The Effects of Being Greatly Loved by God: Ephesians 5:1–2, Part 1
The love of God is too great to leave us as we were. Anyone who has experienced the love of God has been transformed by the love of God.
Dec 07, 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
Can You Forgive Those Who Do Not Repent? Ephesians 4:30–32, Part 5
Can you forgive someone who doesn’t repent of doing you any wrong? Can there be real forgiveness?
Dec 04, 2021
How Do the Easily Angered Become Tender? Ephesians 4:30–32, Part 4
If you are a Christian, you are a new person. You are not what you were. You are fundamentally, profoundly, deeply new.
Dec 02, 2021
The Fruit and Root of Bitterness: Ephesians 4:30–32, Part 3
Whenever we get hurt, we become vulnerable to bitterness. But God calls us to be kind, tenderhearted, and forgiving.
Nov 30, 2021
How Does the Spirit Seal Us for Eternity? Ephesians 4:30–32, Part 2
God seals us with his Holy Spirit to ensure we make it home. And this sealing by the Spirit leads to a life of love on earth.
Nov 27, 2021
Is God Above Being Grieved? Ephesians 4:30–32, Part 1
What does it mean that God can be grieved? Isn’t he unable to feel human feelings?
Nov 25, 2021
Giving Grace with Our Mouths: Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 8
Keep your eyes on fellow Christians. Are they worn out, discouraged, downcast? Ask God for an upbuilding word.
Nov 23, 2021
What Is the Christian Alternative to Stealing? Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 7
What does stealing reveal about our hearts? It shows a lack of love for people and a lack of contentment in the Lord.
Nov 20, 2021
How Not to Go to Bed Angry: Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 6
Falling asleep with anger is an invitation to the devil to sow bitterness into your life and relationships.
Nov 18, 2021
How Does Anger Give Place to the Devil? Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 5
Going to bed angry is dangerous. It invites bitterness into your life, but more than that, it invites the devil.
Nov 16, 2021
Does ‘Be Angry!’ Mean, ‘Make Sure You’re Angry’? Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 4
When Paul says, “Be angry, and do not sin,” does that mean we should be angry?
Nov 13, 2021
Don’t Lie to Christians, Because They Are You: Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 3
He who loves the church loves himself because he’s a part of the church. Take care how you love your fellow members in Christ.
Nov 11, 2021
Christian, Be Passionately Speaking Truth: Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 2
If you don’t love the truth, you don’t love the gospel. If you love the gospel, you will love being a truthful person.
Nov 09, 2021
Take Off the Old Uniform, Put On the New: Ephesians 4:25–29, Part 1
Christ does not simply tell us to put off our old lives. He tells us to put on his character.
Nov 06, 2021
Renewed in the Spirit of Our Mind: Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 9
Our minds must have more than new ideas to be made new. It must have a new inclination, disposition, and ruling principle.
Nov 04, 2021
Deceit Shaped the Old Self: Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 8
Are you still living according to your old sinful life? Put to death old desires and be transformed by truth in Christ.
Nov 02, 2021
How Does Truth Free Us from Sin? Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 7
What can save us from our suicidal desires for sin? The truth as found in Christ.
Oct 30, 2021
Why New Clothes in Christ? Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 6
The Christian is not just one inwardly. We put on a new man, a new uniform, a new identity that others can see.
Oct 28, 2021
How Do We ‘Learn Christ’? Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 5
What does it mean to learn Christ? And if you were studying Ephesians for yourself, how would you answer a question like that from the Bible?
Oct 26, 2021
What Happens to Desires Without God? Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 4
The heart that loses God as its greatest desire becomes a cauldron of desires for sensuality.
Oct 23, 2021
The Deepest Problem of Humanity: Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 3
Underneath every rejection of Christianity is a hardness of heart and rebellion of life.
Oct 21, 2021
What Is the Futility of the Human Mind? Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 2
The reason God gave us reason was so that we might know God. When we refuse knowledge of him, we are left with futility.
Oct 19, 2021
Christianity Is a Life to Be Lived: Ephesians 4:17–24, Part 1
Christianity is not just a worldview to be believed in, but it is a way to live by.
Oct 16, 2021
Unity in Truth by Love (Overview): Ephesians 4:1–16
The church is the corporate representation of Christ to the world. This privilege is great, and the task of maturity is serious.
Oct 14, 2021
Who Lives in the Church? Ephesians 4:15–16, Part 3
In the church, the redeemed build one another up in love into the dwelling place of God.
Oct 12, 2021
The Body Makes the Body Grow: Ephesians 4:15–16, Part 2
Every part of the Church needs to function as God made us to function in order for the church to grow into maturity.
Oct 09, 2021
All Christians Speak Truth to Grow the Body: Ephesians 4:15–16, Part 1
Pastors and teachers are given to the church so that we might stop being children and grow up in Christ, so are you growing?
Oct 07, 2021
How Not to Be Childlike: Ephesians 4:11–14, Part 10
Immaturity in the Christian life is often exposed by us being easily swayed by new and false teaching.
Oct 05, 2021
How Is the Church a Mature Man? Ephesians 4:11–14, Part 9
In order for the church to stand mature before God, each child of God needs to grow up into Christian maturity.
Oct 02, 2021
Why Do We Call Jesus the Son of God? Ephesians 4:11–14, Part 8
We often say that Jesus is the “Son of God,” but what exactly does that name mean?
Sep 30, 2021