What Are the Riches of the Glory of God? Ephesians 3:14–19, Part 4
How do you determine what a phrase like “the riches of his glory” might mean? Join John Piper as he walks through how he draws truth and reality out of Scripture.
Jun 29, 2021
Look at the Book
Look at the Book is John Piper's ongoing series of 8-12 minute videos to help you learn to read the Bible for yourself.
Episodes
How Can We Experience the Fullness of God? Ephesians 3:14–19, Part 3
O God, give us strength to comprehend the fullness of your love, that we might be filled with your fullness.
Jun 26, 2021
The Family of God in Heaven and on Earth: Ephesians 3:14–19, Part 2
Believers everywhere and throughout time are a new family called by a new name: children of God.
Jun 22, 2021
Why Does Paul Pray After Teaching? Ephesians 3:14–19, Part 1
Prayer comes before and after teaching because God must reveal the truth to us for doctrine to have any lasting effect on us.
Jun 19, 2021
How Does Affliction Become a Glory? Ephesians 3:7–13, Part 9
When a man of God goes to be with the Lord, he is not to be pitied. We can rejoice for him as a man who made it home.
Jun 15, 2021
Confident Access to God in Christ: Ephesians 3:7–13, Part 8
How do we increase our joy in the access we have to our holy God? Through increasing our faith in the crucified Christ.
Jun 12, 2021
Even Demons Are Part of God’s Plan: Ephesians 3:7–13, Part 7
Nothing that transpired in history as part of God’s saving plan was decided within history. Whatever happens now was planned long ago.
Jun 08, 2021
The Church Puts Demons to Shame: Ephesians 3:7–13, Part 6
As the church preaches the gospel, demons are forced to watch and relive the glory of God’s triumph over evil.
Jun 05, 2021
What Does the Word ‘Church’ Mean? Ephesians 3:7–13, Part 5
We use the word “church” over and over in the Christian life, but what exactly does the word really mean?
Jun 01, 2021
A Plan No Mere Man Can Accomplish: Ephesians 3:7–13, Part 4
Preaching, reading, thinking, praying can only get us so far. God must open eyes, awaken souls, enlighten minds, and answer prayer.
May 29, 2021
What Are the Unsearchable Riches of Christ? Ephesians 3:7–13, Part 3
That the riches of Christ are unsearchable means that heaven will never become boring — that joy in God will never end.
May 25, 2021
The Chief of Sinners Made a Minister: Ephesians 3:7–13, Part 2
We need grace to be saved, and to be kept saved. We need power to be made alive, and continual power to be kept alive.
May 22, 2021
Gospel Ministry Before Angels and Demons: Ephesians 3:7–13, Part 1
The wonder of the cosmos is how wicked men can boldly approach the throne of the Holy One.
May 18, 2021
Why Christians Care About Reading Well: Ephesians 3:1–6, Part 4
Reading is essential in the Christian life. But not just any reading will do. We must be good readers because God wrote a book.
May 15, 2021
Did the Old Testament Hint Gentile Inclusion? Ephesians 3:1–6, Part 3
Were men like the apostle Peter wrong to question the inclusion of the Gentiles in God’s people? Was it hinted in the Old Testament?
May 11, 2021
Does “Mystery” Mean Beyond Understanding? Ephesians 3:1–6, Part 2
The great mystery revealed to Paul was that the Gentiles, former enemies of God, would be brought near by the blood of Christ.
May 08, 2021
Why Prison Did Not Discourage Paul: Ephesians 3:1–6, Part 1
The apostle Paul so believed in the goodness of God that when he suffered and was imprisoned for Christ, he counted it all as grace.
May 04, 2021
The Nations Are Becoming the Dwelling of God: Ephesians 2:19–22, Part 3
Do you hunger to be with God’s people? God is experienced in our gatherings in ways he cannot be experienced alone.
May 01, 2021
Are New Testament Prophets Foundational to the Church? Ephesians 2:19–22, Part 2
Are there still prophets today? And how did the prophets function alongside the apostles in the early church?
Apr 27, 2021
Gentiles Are Full Citizens of Israel: Ephesians 2:19–22, Part 1
What exactly is the relationship between Israel in the old covenant and the church in the new?
Apr 24, 2021
Access to God Is “in the Spirit”: Ephesians 2:14–18, Part 6
We lived in fear that we would face the God of wrath in our sin, until Christ came and died so that we might call God, “Father.”
Apr 20, 2021
The Crescendo of Our Peace with God: Ephesians 2:14–18, Part 5
The crescendo of our salvation is that, together with the rest of God’s people, we have God as our Father.
Apr 17, 2021
How to Undermine Ethnic Harmony: Ephesians 2:14–18, Part 4
The fundamental problem in our societies is not strife between man and man but strife between God and man.
Apr 13, 2021
How Does an Abolished Law Create Unity? Ephesians 2:14–18, Part 3
The reason that Jew and Gentile are now one new man in Christ is because the law has been abolished. What does that mean?
Apr 10, 2021
Jew and Gentile: One New Person: Ephesians 2:14–18, Part 2
The people of Christ cannot simply give up and walk away from each other in conflict, because we are a part of the same body.
Apr 06, 2021
What Kind of Hostility Did Christ Remove? Ephesians 2:14–18, Part 1
In ripping down the barrier between God and his people, the cross also tore down the barrier between us as people.
Apr 03, 2021
The Glorious Reversal of Nearness to God: Ephesians 2:11–13, Part 8
All who do not have Christ do not have God. And those who do not have Christ and God do not have hope. So, do you have Christ?
Mar 30, 2021
How Do Old Testament Promises Become Ours? Ephesians 2:11–13, Part 7
If we are not Jews, is it right to say that we share in the covenant promises of the Old Testament?
Mar 27, 2021
Do You Have to Belong to Israel to Be Saved? Ephesians 2:11–13, Part 6
Do you have to become an Israelite to enjoy the promises of God? The answer, far from being straightforward, might surprise you.
Mar 23, 2021
Brought Near from Five Dreadful Distances: Ephesians 2:11–13, Part 5
Gentiles were born apart from Christ, apart from God’s people, apart from God’s promises, apart from hope, and apart from God.
Mar 20, 2021