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When the Scalpel Is in the Father’s Hand
What if your suffering isn’t punishment? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 36:6–15 to show how God uses affliction to deliver hi…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
When God Is a Surgeon, Not a Judge
Why would God wound the righteous? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Job 32–37 to show how pain can rescue those God loves.
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Holding Fast Through False Judgment
What do we do when life makes no sense? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 26–31 to show that some wisdom is hidden, and God mean…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
When Friends Wound with Their Words
What makes good theology cruel? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 4:1–5:27 to show that truth without tenderness distorts both G…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
When God Permits and Governs Our Pain
Why does faith sometimes falter after the worst happens? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 1:12–2:10 to show how God sustains us…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
When Health Fails and Faith Holds
How do we trust God when our bodies break? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 2:1–10 to show that God’s love is better than life …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
The Day Job Lost Everything
What kind of faith survives devastation? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 1:1–22 to reveal a God so worthy that he’s worshiped …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Before the Storm of Suffering Breaks
What prepares faith for life’s hardest trials? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 1–2 to show how knowing God’s purpose keeps us …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Called by God’s Voice
How does hearing become believing? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens 2 Corinthians 4:4–6 to show that the call of God is not mere p…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Chosen Before We Chose
What came first — our choice or God’s? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Deuteronomy 10:14–15 to reveal that God’s saving love is no…
5 months, 3 weeks ago