How Is the Armor of God Ordered? Ephesians 6:14–17, Part 2
The armor of God must be worn in order for us to withstand the evil one. Do you know what the armor is?
Apr 26, 2022
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
Is Our Armor What God Wore? Ephesians 6:14–17, Part 1
The armor in Ephesians 6 is not brand-new armor. It is ancient armor. It is tested armor. It is God’s armor.
Apr 23, 2022
The Aim: Stand in His Power for His Glory: Ephesians 6:10–13, Part 7
To withstand a supernatural enemy, we must dress in supernatural armor — and this is just what Christ offers us.
Apr 21, 2022
Set Free from Cosmic Powers of Darkness: Ephesians 6:10–13, Part 6
How do we get free from the dark and demonic rule over this world? We repent of our sins and entrust ourselves wholly to the God who can free us.
Apr 19, 2022
How to Defeat the Defeated Forces of Evil: Ephesians 6:10–13, Part 5
The demonic opposition that we face is a decisively defeated foe that has been disarmed of all his accusations against us.
Apr 16, 2022
Don’t We Still Wrestle with Flesh and Blood? Ephesians 6:10–13, Part 4
Our battles in life are not merely against human opposition. Behind any person is a greater enemy: the prince of the power of the air.
Apr 14, 2022
Christian Life as Supernatural Combat: Ephesians 6:10–13, Part 3
The word of God is clear: we are at war, however peaceful our lives may otherwise feel. Are you prepared for battle?
Apr 12, 2022
How Are We Empowered with God’s Power? Ephesians 6:10–13, Part 2
How can we draw strength for everyday life from God’s almighty power?
Apr 09, 2022
From Supernatural Enemies to Triumphant Standing: Ephesians 6:10–13, Part 1
Do you live with armor on? If you’re a Christian, you need to wear God’s armor, because you do not wrestle with mere flesh and blood.
Apr 07, 2022
What Is Slavery Like Without Threatening? Ephesians 6:5–9, Part 6
What does it mean that masters are to stop their threatening? And how did that revolutionize the slave-master relationship?
Apr 05, 2022
Should We Be Motivated by Degrees of Reward? Ephesians 6:5–9, Part 5
How could heaven be perfect and yet some people get more (or less) rewards? How could there be degrees in perfection?
Apr 02, 2022
Every Christian Serving with the Whole Soul: Ephesians 6:5–9, Part 4
True Christian love and service spring from within. People-pleasers may sometimes serve, but not from the heart.
Mar 31, 2022
Does the New Testament Legitimize Slavery? Ephesians 6:5–9, Part 3
Does the Bible condone slavery?
Mar 29, 2022
Can Slaves of Christ Have Another Master? Ephesians 6:5–9, Part 2
The apostle’s words to slaves commanding them to obey their earthly masters apply to all of us — but how?
Mar 26, 2022
Let All Earthly Obedience Be Obedience to Christ: Ephesians 6:5–9, Part 1
What can we learn about the lordship of Jesus Christ when we consider the relationship between slaves and masters in the early church?
Mar 24, 2022
Fathers, Aim at Trusting, Obedient, Happy Children: Ephesians 6:1–4, Part 2
Fathers, have compassion on your children. Do not provoke them to anger. Be firm in discipline and instruction, but don’t break them.
Mar 22, 2022
Do Obedient Children Always Live Long? Ephesians 6:1–4, Part 1
If a child professes faith in Christ and honors his mother and father, yet dies at a young age, has the promise of God failed?
Mar 19, 2022
Should Wives Fear Their Husbands? Ephesians 5:31–33, Part 3
What does it mean when Paul writes, “Let the wife see that she fears her husband”?
Mar 17, 2022
How Great Is the Mystery of Marriage? Ephesians 5:31–33, Part 2
In a culture that downplays and undermines marriage, we need to know why marriage is worth protecting and cultivating.
Mar 15, 2022
What Does It Mean to Become One Flesh? Ephesians 5:31–33, Part 1
What does it mean that a husband and wife are “one flesh”? Is it only a reference to sexual intimacy?
Mar 12, 2022
What Does a Husband’s Headship Mean? Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 8
What does it mean for a husband to be a “head” of a household? At least eight things.
Mar 10, 2022
Is Christ Selfish to Die for His Own Joy? Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 7
Does it undermine love to have self-interest as a main motivation in caring for others?
Mar 08, 2022
First the Church, Then Marriage Follows: Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 6
The model for the first marriage was modeled after Jesus and his bride; not vice versa. This is the meaning of marriage.
Mar 05, 2022
The Purpose of Election Is a Church Beautified: Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 5
What did it mean for Christ to wash the church in water with the word?
Mar 03, 2022
How Paul Motivates Impossible Love in Marriage: Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 4
The best way for a man to pursue more joy for himself in his marriage is to make it his business to give her all he can of Christ.
Mar 01, 2022
What Is Peculiar About Married Love? Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 3
What makes marriage unique among all human relationships? God has made a husband and wife one flesh.
Feb 26, 2022
How Did the Divine Husband Love His Wife? Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 2
How did Jesus, the divine Husband, love his wife? He gave himself for her.
Feb 24, 2022
Christ Loved Himself in Loving the Church: Ephesians 5:25–31, Part 1
Husbands, don’t settle for imitating the best human husband you can find. Love your wife as the Lord Jesus loved his bride, the church.
Feb 22, 2022
Finite, Sinful Headship in Marriage: Ephesians 5:22–24, Part 7
Jesus is the perfect leader, the perfect supplier, the perfect protector. How could an imperfect husband possibly imitate him?
Feb 19, 2022
How Is Christ Head of the Church? Ephesians 5:22–24, Part 6
Why is the husband called the “head” of the wife? What does the word mean biblically?
Feb 17, 2022