Episodes

  • When the Scalpel Is in the Father’s Hand

    When the Scalpel Is in the Father’s Hand
    Jan 9 2026
    What if your suffering isn’t punishment? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 36:6–15 to show how God uses affliction to deliver his people.
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    24 mins
  • When God Is a Surgeon, Not a Judge

    When God Is a Surgeon, Not a Judge
    Jan 8 2026
    Why would God wound the righteous? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Job 32–37 to show how pain can rescue those God loves.
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    27 mins
  • Holding Fast Through False Judgment

    Holding Fast Through False Judgment
    Jan 7 2026
    What do we do when life makes no sense? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 26–31 to show that some wisdom is hidden, and God means it to be.
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    20 mins
  • When Friends Wound with Their Words

    When Friends Wound with Their Words
    Jan 6 2026
    What makes good theology cruel? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 4:1–5:27 to show that truth without tenderness distorts both God and grief.
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    25 mins
  • When God Permits and Governs Our Pain

    When God Permits and Governs Our Pain
    Jan 5 2026
    Why does faith sometimes falter after the worst happens? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 1:12–2:10 to show how God sustains us when the pain doesn’t go away.
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    19 mins
  • When Health Fails and Faith Holds

    When Health Fails and Faith Holds
    Jan 2 2026
    How do we trust God when our bodies break? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 2:1–10 to show that God’s love is better than life and stronger than loss.
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    23 mins
  • The Day Job Lost Everything

    The Day Job Lost Everything
    Jan 1 2026
    What kind of faith survives devastation? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 1:1–22 to reveal a God so worthy that he’s worshiped even when ten children are lost.
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    24 mins
  • Before the Storm of Suffering Breaks

    Before the Storm of Suffering Breaks
    Dec 31 2025
    What prepares faith for life’s hardest trials? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens Job 1–2 to show how knowing God’s purpose keeps us steady when pain strikes.
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    21 mins
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