What if your suffering isn’t punishment? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 36:6–15 to show how God uses affliction to deliver his people.
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What if your suffering isn’t punishment? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 36:6–15 to show how God uses affliction to deliver his people.
What if your suffering isn’t punishment? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 36:6–15 to show how God uses affliction to deliver his people.
What do we do when life makes no sense? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 26–31 to show that some wisdom is hidden, and God means it to be.
What makes good theology cruel? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 4:1–5:27 to show that truth without tenderness distorts both God and grief.
Why does faith sometimes falter after the worst happens? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 1:12–2:10 to show how God sustains us when the pain doesn’t go away.
How do we trust God when our bodies break? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 2:1–10 to show that God’s love is better than life and stronger than loss.
What kind of faith survives devastation? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 1:1–22 to reveal a God so worthy that he’s worshiped even when ten children are lost.
What prepares faith for life’s hardest trials? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 1–2 to show how knowing God’s purpose keeps us steady when pain strikes.
How does hearing become believing? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens 2 Corinthians 4:4–6 to show that the call of God is not mere persuasion but mighty creation.
What came first — our choice or God’s? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Deuteronomy 10:14–15 to reveal that God’s saving love is not earned but freely given.
Can controversial truth still nourish faith? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows how the doctrine of election strengthens us with unchanging divine mercy.
Where does lasting peace begin? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke 2:1–20 to show that all true peace flows from being made right with God through faith in Christ.
What really happened that first Christmas? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke 2:1–20 to show how God entered history to bring real peace through a real Savior.
What if eternity isn’t endless sameness but endless discovery? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 3:16 to explore the ever-deepening joy of life with God.
What does it mean to truly believe? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 3:16 to show that saving faith rests in the Son who reveals the heart of the Father.
How do we measure God’s love? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 3:16 to show God’s love by the priceless Son he gave and the unworthy sinners he gave him to.
Why would God warn us of wrath? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 3:16 to show how fear can help to drive us to the saving love of Christ.
What if more money meant less joy? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke 16:1–9 to show how generosity frees us from emptiness and stores up eternal welcome.
What are you chasing that won’t last? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke 12:32–34 to show why the truly rich are those who treasure what death cannot touch.
What if the God who rules the universe delights to give you everything? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Luke 12:32 to show God’s joy in giving his flock the kingdom.
What if your suffering isn’t punishment? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 36:6–15 to show how God uses affliction to deliver his people.
