Light + Truth

Light + Truth

Desiring God
Country USA
Language EN
Episodes 820
Latest 08.10.2026

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.

Episodes

  • Free to Be a Slave to God 08.10.2026 19m
    What breaks the grip of enslaving desire? John Piper opens Romans 6:16 to show why true freedom is found not in having no master, but in gladly belonging to God.
  • God’s Design for Sexual Desire 07.10.2026 27m
    What turns sexual desire into worship? John Piper shows from 1 Timothy 4:1–5 how God gives marital pleasure to evoke thanksgiving.
  • Pure Hearts Will See God 06.10.2026 29m
    What kind of heart will behold God’s glory? John Piper unfolds Matthew 5:8 to show God cleansing divided hearts to delight in his presence.
  • Grace Gets Us Home 05.10.2026 24m
    How can you know you’ll reach glory? John Piper opens Romans 8:28–30 to show that God will surely glorify everyone he justifies.
  • The Man Who Reigns in Heaven 02.10.2026 26m
    Why does Christ’s humanity matter now? John Piper opens Matthew 21:42 to unveil the man rejected by men, reigning from heaven.
  • Labor That Is Not in Vain 01.10.2026 21m
    Can anything done in Christ be wasted? John Piper opens 1 Corinthians 15:51–58 to show that life with Christ carries our labor beyond death.
  • Death Lost Its Sting 30.09.2026 29m
    What removes death’s terror? John Piper shows from 1 Corinthians 15:51–58 that Christ took the sting of death our sin deserved.
  • Suffering That Shows Christ 29.09.2026 30m
    How do believers make Christ’s afflictions visible? John Piper opens Colossians 1:24 to show how we joyfully reveal to others what Christ suffered.
  • Hope Worth Any Hardship 28.09.2026 27m
    What makes costly love worth it? John Piper opens 1 Corinthians 15:12–19 to show how resurrection hope frees us to take risks for love’s sake.
  • A World Fit for Glory 25.09.2026 30m
    What kind of world awaits God’s children? John Piper opens Romans 8:21 to show creation remade for God’s people to rule and enjoy.
  • Groaning for Glory 24.09.2026 25m
    What hope remains in a world of suffering? John Piper opens Romans 8:18–25 to show God subjecting creation to futility in hope of coming glory.
  • Swallowed Up by Life 23.09.2026 27m
    What happens when life swallows mortality? John Piper shows from 2 Corinthians 5:4 that God remakes our bodies to see and savor his glory.
  • Lay Hold of True Life 22.09.2026 27m
    Why not limit life to what we have here and now? John Piper opens 1 Timothy 6:19 to show that true life is tasted now but fully realized in glory.
  • Moses and the Rock That Was Christ 21.09.2026 20m
    Can guilty people count on God’s help? John Piper opens Exodus 17:1–7 to show that Christ bought the help sinners need.
  • Moses and the Presence We Need 18.09.2026 25m
    What if your greatest need is not relief? John Piper opens Exodus 17:1–7 to show how God’s presence meets our deepest need.
  • Joseph and the God Who Works Good 17.09.2026 29m
    What if God’s good purpose stays hidden for years? John Piper opens Genesis 50:20 to show God working for good while we cannot see it.
  • Jonah and the People God Pitied 16.09.2026 19m
    Why does God rescue rebels? John Piper shows from Jonah 4:1–11 how mercy received becomes mercy shown.
  • Jonah and the Glory of Mercy 15.09.2026 28m
    Can guilty sinners still cry for mercy? John Piper opens Jonah 2:1–10 to show that God hears guilty rebels who cry to him.
  • Asa and the Folly of Self-Reliance 14.09.2026 27m
    Why is self-reliance so foolish? John Piper opens 2 Chronicles 16:9 to show how it forfeits the help God gives to those who trust him.
  • Give Your Life for Lasting Gain 11.09.2026 16m
    What gain is worth risking your whole life for? John Piper opens Psalm 25 to show why joy in God frees us for sacrificial love.

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