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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Philippians 2:19–24: Three Simple Words We Can’t Ignore
September 29, 2018 12:02 - 47.1 MB VideoMany search for advanced steps for Bible reading but neglect a basic one: don’t skip over words. Here are three words in the Bible we cannot ignore.
Philippians 2:19–24: Happy People Live for Others
September 25, 2018 12:02 - 45 MB VideoThe happiest people are happy when others are. The most mature love is the love that delights in others’ joy.
Philippians 2:19–24: The Others-Oriented Life
September 22, 2018 12:02 - 50.1 MB VideoIf God has placed others-oriented men and women in your life, he has done so expecting that, by his grace, you might imitate them.
How to Grow in Love for God, Part 4: How to Love God When You Don’t Feel It
September 18, 2018 12:02 - 33.9 MB VideoOur love for God enflames when we see his beauty, remember his mercy, and feel his love.
How to Grow in Love for God, Part 3: Love for God Is a Gift from God
September 15, 2018 12:02 - 33 MB VideoThe gospel begins with the phrase, “but God,” because we can’t love him on our own.
How to Grow in Love for God, Part 2: How Do I Know If I Love God?
September 11, 2018 12:02 - 64.2 MB VideoAt the heart of saving faith is a love for God. But how can you know if you truly love him?
How to Grow in Love for God, Part 1: If You Do Not Love Jesus
September 08, 2018 12:02 - 34.8 MB VideoThe delightful promises of Scripture are for those who love him — and no one else.
Move: How Laziness Feeds Lust
September 04, 2018 12:02 - 37 MB VideoYou were not made for laziness. Many people struggle with sexual immorality because they sit around when they shouldn’t.
Enjoy: The Key Ingredient for Lasting Purity
September 01, 2018 12:02 - 36.9 MB VideoOur greatest weapon against lust is joy in God. Our happiness in him gives us what we need to obtain lasting victory in the war for our souls.
Hold On: Do Not Grow Weary in Fighting Lust
August 28, 2018 12:02 - 23 MB VideoThe war will be lost against lust by those who stop fighting it by the power and promises of God.
Turn: Why You Keep Falling into Sexual Sin
August 25, 2018 12:02 - 31 MB VideoSaying no to lust is not enough. We must turn to a superior pleasure — the everlasting pleasure of knowing our God.
Say No: You Have Five Seconds to Kill It
August 21, 2018 12:02 - 24.5 MB VideoLust will kill you unless you deal it a death blow first. You usually have five seconds to act.
Avoid: The First Step to Defeating Lust
August 18, 2018 12:02 - 30.9 MB VideoThe first step to fighting lust is one too many are unwilling to make — avoid it.
What Is Lust?
August 14, 2018 12:02 - 32.3 MB VideoFew things have destroyed more marriages, stolen more joy, or strangled more souls than lust. Do you know how to fight it?
Philippians 2:14–18: Faith Is More Precious Than Life
August 11, 2018 12:02 - 37 MB VideoIf we lose everything but gain Christ, we’ve lost nothing.
Philippians 2:14–18: Do Not Labor in Vain
August 07, 2018 12:02 - 51.1 MB VideoWhen we finally see the Lord face to face, we want to hear, “Well done good and faithful servant,” not, “Your labor was in vain.”
Philippians 2:14–18: The Secret of Contentment
August 04, 2018 12:02 - 40.9 MB VideoGod doesn’t want his secret to contentment to stay secret. He wrote it plainly in a book.
Philippians 2:14–18: Grumble-Free for His Glory
July 31, 2018 12:02 - 48.4 MB VideoWhen we set aside grumbling and complaining during hard times and take up joy in the Lord, a watching world sees stars shining in a dark world.
Philippians 2:14–18: One of the Hardest Sins to Conquer
July 28, 2018 12:02 - 44.9 MB VideoIf you conquer this sin, James says you’ll be perfect, Paul says blameless, innocent, and without blemish. But it’s one of the hardest to conquer.
Philippians 2:14–18: Can the Godly Grumble?
July 24, 2018 12:02 - 62 MB VideoOur grumbling is not insignificant to God. When we choose contentment in the Lord over complaining, we shine as lights in the world.
Written by Man, Spoken by God
July 21, 2018 12:02 - 50.6 MB VideoThe Bible is like no other book in the history of the world. Man wrote it, but God spoke it.
How to Misinterpret the Bible
July 17, 2018 12:02 - 49.4 MB VideoBible studies are weakened because few believe that there are right and wrong interpretations of the Bible.
The Bible’s Meaning Never Changes
July 14, 2018 12:02 - 56.1 MB VideoGod’s word alone will stand forever. From age to age, country to country, and reader to reader, God’s truth, as revealed in Scripture, remains the same.
Read to Discover Meaning, Not Create It
July 10, 2018 12:01 - 49.5 MB VideoThose who come to a text without humility will only leave with their opinions. Those who come to the Bible to learn will leave with God’s truth.
Read Every Book with Humility
July 07, 2018 12:01 - 43.3 MB VideoPride opens the Bible and reads without reading. Humility opens the Bible and asks God to give insight.
The Golden Rule of Bible Reading
July 03, 2018 12:01 - 38.5 MB VideoIt is considered rude when we interrupt someone while they are speaking and tell them what they really mean. We must not do this to authors either.
What Does ‘Meaning’ Mean?
June 30, 2018 12:01 - 43.8 MB VideoGreat Bible study isn’t about being able to articulate how you think or feel about a text. The meaning of a text is defined by the author, not the reader.
Philippians 2:12–13: If God Is Sovereign, Am I Responsible?
June 26, 2018 12:01 - 61.2 MB VideoIf you use God’s sovereignty as an excuse for passivity and laziness towards your sin, you may not be his child.
Philippians 2:12–13: You’re Not Alone in Fighting Sin
June 23, 2018 12:01 - 58.8 MB VideoSatan works day and night to blind us to the fact that God’s children are never alone in their fight against sin.
Philippians 2:12–13: We Are Saved and Being Saved
June 19, 2018 12:01 - 54.6 MB VideoSalvation is rooted in the past, worked out in the present, and guaranteed in the future.
Philippians 2:12–13: How Obedient Christians ‘Produce’ Salvation
June 16, 2018 12:01 - 62.9 MB VideoIf God justifies us by grace alone through faith alone, what does it mean to work out our salvation?
Philippians 2:12–13: How to Work Out Your Salvation
June 12, 2018 12:01 - 58.2 MB VideoObedience is neither the rock upon which our salvation rests nor the optional ribbon placed upon eternal life. It is essential. And it is empowered by God.
Philippians 2:12–13: Obedience Is Not a Curse Word
June 09, 2018 12:00 - 49.5 MB VideoTo comply with God’s commands is to believe that God knows more than we do about what will ultimately make us happy.
Philippians 2:12–13: Empty Yourself to Serve Others
June 05, 2018 12:01 - 59.3 MB VideoChristian self-denial is not truly self-denial. It is saying “no” to the lesser and impermanent for the better “yes” of eternity.
2 Corinthians 1:3–6: Give Away the Comfort You Receive
June 02, 2018 12:01 - 57.4 MB VideoGod doesn’t help us in our times of need so that we will keep it to ourselves. He comforts us so we can bring comfort to others.
2 Corinthians 1:3–6: Do You Know the God of All Comfort?
May 29, 2018 12:01 - 65.9 MB VideoGod promises rest for the weary, peace for the brokenhearted, and comfort for the restless. Do you know the God of all comfort?
Philippians 2:9–11: Is God an Egomaniac?
May 26, 2018 12:03 - 72.5 MB VideoChrist’s work on the cross and subsequent resurrection not merely shows that he loved humanity. It proclaims that God loves his glory.
Philippians 2:9–11: You Will Bow Before Him
May 22, 2018 12:01 - 75 MB VideoYou have two options when it comes to Christ: submit to him joyfully now and gain your life, or submit to him begrudgingly later and lose it.
Philippians 2:9–11: Worthy Is the Lamb Who Was Slain!
May 19, 2018 12:00 - 70 MB VideoYou may not bow to him now. You may not bow to him next year. But a day draws near when every knee will bow before Jesus Christ.
Philippians 2:9–11: From Humiliation to Supremacy
May 15, 2018 12:01 - 51.8 MB VideoJesus ascended from earth to heaven, from lowliness to a throne, from humiliation to exaltation, from a cross to a crown.
Philippians 2:5–8: One Word to Describe Jesus’s Life
May 12, 2018 12:01 - 57.1 MB VideoThe Father and the Son were not in a Civil War to redeem humanity. They were in perfect harmony. The Father sent; the Son gladly went.
Philippians 2:5–8: God Became Human
May 08, 2018 12:00 - 39.4 MB VideoGod did not become an angel to save angels. But he did become fully human to save humans.
Philippians 2:5–8: Is Jesus Like-God or God?
May 05, 2018 12:03 - 59 MB VideoIf you see Jesus like you do Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, or Confucius, you do not know Jesus.
Philippians 2:5–8: Have the Mind of Christ
May 01, 2018 12:00 - 58.9 MB VideoMany are willing to share in Christlikeness only as long as it doesn’t mean sacrifice. But Christlikeness led Christ to the cross.
Psalm 1:1–6: Some Pleasures Never Get Boring
April 28, 2018 12:01 - 78.2 MB VideoHappiness that is not permanent is not a joy that is truly satisfying.
Psalm 1:4–6: The Way of the Wicked Will Perish
April 24, 2018 12:01 - 54.6 MB VideoWhen you see horrendous crimes committed without adequate justice served, remember, the wicked will perish before the judgment of God.
Psalm 1:4–6: The Righteous Are Not the Perfect
April 21, 2018 12:00 - 63.6 MB Video“Righteousness” has a double meaning in the New Testament. Do you know what those meanings are?
Psalm 1:3: The True Prosperity Gospel
April 17, 2018 12:00 - 53.4 MB VideoIn all things, Christians prosper, because over all things, Christ reigns.
Psalm 1:3: Plant Yourself in God’s Word
April 14, 2018 12:00 - 54.2 MB VideoMany do not blossom with the beauty of Christlikeness because they are not rooted in the word of God.
Psalm 1:2: Memorize the Bible to Maximize Your Joy
April 10, 2018 12:00 - 48.4 MB VideoMemorizing God’s word puts heavenly treasure in the pockets of the mind and the heart.