Dan Cruver preaching, open Bible in hand

Author, teacher, and host of Light + Truth

Helping weary Christians fix their eyes on Jesus.

The Perfect Word of the Father

Hebrews 1. Reformation Fellowship Gathering, Atlanta, GA, May 11, 2023

Retreat series

The Man God Makes

Heritage Bible Church Men’s Retreat, April 2026

Men of God: Becoming Who We Are in Christ

Black Lake Bible Camp and Retreat Center, May 2026

Light + Truth

Classic sermons from John Piper, curated and hosted by Dan Cruver.
900+ episodes. 30+ million listens. New episodes each weekday. From Desiring God.

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  1. TuesdaySeptember 29

    Suffering That Shows Christ

    Colossians 1:24

    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.

    Listen to Suffering That Shows Christ, 30:16
  2. MondaySeptember 28

    Hope Worth Any Hardship

    1 Corinthians 15:12–19

    Listen to Hope Worth Any Hardship, 27:30
  3. FridaySeptember 25

    A World Fit for Glory

    Romans 8:21

    Listen to A World Fit for Glory, 30:05
  4. ThursdaySeptember 24

    Groaning for Glory

    Romans 8:18–25

    Listen to Groaning for Glory, 25:41
  5. WednesdaySeptember 23

    Swallowed Up by Life

    2 Corinthians 5:4

    Listen to Swallowed Up by Life, 27:52

About Dan

Dan Cruver is a writer, teacher, and host of the Light + Truth podcast at Desiring God, where he curates and presents the preaching of John Piper. He has taught in academic and church settings and speaks regularly at churches, colleges, conferences, and retreats.

Dan is the author of Loved Indeed: Reassurance for the Doubting and Suspicious (Union Publishing). He is currently writing Held Fast: Christ for You When You’re Weary and Worn (Crossway, July 2027), as well as a new book for Union Publishing, tentatively scheduled for September 2028, that invites weary Christians to overhear what Jesus says about his people before the Father.

His work helps weary believers look away from themselves and rest their faith on Christ and his finished work, finding in him the assurance that they are accepted and loved by the Father and adopted as his children. He and his wife, Melissa, live in South Carolina.

Dan Cruver
  1. August 18, 2026

    Engaged but Not Alarmed: Reading the News with Hope

    Most of us carry the news in our pockets. Headlines no longer wait for the morning paper or evening broadcast. They interrupt our work, follow us to the supper table, and crowd our last quiet moments before sleep.

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  2. February 15, 2026

    Christian, God Is Glad to Forgive You

    John Owen once described God’s forgiveness in a way that can feel almost unrealistic. He wrote that God’s pardon is not narrow or reluctant like ours, but “full, free, boundless, bottomless, absolute” (Works of John Owen, 6:499). We often forgive in ways that reflect our fallenness: hesitantly, partially, begrudgingly. Owen’s point, however, is simple: God forgives generously and completely, in a way that reflects his own nature (Exodus 34:6–7) and displays the glory of his grace (Ephesians 1:6, 12, 14).

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  3. October 15, 2024

    Do You Feel Forsaken? Our Hidden Hope in Darkest Pain

    In the days leading up to the death of my three-year-old son, Daniel, God deeply assured me of his gracious care for my family and me. One late night, I sat alone with my son in the intensive care unit, my Bible in hand. Knowing he had only a few days left, my heart was overwhelmed with grief. My chest felt constricted, as if the weight of impending loss were pressing down harder with each passing moment. I was desperate for a word from God.

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