Look at the Book
1,183 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 575 ratingsLook at the Book is John Piper's ongoing series of 8-12 minute videos to help you learn to read the Bible for yourself.
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How to Restore a Sinning Saint: Galatians 6:1–5, Part 1
July 12, 2024 10:00 - 444 MB VideoChristian love is not passive. When love sees a brother or sister caught in sin, it does not shrink away but confronts in order to renew and restore.
If We Have the Spirit, Why Commands? Galatians 5:22–26, Part 3
July 09, 2024 10:00 - 483 MB VideoIf Christians have the Spirit of God leading and guiding them, why does the New Testament issue over four hundred commands to obey?
Keep in Step with the Spirit: Galatians 5:22–26, Part 2
July 07, 2024 10:00 - 363 MB VideoThose made alive by the Spirit will keep in step with the Spirit. They will walk by the Spirit, sow to the Spirit, bear the fruit of the Spirit.
The Fruit of the Spirit Is the Fruit of Faith: Galatians 5:22–26, Part 1
July 05, 2024 10:00 - 478 MB VideoIf the fruit of the Spirit is a miracle that God produces in his people, what can we do to cultivate that fruit?
How Do We Inherit the Kingdom? Galatians 5:19–21, Part 2
July 02, 2024 10:00 - 391 MB VideoHow do Christians inherit the kingdom of God? Not by our work or merit, but by our union with the Son of God and offspring of Abraham.
Practicing Sin Destroys the Soul: Galatians 5:19–21, Part 1
June 30, 2024 10:00 - 366 MB VideoIf you live in sin, practice sin, and die in sin, you won’t go to heaven. You won’t be happy with God forever.
The War in the Christian Soul: Galatians 5:16–18, Part 4
June 28, 2024 10:00 - 395 MB VideoHow does God give us victory over the desires of the flesh? He reshapes and reorients our desires by his Spirit.
How Do We Love in the Power of Another? Galatians 5:16–18, Part 3
June 25, 2024 10:00 - 435 MB VideoCompeting desires war within every Christian — desires of the flesh and of the Spirit. How can we refuse to gratify what our flesh wants?
Does the Spirit Make Me a Robot? Galatians 5:16–18, Part 2
June 23, 2024 10:00 - 421 MB VideoIf Christians are indwelt by the Spirit of God, and if he guides and controls us, are we simply spiritual robots?
How Do I Receive the Spirit? Galatians 5:16–18, Part 1
June 21, 2024 10:00 - 400 MB VideoAll Christians should walk by the Spirit. But how? How do we experience the powerful, omnipotent, merciful, all-wise leading of the Spirit of God?
How Does Love Fulfill the Law? Galatians 5:13–15, Part 4
June 16, 2024 10:00 - 525 MB VideoPaul says that the law is fulfilled in the command to “love your neighbor as yourself.” But how does such love fulfill the whole law?
Love Your Neighbor as You Love Yourself: Galatians 5:13–15, Part 3
June 14, 2024 10:00 - 475 MB VideoWhat does it mean to love your neighbors as yourself? It means you seek their good with the same passion with which you seek your own, and you find your joy in theirs.
Freed from Flesh to Love: Galatians 5:13–15, Part 2
June 11, 2024 10:00 - 476 MB VideoWhat prevents us from using our freedom in Christ as an opportunity to indulge the flesh? A life of faith is the opposite of a life in the flesh.
How Were We Called to Freedom? Galatians 5:13–15, Part 1
June 09, 2024 10:00 - 356 MB VideoWhen God sovereignly calls us, he opens our eyes to see and embrace the beauty of Jesus. And that call grants freedom from obeying the law as a means of being justified.
Let Them Emasculate Themselves! Galatians 5:11–12, Part 2
June 07, 2024 10:00 - 344 MB VideoWhy does Paul use such shocking language against the false teachers in Galatia — and how should his rebuke inform the way we speak?
What Is the Offense of the Cross? Galatians 5:11–12, Part 1
June 04, 2024 10:00 - 434 MB VideoWhy is the cross so offensive to fallen man? Because the cross declares that no amount of human effort or law-keeping can make us right with God.
Why Such Confidence for the Galatians? Galatians 5:7–10, Part 2
June 02, 2024 10:00 - 401 MB VideoMore than once, how Paul feels toward certain Christians increases his confidence in their salvation. How does that kind of confidence work?
A Little Leaven Is Devastating: Galatians 5:7–10, Part 1
May 31, 2024 10:00 - 464 MB VideoA little leaven, even just a little, leavens the whole lump. Mix a little law with the gospel, and you surrender the ground of grace.
The Faith That Counts Produces Fruit: Galatians 5:1–6, Part 8
May 28, 2024 10:00 - 469 MB VideoWhat kind of faith unites us to Christ so that we are counted righteous before God? The faith that bears the fruit of love.
Waiting for the Hope of Righteousness: Galatians 5:1–6, Part 7
May 26, 2024 10:00 - 438 MB VideoThe church may be mocked, accused, and slandered now. But a day is coming when God will silence any doubt about his people’s righteousness.
Can You Lose Your Salvation? Galatians 5:1–6, Part 6
May 24, 2024 10:00 - 446 MB VideoWhen Paul talks about being severed from Christ, does he imply that true Christians can lose their salvation?
Severed from Christ: Galatians 5:1–6, Part 5
May 21, 2024 10:00 - 464 MB VideoThose who seek to be justified by the law sever themselves from Christ, fall away from grace, and commit eternal suicide.
Justification by Law Requires Perfection: Galatians 5:1–6, Part 4
May 19, 2024 10:00 - 479 MB VideoThe law cannot be divided — break but the smallest commandment, and you are guilty of all. We cannot be right with God through the law.
How to Cancel Every Blessing of Christ: Galatians 5:1–6, Part 3
May 17, 2024 10:00 - 353 MB VideoIf you claim works as part of the basis of being right with God, you trade grace for law, and you cancel every blessing of Christ from your life.
What Is Christian Freedom? Galatians 5:1–6, Part 2
May 14, 2024 10:00 - 499 MB VideoIf you try to be justified under the law, you will remain under the curse. But if you stand firm in the grace of the gospel, you will enjoy true freedom.
Don’t Turn Back to Slavery: Galatians 5:1–6, Part 1
May 12, 2024 10:00 - 328 MB VideoThrough the gospel of grace, Jesus Christ sets Christians free in order that they may remain free. Don’t turn back to slavery.
You Are a Child of the Free Woman: Galatians 4:21–31, Part 8
May 10, 2024 10:00 - 283 MB VideoChristians are not slaves, but free. We are right with God not by works of the law, but by faith. We are born not of the flesh, but of the Spirit.
Persecuted for Being a Child of Promise: Galatians 4:21–31, Part 7
May 07, 2024 10:00 - 397 MB VideoChildren of promise are children born as the answer to a promise. Every Christian is a child spoken of beforehand, a fulfillment of God’s promise.
Rejoice, O Barren One! Galatians 4:21–31, Part 6
May 05, 2024 10:00 - 380 MB VideoAbraham’s wife, Sarah, spent her childbearing years barren — but God fulfilled his promise to her. What can this experience teach us about Jesus’s work on the cross?
The Jerusalem Above Is Free: Galatians 4:21–31, Part 5
May 03, 2024 10:00 - 458 MB VideoAccording to Paul, the Christian’s true home is the Jerusalem above — a heavenly city whose citizens are born of God and utterly free.
Hagar, the Mother of Slavery: Galatians 4:21–31, Part 4
April 30, 2024 10:00 - 491 MB VideoHagar represents the effort to be right with God by keeping the law. But human effort can never bring forth the children of God. Hagar only begets slaves.
Born by Flesh, Born by Promise: Galatians 4:21–31, Part 3
April 28, 2024 10:00 - 426 MB VideoThe children of God are not the product of human effort. Like Isaac, they are brought forth by divine promise based on divine prerogative.
A Tale of Two Mothers: Galatians 4:21–31, Part 2
April 26, 2024 10:00 - 345 MB VideoWhen Paul read his Old Testament, what implicit meaning did he see in the characters of Hagar and Sarah?
The Purpose of Allegory: Galatians 4:21–31, Part 1
April 23, 2024 10:00 - 405 MB VideoWhat is Paul’s main point in the allegory of Sarah and Hagar? What truth does he want his readers to see from this Old Testament story?
Paul the Matchmaker and the Mother: Galatians 4:17–20
April 21, 2024 10:00 - 360 MB VideoChildren of God come into being when Christ is formed in them through faith. Paul compares his whole ministry to a matchmaker and a mother.
Why Would They Gouge Out Their Eyes? Galatians 4:12–16
April 19, 2024 10:00 - 391 MB VideoIf you leave the gospel for the law, you are under an enchantment. To break the spell, remember the blessings that the gospel brings.
What Does It Mean to Be Known by God? Galatians 4:8–11, Part 3
April 16, 2024 10:00 - 441 MB VideoIf God knows everything and everyone, what does Paul mean when he describes Christians as those who are known by God?
Do Unbelievers Know God? Galatians 4:8–11, Part 2
April 14, 2024 10:00 - 419 MB VideoEven though people can know about God through creation, hard hearts suppress that knowledge. Thus, sinners do not know God.
The Incomprehensibility of Turning to Law: Galatians 4:8–11, Part 1
April 12, 2024 10:00 - 325 MB VideoFor Paul, pagan idolatry and reliance on the law to get right with God amount to the same thing. Neither can offer any help to save our souls.
The Spirit in Us Cries ‘Abba Father’: Galatians 4:1–7, Part 5
April 09, 2024 10:00 - 497 MB VideoWhen Paul describes the Spirit’s witness in the heart of believers, he says the Spirit cries, “Abba!” Why is that name so significant?
Christ Redeems Sinners for Adoption: Galatians 4:1–7, Part 4
April 07, 2024 10:00 - 406 MB VideoWhy did Jesus need to be born of a woman as a human being in order to redeem those under the curse of the law?
Does God Have a Son? Galatians 4:1–7, Part 3
April 05, 2024 10:00 - 460 MB VideoGod sent his Son into the world, born of a woman and under the law. Few statements hold more import, wonder, and mystery.
What Is the Fullness of Time? Galatians 4:1–7, Part 2
April 02, 2024 10:00 - 453 MB VideoPaul says that the law was given by God to act as a guardian until “the fullness of time” had come to pass. When is the fullness of time?
Slavery to Law Is Like Pagan Religion: Galatians 4:1–7, Part 1
March 31, 2024 10:00 - 415 MB VideoGod intended the law to act as a guardian, pointing us to our need for a redeemer. However, when we put our faith in the law, it’s no better than the rules of pagan religions.
You Are All Sons of God Through Faith: Galatians 3:23–29, Part 3
March 29, 2024 10:00 - 507 MB VideoHow do people become sons of God and heirs to his promises? They must put on Jesus Christ, God’s true Son, by faith and not by law-keeping.
The Law as a Guardian unto Christ: Galatians 3:23–29, Part 2
March 26, 2024 10:00 - 388 MB VideoPaul calls the law “a guardian” meant to lead us to Christ. What does that mean? How does the law guard us and guide us to Jesus?
Centuries of Prison Before Christ: Galatians 3:23–29, Part 1
March 24, 2024 10:00 - 446 MB VideoPaul reveals that God gave the law to pave the way to faith in Jesus, who fulfills the law completely.
The Law Came Through Angels: Galatians 3:19–22, Part 2
March 22, 2024 10:00 - 349 MB VideoThe New Testament authors insist that the law was given to Moses by angels. Why would they repeat that?
The Law Imprisoned People Under Sin: Galatians 3:19–22, Part 1
March 19, 2024 10:00 - 511 MB VideoIf God made the promise of life to Abraham based on faith, then does the law contradict that grace? Does the law present a different way of life?
Not Seeds, but Seed, Namely, Christ: Galatians 3:15–18, Part 2
March 17, 2024 10:00 - 532 MB VideoWhy does Paul insist that the promises made to Abraham were made to his singular seed? That nuance is vital to our salvation.