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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Psalm 1:2: Do You Delight in Bible Reading?
April 07, 2018 12:00 - 73.2 MB VideoThe word of God is not merely medicine for our sickly souls. To the born-again heart, it is food for our enjoyment and drink for our soul’s delight.
Psalm 1:1: How to Lose Your Happiness
April 03, 2018 12:01 - 68.3 MB VideoThose who say they want to be happy while they still indulge in sin do not really want to be happy.
Love Delights in Another’s Joy
March 31, 2018 12:00 - 53.6 MB VideoLove does not rest until others participate in all that we have in Christ.
Philippians 2:3–4: Short-Term Loss for Long-Term Gain
March 27, 2018 12:00 - 62.7 MB VideoLove makes huge sacrifices for the beloved. Because the joy of the beloved is our own joy.
Philippians 2:3–4: True Humility Ends in Glory
March 24, 2018 12:00 - 54.3 MB VideoTrue humility bends low in service, gives to others at a cost to self, and receives a kingdom in the end.
Psalm 127:3–5: How to Rest in Parenting
March 17, 2018 12:00 - 54.3 MB VideoRest in parenting will not come from getting our children to nap during the day and sleep during the night. It comes from going to Jesus with your burdens.
Psalm 127:1–2: God Gives His Beloved Sleep
March 13, 2018 12:00 - 62 MB VideoJesus is not a fanatic CEO that needs you to render him anxious toil. He is a King who loves to give his beloved sleep.
Philippians 2:4: Look to the Interests of Others
March 10, 2018 01:00 - 47.6 MB VideoAlthough Satan tries to persuade us otherwise, believing God when he tells us to look to others’ interests doesn’t force us to look away from our own joy.
Philippians 2:3: You Are Never Too High to Serve
March 06, 2018 01:00 - 62.7 MB VideoAll whispers of “I deserve” are silenced at the foot of the cross. Go there with your pride and be set free.
Philippians 2:1–2: Diversity Makes for the Best Unity
March 03, 2018 01:00 - 54.6 MB VideoChristian unity is not Christian uniformity. It is a beautiful painting comprised of various colors.
Philippians 2:1–2: May All Divisions Cease
February 27, 2018 01:00 - 50.2 MB VideoJesus did not die so that we could merely tolerate one another. He died so that we would cherish one another.
Philippians 2:1–2: Five Incentives for Christian Unity
February 24, 2018 01:00 - 50.2 MB VideoIt is biblically illogical to think we can live a life worthy of the gospel and be indifferent to Christian unity.
Mark 3:1–6: What Grieves God?
February 20, 2018 01:00 - 53.5 MB VideoIt is not for lack of compassion that men perish, but for lack of a heart that delights in the God of all compassion because of hard and rebellious hearts.
Psalm 133:3: Don’t Rebuild Walls Christ Tore Down
February 17, 2018 01:01 - 68.4 MB VideoChrist’s blood is the great adhesive that unites the church together across time, racial divides, and class distinctions.
Psalm 133:2: Christian Unity Is a Precious Gift
February 13, 2018 01:00 - 54.4 MB VideoUnity among believers is not just a good thing or a normal thing. It is a God-given and sacred thing.
Unity Is the Church’s Perfume: Psalm 133:1
February 10, 2018 01:00 - 39.5 MB VideoThe church is crowned with love, clothed in Christ’s righteousness, and perfumed with Trinitarian unity.
Psalm 133:1: Unity Is the Church’s Perfume
February 10, 2018 01:00 - 39.5 MB VideoThe church is crowned with love, clothed in Christ’s righteousness, and perfumed with Trinitarian unity.
Luke 18:18–27: Your Money May Keep You from Heaven
February 06, 2018 01:00 - 45.2 MB VideoMany of us read that it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God and think of millionaires. The rest of the world reads it and thinks of us.
Philippians 1:28–30: One Proof That You Are Saved
February 03, 2018 01:00 - 53.4 MB VideoSatan tells us that all suffering is a curse and proof that we are not loved by God. But God tells us it is a gift to show us our salvation.
Philippians 1:27–28: Our Love Warns of God’s Wrath
January 30, 2018 01:00 - 62.7 MB VideoOur love for one another in the face of persecution warns our opponents of the judgment to come.
Philippians 1:27–28: Stand Firm in Fearful Days
January 27, 2018 01:00 - 68.2 MB VideoStanding firm in fearful days shows that you have promises in the gospel that death, nor loss, nor prison can steal.
Hebrews 5:7–9: How Did Jesus “Learn” Obedience?
January 23, 2018 01:02 - 50.3 MB VideoIf Jesus “learned obedience” and “was made perfect” does that mean he was ever disobedient and imperfect?
Hebrews 5:7–10: Jesus’s Prayer in His Darkest Hour
January 20, 2018 01:00 - 52.5 MB VideoIn his darkest hour, Jesus did not run from his Father, but boldly wept and cried aloud in trust before him.
Philippians 1:27–28: Four Traits of a Life Worth Living
January 16, 2018 01:00 - 55 MB VideoWhile the world gropes in the dark for significance, our God has told us how to live the worthy life.
Four Traits of a Life Worth Living: Philippians 1:27–28
January 16, 2018 01:00 - 55 MB VideoWhile the world gropes in the dark for significance, our God has told us how to live the worthy life.
Philippians 1:27–28: What Does “Gospel” Mean?
January 13, 2018 01:01 - 72.8 MB VideoWe hear the word “gospel” used all the time. But what does it actually mean?
Philippians 1:27–28: The Constitution of Heaven
January 09, 2018 01:00 - 52.1 MB VideoIf you are Christ’s, your home address is not truly your home address. Live in the here and now as a citizen of your true country: heaven.
2 Corinthians 9:6–11: God Gives to Create Cheerful Givers
January 06, 2018 01:00 - 74.2 MB VideoGod is able to make all grace — not some grace — abound to you so that you may overflow in cheerful giving.
2 Corinthians 9:6–11: Do You Trust God with Your Money?
January 02, 2018 01:00 - 73.7 MB VideoIt is hard to say that we have trusted God with our lives when we do not trust him with our wallets.
2 Corinthians 9:6–11: Why Do You Give to the Church?
December 28, 2017 12:00 - 70.4 MB VideoGod doesn’t want you to begrudgingly give. He wants to satisfy you with himself so that you would give cheerfully.
Philippians 1:20–26: How Do We Get to Heaven?
December 26, 2017 12:00 - 50.2 MB VideoGod is sovereign over the ends and means of our salvation. Those who he has saved will continue to press on by the means of grace.
Luke 2:15–20: The Night Was Not Exactly Silent
December 21, 2017 12:00 - 59.3 MB VideoThe night wasn’t silent because people were spreading the good news to others. Will we join them this Christmas?
Luke 2:8–14: Unto Us a Savior Was Born
December 19, 2017 12:00 - 70.2 MB VideoIs our Christmas more about Santa Claus and cookies or Jesus Christ and his cross?
Luke 2:1–7: God Sent His Son to a Stable
December 14, 2017 12:00 - 62.3 MB VideoThe birth of Jesus is not a Greek myth nor a vision seen by a false prophet. It is a historical reality orchestrated by the Father.
Philippians 1:20–26: Should I Always Pursue My Own Joy?
December 12, 2017 12:00 - 84.4 MB VideoThose who make an impact in this world for Christ are those who labor for fruit and desire to be home with their Lord.
Philippians 1:20–26: Christian Hedonism Explained
December 07, 2017 12:00 - 55.4 MB VideoIt is not until a Christian is convinced that death is truly gain that he truly begins to live.
Philippians 1:20–26: To Live Is Christ
December 05, 2017 12:00 - 66.1 MB VideoYour life will only be lived to the fullest when you’re convinced that dying and going to be with Christ is truly gain.
Philippians 1:20–26: Is Christian Hedonism in the Bible?
November 30, 2017 12:02 - 64.4 MB VideoJoy is not optional for all those who seek to glorify God with their lives.
1 Corinthians 6:19–20: Your Body Is a Temple
November 28, 2017 12:01 - 64.1 MB VideoThe people of God are the dwelling place of God — and he cares how clean his house is.
1 Corinthians 6:19–20: God Bought Your Body
November 23, 2017 12:00 - 50.7 MB VideoIt is foolish to reason that God only cares about our theology and not how we live out that theology.
1 Corinthians 6:19–20: Flee Sexual Immorality!
November 21, 2017 12:00 - 55.2 MB VideoFlee from sexual immorality to the Savior who holds all the joy and satisfaction you’re looking for.
1 John 1:5–10: How Do I Walk in the Light?
November 16, 2017 11:00 - 66.8 MB VideoWalking in the light is a matter of life and death for the Christian. If we don’t walk in the light now, we won’t later.
1 John 1:5–10: Fake Christians Walk in Darkness
November 14, 2017 11:00 - 62.6 MB VideoFake Christians love darkness because it hides the sin that they love more than God.
Philippians 1:18–20: Honor Christ in Life or Death
November 09, 2017 11:02 - 41.6 MB VideoThe honor of our Master is more important than our dreams, our ambitions, and our very lives.
Philippians 1:18–20: Saved Through Prayer
November 07, 2017 11:03 - 55.8 MB VideoIf our theology stops us from praying for others’ salvation, we should reconsider our theology.
Philippians 1:18–20: The Happiest Book in the Bible
November 02, 2017 11:03 - 44 MB VideoPain comes, suffering invades, and tears fall. But the Christian faith is one of inescapable joy.
Philippians 1:15–18: Four Ways to Defend the Gospel
October 31, 2017 11:03 - 54.8 MB VideoPeter charges us to be ready in season and out of season to give a defense of the hope that is in us. If asked to give a defense tomorrow, would you be ready?
Philippians 1:15–18: Why Was Paul Nice to Bad Preachers?
October 04, 2017 11:00 - 38.9 MB VideoChristians may, at times, have unchristian motives in their ministry. But they must not have a wrong gospel.
The Final Authority
October 03, 2017 00:06 - 71.6 MB VideoCultures change. Opinions come and go. God’s word stands forever.
To the Glory of God Alone
October 03, 2017 00:05 - 75 MB VideoTigers exist, butterflies exist, mountains exist, forests exist, music exists, humans exist, the solas exist, everything ultimately exists for the glory of God alone.