Don’t Lose Your Head About the Second Coming: 2 Thessalonians 2:1–2, Part 2
To avoid being influenced by false teachings about the second coming, the apostle Paul calls for careful thinking.
Jan 31, 2023
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
A Prophetic Distortion of the Second Coming: 2 Thessalonians 2:1–2, Part 1
What does it mean when the Bible says that Jesus will come “like a thief in the night”?
Jan 28, 2023
Christians Made Glorious for the Glory of Christ: 2 Thessalonians 1:12–12, Part 3
The glory of Christ shines through every resolve for good and work of faith because he empowers them according to his grace.
Jan 26, 2023
By God’s Grace, Through God’s Power, For God’s Glory: 2 Thessalonians 1:11–12, Part 2
Every good work in the Christian life is rooted in the grace of God, empowered by the person of God, and designed for the glory of God.
Jan 24, 2023
Praying the Purposes of God into Reality: 2 Thessalonians 1:11–12, Part 1
God ordains that his people are made worthy of his calling through the faithful prayers of his people.
Jan 21, 2023
The Joy of Marveling Glorifies Christ: 2 Thessalonians 1:9–10, Part 3
The goal of all creation and redemption is fulfilled when Christ is glorified in his saints and his saints marvel at his glory.
Jan 19, 2023
The Loss of All You Were Made For: 2 Thessalonians 1:9–10, Part 2
You were made to see the glory of God in Christ and to be with him forever. This is what the damned will lose.
Jan 17, 2023
The Punishment of Eternal Destruction: 2 Thessalonians 1:9–10, Part 1
God is glorious and God is just. These realities ought to guide our thinking about hell, not our limited ideas of what seems fair.
Jan 14, 2023
On Whom Will Vengeance Fall? 2 Thessalonians 1:5–8, Part 6
Those who do not know God are those who suppress the knowledge of him. So do you know him?
Jan 12, 2023
Mighty Angels, Flaming Fire, Holy Vengeance: 2 Thessalonians 1:5–8, Part 5
When Jesus returns, he will give relief to those who obey the gospel and wreak vengeance on those who do not.
Jan 10, 2023
The Revelation of Jesus from Heaven: 2 Thessalonians 1:5–8, Part 4
When Christ returns with his mighty angels, he will exercise full justice, repaying the afflicters with affliction and the afflicted with relief.
Jan 07, 2023
Justice for Tormentors, Relief for Tormented: 2 Thessalonians 1:5–8, Part 3
God’s work to provide relief for his afflicted people is not only a matter of his mercy, but of his justice.
Jan 05, 2023
God’s Kingdom: We Will Get in Because We Are In: 2 Thessalonians 1:5–8, Part 2
The mystery of the kingdom of God is that it’s already here and yet it’s still coming.
Jan 03, 2023
God’s Righteous Judgment on Christians Now: 2 Thessalonians 1:5–8, Part 1
God uses afflictions to transform his church and thus make her fit for the kingdom of heaven.
Dec 31, 2022
Let Your Heart Exult Vertically and Horizontally! 2 Thessalonians 1:1–4, Part 7
Witnessing growing faith and love should result in exultation to God and exultation to one another about God.
Dec 29, 2022
Why Do We Thank God for Our Faith? 2 Thessalonians 1:1–4, Part 6
Faith and love (and growth in each) are the gifts of God, and therefore it is fitting that we thank him for both.
Dec 27, 2022
Mighty Grace Is More Than Pardon: 2 Thessalonians 1:1–4, Part 5
God’s grace does more than secure our pardon; it empowers us to walk in the good works he has prepared for us to do.
Dec 24, 2022
Why God as Father and Jesus as Lord? 2 Thessalonians 1:1–4, Part 4
To be in God means to have all the immeasurably great benefits of his electing and keeping love.
Dec 22, 2022
The Explosive Power of Translating ‘Church’: 2 Thessalonians 1:1–4, Part 3
The church is not the building Christians worship in. It is the people whom God has called to himself through the Lord Jesus Christ.
Dec 20, 2022
A Church Founded in the Fire: 2 Thessalonians 1:1–4, Part 2
We have much of our New Testament because of Paul’s relational, spiritual, and theological vigilance on behalf of the churches he planted.
Dec 17, 2022
Did Three People Write This Letter? 2 Thessalonians 1:1–4, Part 1
The New Testament does not convey the mere opinions of men but the very words the risen Christ wanted his church to hear.
Dec 15, 2022
An Overview of 1 Thessalonians: 1 Thessalonians 1:1–5:28
First Thessalonians is a letter that affirms the election of the saints and calls them to live holy lives as they anticipate the longed-for return of Christ.
Dec 13, 2022
The Danger of Skipping 1 Thessalonians: 1 Thessalonians 5:23–28, Part 6
The apostle Paul made himself clear that the entire church needed to read this letter.
Dec 10, 2022
Should We Still Give a Holy Kiss? 1 Thessalonians 5:23–28, Part 5
The command to greet one another with a holy kiss is a call to grow in expressions of true, holy, familial affection in the church.
Dec 08, 2022
What Can We Pray for the Church? 1 Thessalonians 5:23–28, Part 4
The prayers of ordinary Christians are the means God uses to cause his word to run and be exalted in the world.
Dec 06, 2022
All the Called Are Kept: 1 Thessalonians 5:23–28, Part 3
What is the connection between God’s effectual calling of believers and his constant keeping of believers? His faithfulness.
Dec 03, 2022
How Are We Kept Blameless for the Day of Christ? 1 Thessalonians 5:23–28, Part 2
By faith we are reconciled to God, and by faith we pursue the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.
Dec 01, 2022
Sanctified in Spirit, Soul, and Body: 1 Thessalonians 5:23–28, Part 1
Paul sometimes describes humans as body and soul, sometimes as body, soul, and spirit. What does man consist of?
Nov 29, 2022
How We Quench the Spirit: 1 Thessalonians 5:12–22, Part 11
One way to quench the Spirit is to have a cynical attitude towards spiritual gifts that he gives to the church.
Nov 26, 2022
Always Joyful and Thankful — Really? 1 Thessalonians 5:12–22, Part 10
While it may seem that sorrow and joy are exclusive, there is a pervasive joy and a pervasive thankfulness that is available in every circumstance.
Nov 24, 2022