Daily Word

05/03/2026
Help Please: The Christian’s Ceaseless Plea
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth. (Psalm 124:8)If you walk into my home anytime my children are awake, one phrase will meet your ears without fail: Help please, Dad. (Unless you hear the parallel plea, Help please, Mom.)A book begs to be read. Help please, Dad. Juic
05/02/2026
Hear His Voice in the Thunder
God’s voice thunders through the forests and the pages of Scripture, calling heaven to rejoice and setting his people at peace. Do you tremble at the force of his word?Watch Now
05/02/2026
The Saints Are Refreshed and Christ Is Glorified: Philemon 4–7, Part 1
Why does Paul think of Philemon as the sort of man who would welcome back a runaway slave? Because he has heard of Philemon’s refreshing faith.Watch Now
05/01/2026
How God Helps Us Suffer
How do we pray when suffering hides God’s will? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Romans 8:26–27 to show how the Spirit intercedes for us.Watch Now
05/01/2026
The Trial of Daily Bread
I remember learning in grade school that refrigerators were from the devil.My teacher, very doubtfully a believer in Satan, at least assured us of the refrigerator’s nefariousness. Men were takers, you see — from Mother Earth and from the animal kingdom. These little boxes, opening their doors as an
04/30/2026
Ten Seconds After You Die
Do the souls of believers “sleep” in the grave after death, or do they go to be with the Lord? Pastor John explains the logic of the resurrection.Listen Now
04/29/2026
Killing Sin by the Spirit
What kills sin? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper shows from Romans 8:13 that the Spirit flows with power as the word is heard and heeded.Watch Now
04/29/2026
A Husband’s Favorite Subject
Women have been allowed to become Navy SEALs since 2016, but in the ten years since, none has successfully completed the training pipeline. Why? Because God made women “the weaker vessel” (1 Peter 3:7). When Peter says this, he has no desire to denigrate women; in the very next phrase he emphasizes
04/28/2026
Help Her Go: Why World Missions Needs Women
Ever since Mary Magdalene ran from the tomb to tell the disbelieving disciples, “He is risen!” God has used women — single and married — to take the good news of Christ’s resurrection to the ends of the earth. Sometimes, however, our sisters face greater difficulties finding acceptance, financial su