Light + Truth

Desiring God
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Feb 4, 2026 • 28min

When Love Confronts the Earthly Powers

John Piper, Reformed pastor known for expositional preaching and founding Desiring God, preaches on Romans 13. He wrestles with submission to authorities and the role of government. He explores tension between suffering and order, when civil disobedience is warranted, and what a righteous protest looks like. He urges tears, mercy, and cross-shaped love rather than anger.
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Feb 3, 2026 • 25min

The Armor of Light and the Life of Love

John Piper, Reformed pastor and theologian known for expository preaching and founding Desiring God, explores Romans 13:8–14. He discusses how love flows from union with the risen Christ. He explains paying what is due, why law and love intersect, dying to the law to belong to Christ, urgency of wakefulness, and what it means to put on the armor of light.
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12 snips
Feb 2, 2026 • 24min

Mercy That Trusts God’s Wrath

John Piper, Reformed pastor and theologian who founded Desiring God, walks Romans 12:19–21. He explains trusting God’s justice frees us from personal vengeance. Short takes explore returning good for evil, the tension between mercy and institutional justice, and when different spheres should enforce righting wrongs.
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Jan 30, 2026 • 19min

When Mercy Overcomes the World

A sermon unpacking Romans 12 on blessing persecutors and loving enemies. Prayerful reflections on hope, inheritance, and the daily struggle to savor divine glory. Calls to radical generosity, stewardship, and hospitality. A look at how Christlike mercy frees us to love friends and foes alike.
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Jan 29, 2026 • 23min

Grace That Fuels Our Service

John Piper, Reformed theologian and pastor known for evangelical preaching, offers a sermon on Romans 12:9–21. He explores honoring others by serving their needs, competing to out-serve one another in relationships, fervent practical zeal, serving Christ rather than appetites, and how grace empowers diligent, persevering service amid trials.
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9 snips
Jan 28, 2026 • 24min

Genuine Love Must Hate

John Piper, Reformed pastor known for Christ-centered preaching and founding Desiring God, explores Romans 12:9–21. He explains genuine love as unhypocritical, diagnoses hypocrisy as pride, and insists true love hates what destroys souls. He also discusses commanded emotions, brotherly affection in the church, and loyalty amid conflict.
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Jan 27, 2026 • 30min

The Renewed Mind in Action

John Piper, Reformed pastor and theologian known for preaching and writing on Christian spirituality, explores Romans 12:2–8 and the renewed mind. He contrasts worldly self-views with sober judgment. He explains measuring ourselves by faith, how faith turns self-reflection toward Christ, and how serving in the church uncovers and shapes spiritual gifts.
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Jan 26, 2026 • 30min

How to Discern God’s Will

John Piper, Reformed pastor and theologian known for expository preaching and founding Desiring God, unpacks Romans 12:1–2. He distinguishes God’s sovereign decrees from moral commands. He traces Scripture examples, explains how sovereignty relates to the cross, and lays out three stages for discerning God’s moral will. He shows how a renewed mind shapes spontaneous, righteous responses.
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Jan 23, 2026 • 20min

How the Spirit Renews the Mind

John Piper, a renowned Reformed theologian and pastor, dives into the renewal of the mind through the Holy Spirit. He unpacks Romans 12:2, emphasizing how the Spirit liberates us from self-exaltation and incites joy in God's glory. Piper critiques the human mind's tendency toward depravity and foolishness, revealing our need for divine transformation. He highlights the twofold work of the Spirit in offering both external and internal renewal, urging listeners to immerse themselves in Scripture and prayer for true change.
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Jan 22, 2026 • 26min

In but Not of the World

John Piper, a prominent Reformed pastor and theologian, dives into the complexities of how believers should engage with the world. He emphasizes the importance of worship as living sacrifices and interprets Romans 12:2 to discuss nonconformity to worldly values. Piper contrasts the pilgrim and indigenous principles of faith, highlighting Jesus' balance of being in the world while not being of it. He tackles the tension between separation and engagement, urging a call to prophetic distinctiveness in confronting cultural sins.

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