Light + Truth Greater Than Adam
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Aug 25, 2026 
John Piper, Reformed pastor and founder of Desiring God, delivers an expository sermon on Romans 5:12–21. He contrasts Adam and Christ, explores Adam as a type prefiguring Jesus, and explains headship and union. Piper frames evil and creation as ordered to magnify Christ and highlights Christ’s supremacy and foreordained plan.
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Christ Is Supreme Over All Humanity
- John Piper asserts Jesus is superior to every person who ever lived, equal only within the Trinity.
- He frames Christ as supreme forever so his glory draws more attention against human greatness and failure.
Evil Exists To Magnify Christ's Glory
- Piper argues God ordains everything, including evil, to magnify Christ's glory without making God guilty.
- He cites Colossians 1:16 and the paradox that wickedness remains accountable yet serves God's inscrutable design.
The Lamb Was Slain Before Creation
- John Piper points to Revelation 13:8 to show Christ's death was planned before creation.
- He emphasizes the book named before the foundation of the world: the book of the life of the Lamb who was slain.
