Light + Truth
by Desiring God
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Your Failure Is Not Final
Oct 16, 2026
27m 15s
Beauty That Breaks Lust
Oct 15, 2026
17m 04s
Gratitude Unseats Lust
Oct 14, 2026
27m 28s
Know God, Fight Lust
Oct 13, 2026
24m 03s
Why God Wills Purity
Oct 12, 2026
17m 10s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 10/16/26 |  Your Failure Is Not Final | What frees us from guilt after sexual failure? John Piper opens Romans 8:3 to show that God condemned our sin in Christ’s flesh at the cross. | 27m 15s | ||||||
| 10/15/26 | Beauty That Breaks Lust | What breaks lust’s power over us? John Piper opens Galatians 5:23 to show how the Spirit produces self-control by revealing Christ as more satisfying than sex. | 17m 04s | ||||||
| 10/14/26 | Gratitude Unseats Lust | What loosens lust’s grip on the heart? John Piper shows from Ephesians 5:3–6 how thanksgiving displaces the covetous desires that feed lust. | 27m 28s | ||||||
| 10/13/26 | Know God, Fight Lust | What delight can defeat sexual sin? John Piper opens 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8 to show that knowing God himself enables purity. | 24m 03s | ||||||
| 10/12/26 | Why God Wills Purity | What does God demand in the fight for sexual purity? John Piper opens 1 Thessalonians 4:1–8 to show that God’s will is holiness of heart and body. | 17m 10s | ||||||
| 10/9/26 | Sexual Desire: God’s Gift, Satan’s Target | What makes Satan’s sexual lies lose their appeal? John Piper opens 1 Corinthians 7:1–7 to show how knowing God exposes false satisfaction. | 28m 17s | ||||||
| 10/8/26 | Free to Be a Slave to God | What breaks the grip of enslaving desire? John Piper opens Romans 6:16 to show why true freedom is found not in having no master, but in gladly belonging to God. | 19m 28s | ||||||
| 10/7/26 | God’s Design for Sexual Desire | What turns sexual desire into worship? John Piper shows from 1 Timothy 4:1–5 how God gives marital pleasure to evoke thanksgiving. | 27m 40s | ||||||
| 10/6/26 | Pure Hearts Will See God | What kind of heart will behold God’s glory? John Piper unfolds Matthew 5:8 to show God cleansing divided hearts to delight in his presence. | 29m 15s | ||||||
| 10/5/26 | Grace Gets Us Home | How can you know you’ll reach glory? John Piper opens Romans 8:28–30 to show that God will surely glorify everyone he justifies. | 24m 42s | ||||||
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| 10/2/26 | The Man Who Reigns in Heaven | Why does Christ’s humanity matter now? John Piper opens Matthew 21:42 to unveil the man rejected by men, reigning from heaven. | 26m 54s | ||||||
| 10/1/26 | Labor That Is Not in Vain | Can anything done in Christ be wasted? John Piper opens 1 Corinthians 15:51–58 to show that life with Christ carries our labor beyond death. | 21m 20s | ||||||
| 9/30/26 | Death Lost Its Sting | What removes death’s terror? John Piper shows from 1 Corinthians 15:51–58 that Christ took the sting of death our sin deserved. | 29m 59s | ||||||
| 9/29/26 | Suffering That Shows Christ | How do believers make Christ’s afflictions visible? John Piper opens Colossians 1:24 to show how we joyfully reveal to others what Christ suffered. | 30m 16s | ||||||
| 9/28/26 | Hope Worth Any Hardship | What makes costly love worth it? John Piper opens 1 Corinthians 15:12–19 to show how resurrection hope frees us to take risks for love’s sake. | 27m 30s | ||||||
| 9/25/26 | A World Fit for Glory | What kind of world awaits God’s children? John Piper opens Romans 8:21 to show creation remade for God’s people to rule and enjoy. | 30m 05s | ||||||
| 9/24/26 | Groaning for Glory | What hope remains in a world of suffering? John Piper opens Romans 8:18–25 to show God subjecting creation to futility in hope of coming glory. | 25m 41s | ||||||
| 9/23/26 | Swallowed Up by Life | What happens when life swallows mortality? John Piper shows from 2 Corinthians 5:4 that God remakes our bodies to see and savor his glory. | 27m 52s | ||||||
| 9/22/26 | Lay Hold of True Life | Why not limit life to what we have here and now? John Piper opens 1 Timothy 6:19 to show that true life is tasted now but fully realized in glory. | 27m 16s | ||||||
| 9/21/26 | Moses and the Rock That Was Christ | Can guilty people count on God’s help? John Piper opens Exodus 17:1–7 to show that Christ bought the help sinners need. | 20m 41s | ||||||
| 9/18/26 | Moses and the Presence We Need | What if your greatest need is not relief? John Piper opens Exodus 17:1–7 to show how God’s presence meets our deepest need. | 25m 04s | ||||||
| 9/17/26 | Joseph and the God Who Works Good | What if God’s good purpose stays hidden for years? John Piper opens Genesis 50:20 to show God working for good while we cannot see it. | 29m 28s | ||||||
| 9/16/26 | Jonah and the People God Pitied | Why does God rescue rebels? John Piper shows from Jonah 4:1–11 how mercy received becomes mercy shown. | 19m 11s | ||||||
| 9/15/26 | Jonah and the Glory of Mercy | Can guilty sinners still cry for mercy? John Piper opens Jonah 2:1–10 to show that God hears guilty rebels who cry to him. | 28m 25s | ||||||
| 9/14/26 | Asa and the Folly of Self-Reliance | Why is self-reliance so foolish? John Piper opens 2 Chronicles 16:9 to show how it forfeits the help God gives to those who trust him. | 27m 22s | ||||||
| 9/9/26 | Holy SpiritChristian faith+3 | — | 1 Corinthians 12:3 | — | Holy SpiritJesus+6 | — | 28m 58s | ||
| 9/8/26 | sufferingjoy+3 | — | Hebrews 12:2 | — | sufferingjoy+5 | — | 24m 46s | ||
| 9/7/26 | lightdarkness+4 | — | — | — | Christdarkness+4 | — | 22m 23s | ||
| 9/4/26 | God's loveChrist's death+3 | — | Luke 22:1–6 | — | God's loveChrist's death+3 | — | 20m 55s | ||
| 9/3/26 | betrayalsalvation+3 | — | Luke 22:1–6 | — | Judasbetrayal+5 | — | 20m 03s | ||
| 9/2/26 | Godrebellion+4 | — | 1 Samuel 12 | — | Godrebels+5 | — | 20m 08s | ||
| 9/1/26 | God's planIsrael's rebellion+4 | — | 1 Samuel 12 | — | God's planIsrael+5 | — | 23m 35s | ||
| 8/31/26 | salvationguilt+3 | — | Genesis 49:8–10 | — | salvationguilt+5 | — | 29m 33s | ||
| 8/28/26 | betrayalrescue+3 | — | Genesis 37 | — | betrayalrescue+5 | — | 17m 16s | ||
| 8/27/26 | languagepraise+3 | — | Genesis 11:1–9 | — | Godconfusion of languages+3 | — | 30m 21s | ||
| 7/21/26 | new birthspiritual life+4 | — | John 3:1–10 | — | new birthspiritual life+4 | — | 25m 09s | ||
| 7/20/26 | faithgospel+3 | — | John 3:1–18 | — | born againfaith+5 | — | 20m 11s | ||
| 7/17/26 | new birthreligious transformation+3 | — | John 3:1–18 | — | new birthJohn Piper+3 | — | 22m 40s | ||
| 7/16/26 | Christ's returnrest+3 | — | 2 Thessalonians | — | Christ's appearing2 Thessalonians+3 | — | 24m 34s | ||
| 7/15/26 | faithlove+3 | — | Romans 8:3–4 | — | faithlove+5 | — | 22m 26s | ||
| 7/14/26 | righteousnesslegalism+3 | — | Romans 8:1–2 | — | justificationfaith+3 | — | 22m 26s | ||
| 7/13/26 | forgivenessjustice+3 | — | Romans 3:20–4:5 | — | forgivenessjustice+5 | — | 24m 49s | ||
| 7/10/26 | judgment daydeeds+3 | — | Romans | — | judgment dayGod+5 | — | 28m 15s | ||
| 7/9/26 | unbeliefsin+3 | — | Romans 14:23 | — | unbeliefsin+3 | — | 24m 21s | ||
| 7/8/26 | incarnationhistory+3 | — | Hebrews 9:26–28 | — | incarnationhistory+3 | — | 25m 28s | ||
| 5/8/26 | Holy Spiritcourage+3 | — | Romans 8:1–8 | — | Holy Spiritcourage+3 | — | 23m 18s | ||
| 5/7/26 | new birthHoly Spirit+3 | — | John 3:3–8 | — | Spiritnew birth+5 | — | 25m 21s | ||
| 5/6/26 | delighting in GodHoly Spirit+3 | — | John 17:26 | — | delight in GodHoly Spirit+3 | — | 26m 04s | ||
| 5/5/26 | God's lovetrials+3 | — | Romans 8:35–39 | — | God's lovetrials+3 | — | 19m 50s | ||
| 5/4/26 | salvationChristian security+3 | — | Romans 8:28–30 | — | salvationChristianity+5 | — | 28m 04s | ||
| 5/1/26 | sufferingprayer+3 | — | Romans 8:26–27 | — | sufferingprayer+3 | — | 27m 58s | ||
| 4/30/26 | sufferingendurance+3 | — | Romans 8:18 | — | sufferingdespair+3 | — | 23m 08s | ||
| 4/29/26 | sinHoly Spirit+3 | — | Romans 8:13 | — | sinHoly Spirit+3 | — | 26m 20s | ||
| 4/28/26 | forgivenesssacrifice+3 | — | Romans 8:1–4 | — | forgiven sinnerssacrificial servants+3 | — | 22m 29s | ||
| 4/27/26 | justificationholiness+4 | — | Romans 8:1–4 | — | justificationholiness+6 | — | 20m 49s | ||
| 4/24/26 | no condemnationGod's support+3 | — | Romans 8:1 | — | no condemnationGod is for you+3 | — | 21m 20s | ||
| 4/23/26 | acceptanceno condemnation+3 | — | Romans 8:1 | — | acceptanceno condemnation+3 | — | 21m 45s | ||
| 4/22/26 | guiltGod's glory+3 | — | Romans 3:23–26 | — | guiltGod's glory+3 | — | 22m 38s | ||
| 4/21/26 | temptationsin+4 | — | Romans 8:13 | — | temptationsin+5 | — | 27m 02s | ||
| 4/20/26 | obediencesacrifice+3 | — | Matthew 19:29 | — | self-pityobedience+3 | — | 26m 52s | ||
| 4/17/26 | Christian lifejoy+3 | — | Isaiah 6:1–3 | — | Christianityjoy+3 | — | 24m 51s | ||
| 4/16/26 | God's wrathhuman sin+3 | — | — | — | God's wrathhell+3 | — | 21m 15s | ||
| 4/15/26 | God's wrathgospel+3 | — | — | — | salvationgospel+3 | — | 23m 22s | ||
| 4/14/26 | perseverancegospel labor+3 | — | John 10:16 | — | perseverancegospel+5 | — | 27m 57s | ||
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Chart history for Light + Truth
Peaked at #11 in TR, currently #11 in TR.
| Market | Genre | Peak | Current | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TR | — | #11 | #11 | — |
| ID | — | #12 | #12 | — |
| RO | — | #15 | #15 | — |
| SA | — | #21 | #21 | — |
| RO | — | #23 | #23 | — |
| SG | — | #31 | #31 | — |
| India | — | #42 | #42 | — |
| South Korea | — | #43 | #43 | — |
| United Kingdom | — | #44 | #44 | — |
| Canada | — | #46 | #46 | — |
| SG | — | #48 | #48 | — |
| ID | — | #50 | #50 | — |
| AE | — | #53 | #53 | — |
| South Korea | — | #59 | #59 | — |
| MY | — | #64 | #64 | — |
| GR | — | #66 | #66 | — |
| Canada | — | #68 | #68 | — |
| KE | — | #79 | #79 | — |
| NG | — | #81 | #81 | — |
| PL | — | #83 | #83 | — |
Chart Positions
39 placements across 25 markets.
Chart Positions
39 placements across 25 markets.