Pillar of Truth: The Church in an Age of Deception

Light + Truth

Desiring God

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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What role does the church play in upholding truth? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to 1 Timothy 3:15 to reveal the church as a pillar of truth in a society prone to falsehood.

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0:00.0	The church is the pillar and support of the truth.
0:13.2	We do not live in a culture that believes that.
0:16.9	I mean, the church has no significant role to play in the minds of many most contemporary
0:23.6	Americans.
0:25.6	Paul says, the church is holding up the superstructure of the truth.
0:33.6	If the church ceases to do its job, the whole truth collapses and a culture disintegrates into deceit and falsehood.
0:44.3	What role does the church play in upholding truth in a world of deception?
0:52.3	In this episode of Light and Truth, John Piper turns to 1 Timothy 315 to reveal how
1:00.2	the church stands as a pillar of truth in a society prone to falsehood.
1:06.5	This seminar was originally delivered at Bethlehem Baptist Church on April 6th, 1994.
1:15.9	Who's responsible for the truth? Who's responsible for the truth in America? TV, newspapers.
1:26.9	The Bible says the church in the world is God's pillar of truth
1:31.6	1 Timothy 315 I write so that you may know how one ought to conduct himself in
1:38.5	the household of God which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
1:49.1	Ever thought about that?
1:50.9	The church is the pillar and support of the truth.
1:58.1	We do not live in a culture that believes that.
2:01.6	I mean, the church has no significant role to play in the minds of many most contemporary Americans.
2:10.6	And Paul says, the church is holding up the superstructure of the truth if the church ceases to do its job the whole
2:23.4	truth collapses and a culture disintegrates into deceit and falsehood but maybe there is hope there is hope
2:36.8	God moves in and revives his church in power
2:40.8	I just got a letter today
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