Daily Word

03/25/2026
A Gospel Planned Before You Were Born
Why does the Bible have two testaments? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 1:1–4 to show how the gospel is God’s long-promised plan coming to completion.Watch Now
03/25/2026
How to Live the Unblessed Life
There once was a group who looked like the most blessed of men. God’s favor seemed to rest upon them. They were respected. They were religious. Some of them were rich. Had Bible décor been around in their day, the wall art in their homes may well have framed how they felt and appeared: “Blessed.”One
03/24/2026
When Jesus Looks You in the Eye
I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me. . . . His eyes were like a flame of fire. (Revelation 1:12–14)What will it be like to look Jesus in the eye?You will. The day is coming. Are you ready for that heart-stopping instant? What thrill, or dread, will flood your soul when at last you see
03/24/2026
Why Can’t Our Good Works Save Us? Titus 3:4–7, Part 4
Why do our good works in Christ please God when even our best works outside Christ added to our guilt? John Piper explores the insufficiency of works to save.Watch Now
03/23/2026
The Gospel That Carries You to the End
What kind of gospel actually carries believers to the end? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 1:1 to show why only a heralded gospel sustains us.Watch Now
03/23/2026
Dying to Live
How do we present ourselves to God “as a living sacrifice”? Pastor John applies Romans 12:1–2 to believers’ daily lives.Listen Now
03/22/2026
He Meets Our Mistreatment with Reward
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted th
03/21/2026
Preach Like a Poet
Poets and SpaceX engineers have more in common than you might think. Poets express powerful emotion within the constraints imposed by meter and rhyme. SpaceX engineers use exacting specifications to direct massive explosions. In both cases, arduous technical effort leads to transformative experience
03/21/2026
Six Paths to Self-Forgetfulness
Self-awareness can be good, but it can also go too far. Our thoughts of self often grow quieter when we look to God and follow where he leads.Listen Now