paul thank God for the faith of the saints? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 1:8–15 to show why faith is a...

How can you be sure you’ll endure to the end? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 1:6–7 and points to a covenant love...

Do you know God’s love as personal, covenant love — not just the love he shows the world? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens...

What made Christ compelling to you — but not to others? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 1:6–7 to explain how God’s...

Do you think God owes you anything? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 1:6–7 to show why salvation is sheer mercy, no...

Why doesn’t obedience start with human effort? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 1:5 to show how God supplies the he...

What makes grace truly grace? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 1:5 to show that grace rests on Christ’s work, not o...

How can a crucified Messiah be good news? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper preaches Romans 1:1–4 and shows that the risen Son no...

Why does the Bible have two testaments? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 1:1–4 to show how the gospel is God’s long...

What matters more than knowing who you are? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 1:1 to show why the gospel begins with...

What kind of gospel actually carries believers to the end? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 1:1 to show why only a...

Do we honor God by assuming him? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Isaiah 48:9–11 to show why God’s greatness demands our a...

How can commands sound like good news? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper explains Psalm 147:11 and shows why God’s call to hope i...

Do you picture God helping you reluctantly? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper unpacks Jeremiah 32:40–41 to show God’s eager, whol...

How can you be sure God won’t quit doing you good? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper applies Jeremiah 32:39–41 to all who belong...

Why do your strongest temptations keep winning? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 6:35 to show that sin loses leverage...

Why don’t fear and guilt change us more deeply? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Matthew 5:16 to show how delight in God p...

Do you talk as if God is really at work? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper expounds Acts 13:17–30 and shows why biblical preachin...

How can preaching drift out of touch with reality? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper warns that when God’s majesty is missing, we...

Why does Sunday worship center on preaching? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens 2 Timothy 3:16–4:5 to show why worship deman...

Are God’s commands restrictive? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper expounds Luke 11:46 and shows how faith learns to trust God’s w...

How do you obey without sliding into legalism? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Matthew 5:16 to show how faith fills obedi...

What keeps you moving toward hard places? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper expounds Philippians 1:20–21 and shows why prisons an...

Is suffering a detour, or is it God’s plan? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 8:23 and shows why groaning saints are...

Are you trying to pay God back with obedience? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper teaches 2 Corinthians 9:8 and shows how grace ca...

Can serving God actually dishonor him? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Mark 10:45 to show the Christ who refuses to be se...