Sobs shook my body. Nurses couldn’t help but squeeze a shoulder, hand, or foot whenever they entered the hospital room. Eventually, I’d cried so hard for so long that one…
Category: THEOLOGY
Your Most-Asked-About Bible Verse – John Piper
If God is sovereign over salvation, do the non-elect even have a chance to repent? Pastor John addresses Romans 9:22, your most-asked-about Bible verse. Listen Now Read More Desiring God
Loved by the Father – John Piper
What is God’s covenant love for you as his child? In this episode of Light + Truth, beginning with John 3:16, John Piper looks at the wonderful love of the…
Radical Corruption
In God’s work of creation, the crowning act, the pinnacle of that divine work, was the creation of human beings. It was to humans that God assigned and stamped His…
Revival in the Making: God’s Central Means for Spiritual Renewal – David Mathis
I grew up in a revivalist church in the South. Every few years, we had a “crusade” with special weeknight services and a dynamic, out-of-town speaker. I remember singing “Revive…
The Seven Peaks of John 3:16 – John Piper
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…
Nicodemus in the Night — Extraordinary Encounters with Jesus
Commenting on Jesus’ ministry, Sinclair Ferguson says, “The pulse beat of God’s heart has an evangelistic rhythm.”1 Jesus even identified His mission in terms of evangelism: “The Son of Man…
3 Things You Should Know about Ezekiel
Ezekiel’s pages are littered with tension of all sorts: the people of God severed into exiles in Babylon and besieged residents in Jerusalem, a wound-up prophet from a priestly lineage…
Am I Called to Missions? How God Confirms Desires to Go – Jon Hoglund
“When did you feel called to missions?” This question often gets posed to current and former missionaries. For me, a particular ministry opportunity quickly turned into a call. I was…
The Spirit’s Irresistible Call – John Piper
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…