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Look at the Book

Desiring God

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.

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Do You Use ‘The Elect’ as a Normal Name for...

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2025/12/09

With boldness and delight, the New Testament talks about God’s people as elect from before the foundation of the world. Why don’t we talk that way more?

Why Should We Submit to Paul’s Letters? Titus 1:1–4,...

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2025/12/06

When Jesus changed Paul from a persecutor to a preacher, he gave Paul authority as an apostle. But what does that apostleship mean for the church today?

Are Christians Slaves or Sons of God? Titus 1:1–4,...

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2025/12/02

If Christians are sons of God, why does Paul call himself a slave of God? John Piper describes what it means to be a slave (and yet a friend) of God.

Incarnation, Hope, Godliness — an Overview of Titus:...

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2025/11/29

What is the message of Paul’s letter to Titus? John Piper points out three mountain peaks to guide those who study this powerful text.

The Spirit of 2 Timothy: 2 Timothy 4:19–22

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2025/11/25

After all that Paul says in his final letter, what parting desire did he have for Timothy? He wanted him to experience the Lord Jesus’s presence with his spirit.

Rescued from the Lion for Heaven: 2 Timothy 4:14–18,...

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2025/11/22

At the end of his letter and his life, Paul bursts into a doxology at the thought that God will rescue him from the lion’s mouth and bring him safely home.

All Deserted Paul, Except the Lord: 2 Timothy...

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2025/11/18

What hope do we have in suffering and persecution? John Piper meditates on the power of God to strengthen us even when everyone else has turned away.

Paul Gives Up Alexander to Judgment: 2 Timothy...

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2025/11/15

What can unbelievers expect in return for rejecting God’s grace? Alexander the coppersmith, a strong opponent of the gospel, serves as a sobering example.

A Crown for Those Who Love the Lord’s Appearing: 2...

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2025/11/08

What gives us the strength to keep believing until the end? John Piper points to the hope of Jesus’s second coming as essential for finishing our race.

What Is the Crown of Righteousness? 2 Timothy 4:6–8,...

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2025/11/04

When Paul writes about receiving “the crown of righteousness,” does he mean Jesus’s righteousness given to us, or our lived-out righteousness in him?

Fight Fought, Race Finished, Faith Kept: 2 Timothy...

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2025/11/01

As Paul approaches the end of his life, he knows he has lived like an athlete who wrestles and runs to win the prize. But what is the good fight?

A Life Poured Out on the Sacrifice of Faith: 2...

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2025/10/28

From conversion through suffering to death, Paul considered his life a resource to be spent for the faith of God’s elect.

Paul’s Climactic Plea to Timothy: 2 Timothy 3:16–4:5,...

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2025/10/25

As Paul approaches the end of his life, what is his climactic plea to Timothy? John Piper examines four marks of a fulfilled ministry.

All Scripture Is God-Breathed: 2 Timothy 3:14–17, Part 2

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2025/10/11

How do we know the Bible is the word of God? John Piper explores Jesus’s teaching alongside Paul’s claim that all Scripture is God-breathed.

Continue in What You Learned and Believed: 2 Timothy...

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2025/10/07

What is the Bible for, and how do we make the most of it? John Piper offers tools for digging into the inspired word of God.

Realism and Hope for the Persecuted: 2 Timothy 3:10–13

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2025/10/04

What was Paul’s aim in the midst of deadly persecutions and trials? John Piper unpacks the apostle’s realism and hope in his encouragements to Timothy.

Snatching Women and Stumbling to Ruin: 2 Timothy 3:6–9

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2025/09/30

What marks false teachers and their followers? John Piper confronts the impulse to hide sin behind a noncommittal appearance of godliness.

The Powerful Alternative to Formalism: 2 Timothy...

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2025/09/27

In the last days, some will be lovers of self, lovers of money, and full of every kind of sin, yet they will still maintain the appearance of godliness. How?

Is It Wrong to Be a Lover of Pleasure? 2 Timothy...

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2025/09/23

Should we love pleasure, or is doing so a sinful sign of the last days? John Piper contrasts loving pleasure for its own sake with loving pleasure in God.

Is Self-Love the Root of All Evils? 2 Timothy 3:1–5,...

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2025/09/20

When Paul starts listing sins that define unbelievers in the last days, he leads with an example more heinous than the rest: unrighteous self-love.

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