# Why We Need the Spirit

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Podcast: [Light + Truth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-truth-500708)
Published: 2026-05-07T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://feed.desiringgod.org/link/23670/17336021/why-we-need-the-spirit
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Duration seconds: 1521

## Resource

What awakens dead hearts to see and savor Christ? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper opens John 3:3–8 to show how the new birth is a work of the Spirit.

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