Do Not Love the World

Can seeking Jesus ever be spiritually dangerous? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 6:1–15 to show how many sought Christ for what he could give but missed a far deeper glory. 

Why did God create bread, water, and light? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 6:1–15 to show how every good gift in creation is meant to stir our affections for Christ. 

Why does God reject some kinds of fasting? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Isaiah 58:1–12 to show that true fasting lifts burdens, breaks yokes, and overflows in mercy. 

All the omnipotent energy that drives the heart of God to pursue his own glory also drives him to satisfy the hearts of those who seek their joy in him. 

God’s greatest interest is to glorify the wealth of his grace by making sinners happy in him. 

The Father’s infinite pleasure in his own perfections is the fountain of our everlasting joy and forgiveness. 

God promises us his life-sustaining presence, even as he leads us into waterless regions of suffering and loss. 

All our labors flow from the strength God himself supplies. And whatever we do through him channels glory back to him. 

God is never forced into a situation where he must do something in which he cannot rejoice.