Look at the Book
1,183 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days 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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Philippians 4:1, Part 1: Love and Long for One Another
September 17, 2019 13:02 - 40.1 MB VideoThe apostle Paul expressed a deep love and longing in his letters. How often do you express that kind of love to other Christians?
1 Corinthians 10:13, Part 2: What Is the Way of Escape in Temptation?
September 10, 2019 13:02 - 71.3 MB VideoHow can God say he will provide us with an escape in our tests and trials while also saying he will help us endure them?
1 Corinthians 10:13, Part 1: Is Every Temptation a Test from God?
September 07, 2019 14:47 - 58 MB VideoDon’t limit the word “temptation” to something that lures us into sin. Anything that tries to pull us away from God is a temptation. Anything.
Philippians 3:18–21: Our Bodies Will Shine Like the Sun
September 03, 2019 13:02 - 49.4 MB VideoWhen this life comes to an end, when our frail bodies sputter for the last time, God will raise us from the dead and give us glorious bodies.
Philippians 3:18–21: What Will My New Body Be Like?
August 31, 2019 14:47 - 58.6 MB VideoSomeday soon we get to exchange our crippled and lowly body for a glorious and heavenly one.
Philippians 3:18–21: Live Like You Belong in Heaven
August 27, 2019 13:02 - 67.4 MB VideoIf you are Christ’s, you don’t belong here. This is not your home. Your citizenship is in heaven.
Philippians 3:18–21: How to Be an Enemy of the Cross
August 24, 2019 14:47 - 64.1 MB VideoEven though Paul could outdo every Pharisee in law-keeping, he had no confidence in the law. But he had full confidence in the cross.
Philippians 3:18–21: Two Ways to Oppose God
August 20, 2019 13:02 - 53.2 MB VideoGod’s enemies will face God’s eternal wrath. So who are these enemies of the cross, and how do I know I am not one of them?
Philippians 3:18–21: Two Ways to Nullify the Cross
August 17, 2019 14:47 - 66.7 MB VideoThe cross was designed by God to humble us. It reminds us that we need Christ’s blood to rescue us, and his power to strengthen us.
Philippians 3:18–21: Are You Ruled by Your Desires?
August 13, 2019 13:02 - 55.4 MB VideoTo love the world and all its riches may scratch an itch for a moment, but it will cost you everything in the end.
Philippians 3:18–21: A Mini-Theology of Hell
August 10, 2019 14:47 - 53.2 MB VideoAs hard as it may be, we must face the reality that hell exists and is promised to all of God’s enemies.
Philippians 3:18–21: Do You Weep Over the Perishing?
August 06, 2019 13:02 - 51.1 MB VideoGod does not call us to learn just from Paul’s teaching but also from his emotions. Do you weep over the lost like the apostle Paul?
Philippians 3:17: The Kind of Person You Should Imitate
August 03, 2019 14:47 - 66.3 MB VideoThe question is not if you are imitating, but who. We either imitate those who walk toward heaven or those who walk toward hell.
Philippians 3:17: Should Someone Imitate Your Life?
July 30, 2019 13:02 - 65.2 MB VideoGod has given you life to honor him, display him, and summon others to follow him.
Job 19:11–42:12: The Lord Gives and Takes Away
July 27, 2019 14:47 - 44.4 MB VideoThough God may take away, he has made a promise — and sealed it with his Son’s blood — that he will give back more.
Job 2:4–10: How a Fool Responds to Suffering
July 23, 2019 13:02 - 57.7 MB VideoWe have a refuge in times of trouble, safety amid life’s storms. Only a fool curses the shelter and runs into the eye of the storm.
Job 1:20–2:8: If God Afflicts You, Will You Curse Him?
July 20, 2019 14:47 - 45.1 MB VideoNo suffering takes God by surprise. He alone is the perfect help in our pain. Should all around our soul give way, he then is all our hope and stay.
Job 1:6–22: How to Respond to Tragedy
July 16, 2019 13:02 - 48.8 MB VideoWe cannot respond however we want when we suffer. Though we can grieve and mourn, if we never get to worship, we’ve stopped short.
Job 1:6–22: How to Respond to Tragedy
July 16, 2019 13:02 - 63.2 MB VideoWe cannot respond however we want when we suffer. Though we can grieve and mourn, if we never get to worship, we’ve stopped short.
Job 1:1–2:3: Who Caused Job’s Suffering?
July 13, 2019 14:47 - 50.2 MB VideoIf God stripped away our gifts — our income, our family, even our own health — would we curse him or bless his name?
Job 1:1–12: Can You Trust God in Your Pain?
July 09, 2019 13:02 - 56.9 MB VideoJob remained steadfast in his suffering and has left us with a model for how to trust God with our pain.
Philippians 3:15–16: Stages of the Christian Life
July 06, 2019 14:47 - 43.3 MB VideoNo one starts as a mature Christian. Keep seeking God. Keep laboring to grow. And keep trusting that God will bring about our maturity.
Philippians 3:15–16: How God Changes Our Minds
July 02, 2019 13:02 - 46.2 MB VideoGod changes minds through ordinary means: Our gaze fixed upon his word, our knees bowed in prayer, and our time spent with our eternal family.
Philippians 3:15–16: How to Disagree with a Christian
June 29, 2019 14:45 - 50.4 MB VideoWe cannot disagree with Christians in any way we want. God has given us boundaries and ways forward.
Philippians 3:15–16: What the Mature Think About
June 25, 2019 13:02 - 46.3 MB VideoA heavenly mindset will not be lofty and self-righteous, but humble and God-dependent.
Philippians 3:15–16: What Does It Mean to Be Mature?
June 22, 2019 14:47 - 43.6 MB VideoGod wants us to grow up and leave behind childish ways. And he has done everything necessary to ensure it can happen.
Luke 6:20–26: Human Praise Is a Cheap Reward
June 18, 2019 13:02 - 58.4 MB VideoThose who live for riches and the praise of man today will have hunger, mourning, and weeping tomorrow.
Luke 6:20–26: Should I Look For a Reward from God?
June 15, 2019 14:47 - 68.2 MB VideoDo we err when we love others for the reward God offers us? No. Only those who labor for what God promises are rich enough to love others selflessly.
Luke 6:20–26: How Christians Laugh
June 11, 2019 13:02 - 79.4 MB VideoThose who follow Christ can weep now, can be poor and temporarily hated now, and yet remain wildly blessed because theirs is the coming kingdom.
Luke 6:20–26: The Kind of People God Blesses
June 08, 2019 14:47 - 89.2 MB VideoIf we are Christ’s disciples — whether poor, hungry, weeping, or persecuted — we are blessed.
Evidence of the New Birth: Living Out Identity in Christ
June 04, 2019 13:02 - 26.2 MB VideoAll of the New Testament commandments are a call to become in experience what we are in Christ. And what we are in Christ is a new creation.
The Effort Needed to Fight Sin: Living Out Identity in Christ
June 01, 2019 14:47 - 38.6 MB VideoThe Christian’s life on earth will always be walking along the narrow path. Living for sin is easy. Following Christ requires carrying a cross daily.
Be Who You Are: Living Out Identity in Christ
May 28, 2019 13:02 - 38.5 MB VideoWhen we read commands and obligations, we are being summoned to become in experience what we are in Christ.
Philippians 3:11–14: Run Hard for Your Reward
May 25, 2019 14:47 - 34.6 MB VideoWe are going to win this race. We are going to get the crown. Not because we are great runners, but because Christ has made us his own.
Philippians 3:11–14: When Should I Forget My Past?
May 21, 2019 13:02 - 48.3 MB VideoPursue, strain forward, press on. God wants us to put all energy into making it to the end, not revisiting the life we had before we started the race.
Philippians 3:11–14: The One Reason to Live
May 18, 2019 14:45 - 42.9 MB VideoDevote your whole life to this one pursuit: attaining the fullest possible experience of Christ imaginable.
Philippians 3:11–14: Can I Really Have Assurance?
May 14, 2019 13:02 - 62.7 MB VideoGod wants to give his children the assurance that they will be saved. But not the kind of assurance that ignores the warnings along the way.
Philippians 3:11–14: Does Paul Think He Could Miss the Resurrection?
May 11, 2019 14:47 - 44.8 MB VideoThe crown of life belongs to those who seek holiness, who hold fast to Christ, who finish the race. The crown of life belongs to Christians.
James 4:13–16: Is God Sovereign over Evil?
May 07, 2019 13:02 - 50.6 MB VideoWe do God no favors by excusing him from being sovereign over evil. But we can steal confidence from his children that nothing happens to them without a purpose.
Your Life Is a Mist: James 4:13–16
May 04, 2019 14:47 - 60.9 MB VideoPlanning becomes sinful when we presume whatever we schedule will come to pass. Preface all of life with “If the Lord wills.”
James 4:13–16 : Your Life Is a Mist
May 04, 2019 14:47 - 44.1 MB VideoPlanning becomes sinful when we presume whatever we schedule will come to pass. Preface all of life with “If the Lord wills.”
James 1:12–15: Does God Ever Tempt Me to Sin?
April 30, 2019 13:02 - 79.5 MB VideoGod’s sovereignty means he reigns over every trial. And his love means that he intends them all for our good and his glory.
James 1:12–15: Is God Testing Me?
April 27, 2019 14:47 - 40.5 MB VideoDon’t get discouraged if the fight against sin seems endless. The fight is necessary, the fight is winnable, and the fight will end.
Philippians 3:7–10: Suffering Can Be an Answer to Prayer
April 23, 2019 11:02 - 47.6 MB VideoChristian, God is working in your suffering. He is working Christlikeness, working trust, working to draw you closer to himself.
Philippians 3:7–10: Where to Turn When Suffering Comes
April 20, 2019 15:47 - 34.4 MB VideoGod gives us power — not to escape or avoid suffering — but to endure suffering while looking to Christ.
Philippians 3:7–10: The Mark of a True Christian
April 16, 2019 13:02 - 56.2 MB VideoIn this life, we will suffer. And through that suffering, we will know Christ in a way nothing else can provide.
Luke 5:1–11: How a Prosperity Preacher Abuses a Verse
April 02, 2019 13:02 - 33.8 MB VideoProsperity preachers not only twist and mangle the Bible’s message. They twist and mangle their hearers.
2 Timothy 3:16–4:5: Why Do We Need Preaching?
March 30, 2019 16:02 - 51.7 MB VideoWe need the word of God to correct our passions, rebuke our passions, and shape our passions.
2 Timothy 3:16–4:5: Preachers Must Say Hard Things
March 26, 2019 13:02 - 65.3 MB VideoGood preaching says hard things, calls out sin, and makes us uncomfortable, because good preaching heralds God’s word.
2 Timothy 3:16–4:5: How to Pray for Your Pastor’s Sermon
March 23, 2019 16:02 - 57.6 MB VideoWhat the church needs this Sunday is God’s word — not laugh-out-loud humor, not moving stories, not news updates — God’s word.