Look at the Book

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

Why Was Eternal Life Promised Before Time? Titus 1:1–4, Part 7

December 20, 2025
Before the beginning of time, God promised eternal life — and not only that, but he planned everything it would take to bring about his purposes.
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Hope for Eternal Life Is the Basis of Godliness: Titus 1:1–4, Part 6

December 16, 2025
What can hold up our faith, deepen our knowledge, and set free our godliness so that it overflows to others? Only the hope of eternal life.
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Paul’s Aim: Faith Leading to Truth and Godliness: Titus 1:1–4, Part 5

December 13, 2025
How does internal godliness reveal itself? For the elect, the knowledge of the truth can’t help but produce good works.
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Do You Use ‘The Elect’ as a Normal Name for Christians? Titus 1:1–4, Part 4

December 9, 2025
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?
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Why Should We Submit to Paul’s Letters? Titus 1:1–4, Part 3

December 6, 2025
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?
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Are Christians Slaves or Sons of God? Titus 1:1–4, Part 2

December 2, 2025
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.
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Incarnation, Hope, Godliness — an Overview of Titus: Titus 1:1–4, Part 1

November 29, 2025
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.
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The Spirit of 2 Timothy: 2 Timothy 4:19–22

November 25, 2025
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.
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Rescued from the Lion for Heaven: 2 Timothy 4:14–18, Part 3

November 22, 2025
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.
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All Deserted Paul, Except the Lord: 2 Timothy 4:14–18, Part 2

November 18, 2025
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.
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Paul Gives Up Alexander to Judgment: 2 Timothy 4:14–18, Part 1

November 15, 2025
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.
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A Crown for Those Who Love the Lord’s Appearing: 2 Timothy 4:6–8, Part 4

November 8, 2025
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.
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What Is the Crown of Righteousness? 2 Timothy 4:6–8, Part 3

November 4, 2025
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?
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Fight Fought, Race Finished, Faith Kept: 2 Timothy 4:6–8, Part 2

November 1, 2025
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?
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A Life Poured Out on the Sacrifice of Faith: 2 Timothy 4:6–8, Part 1

October 28, 2025
From conversion through suffering to death, Paul considered his life a resource to be spent for the faith of God’s elect.
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Paul’s Climactic Plea to Timothy: 2 Timothy 3:16–4:5, Part 4

October 25, 2025
As Paul approaches the end of his life, what is his climactic plea to Timothy? John Piper examines four marks of a fulfilled ministry.
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All Scripture Is God-Breathed: 2 Timothy 3:14–17, Part 2

October 11, 2025
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.
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Continue in What You Learned and Believed: 2 Timothy 3:14–17, Part 1

October 7, 2025
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.
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Realism and Hope for the Persecuted: 2 Timothy 3:10–13

October 4, 2025
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.
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Snatching Women and Stumbling to Ruin: 2 Timothy 3:6–9

September 30, 2025
What marks false teachers and their followers? John Piper confronts the impulse to hide sin behind a noncommittal appearance of godliness.
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