Look at the Book show

Look at the Book

Summary: 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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Podcasts:

 The Bible’s Meaning Never Changes | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

God’s word alone will stand forever. From age to age, country to country, and reader to reader, God’s truth, as revealed in Scripture, remains the same.

 Read to Discover Meaning, Not Create It | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

Those who come to a text without humility will only leave with their opinions. Those who come to the Bible to learn will leave with God’s truth.

 Read Every Book with Humility | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

Pride opens the Bible and reads without reading. Humility opens the Bible and asks God to give insight.

 The Golden Rule of Bible Reading | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

It is considered rude when we interrupt someone while they are speaking and tell them what they really mean. We must not do this to authors either.

 What Does ‘Meaning’ Mean? | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

Great Bible study isn’t about being able to articulate how you think or feel about a text. The meaning of a text is defined by the author, not the reader.

 Philippians 2:12–13: If God Is Sovereign, Am I Responsible? | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

If you use God’s sovereignty as an excuse for passivity and laziness towards your sin, you may not be his child.

 Philippians 2:12–13: You’re Not Alone in Fighting Sin | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

Satan works day and night to blind us to the fact that God’s children are never alone in their fight against sin.

 Philippians 2:12–13: We Are Saved and Being Saved | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

Salvation is rooted in the past, worked out in the present, and guaranteed in the future.

 Philippians 2:12–13: How Obedient Christians ‘Produce’ Salvation | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

If God justifies us by grace alone through faith alone, what does it mean to work out our salvation?

 Philippians 2:12–13: How to Work Out Your Salvation | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

Obedience is neither the rock upon which our salvation rests nor the optional ribbon placed upon eternal life. It is essential. And it is empowered by God.

 Philippians 2:12–13: Obedience Is Not a Curse Word | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

To comply with God’s commands is to believe that God knows more than we do about what will ultimately make us happy.

 Philippians 2:12–13: Empty Yourself to Serve Others | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

Christian self-denial is not truly self-denial. It is saying “no” to the lesser and impermanent for the better “yes” of eternity.

 2 Corinthians 1:3–6: Give Away the Comfort You Receive | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

God doesn’t help us in our times of need so that we will keep it to ourselves. He comforts us so we can bring comfort to others.

 2 Corinthians 1:3–6: Do You Know the God of All Comfort? | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

God promises rest for the weary, peace for the brokenhearted, and comfort for the restless. Do you know the God of all comfort?

 Philippians 2:9–11: Is God an Egomaniac? | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

Christ’s work on the cross and subsequent resurrection not merely shows that he loved humanity. It proclaims that God loves his glory.

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