The Paul Tripp Podcast

This week, Paul reflects on Christ's life-changing invitation to the weary, reminding us that true rest is found not by earning God's favor, but by coming to him in humble need.Join us for a weekly narration of Paul Tripp's popular devotional. You can subscribe to our email list to receive this devotional straight to your inbox each week, or read online at PaulTripp.com/Wednesday or on Facebook, Instagram, and the Paul Tripp App.If you’ve been enjoying the Wednesday’s Word podcast, please leave us a review! Each review helps us reach more peop...

Everyone lives by faith—but what matters most is where that faith is placed.Today, we begin a new sermon series from the archives on Hebrews 11, the Bible's great hall of faith. In this first message, Paul explains that what sets Christians apart isn't that they have faith, but that their faith is anchored in the Lord Jesus Christ.To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons.

Don't spend your life staring into heaven when Jesus has called you to serve on earth.Today, we continue our year-long Bible study in the book of Acts. In this episode, Paul explains how Christ's ascension and promised return give believers both the confidence and the calling to faithfully carry out his mission until he comes again.To hear more studies from the book of Acts, visit PaulTripp.com/Acts.

On the first day of each month, we release Grace & Knowledge, a more in-depth article from Paul that allows him to expand on biblical truths beyond his weekly Wednesday’s Word.Our prayer is that this resource helps you “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen” (2 Peter 3:18).In this month’s Grace & Knowledge, Paul reminds us that Christ's command to love one another applies just as much to our texts, emails, and social media as it does to...

The biggest obstacle to following Jesus may be the person you see in the mirror.This week, Paul and Shelby explore Jesus' call to meekness, explaining why true joy begins when we stop putting ourselves at the center and learn to live for God's glory instead of our own.To hear more from The Connecting Podcast, visit PaulTripp.com/Connecting.

This week, Paul reminds us that while we don't know what the next chapter of our lives holds, we can live with peace because God does.Join us for a weekly narration of Paul Tripp's popular devotional. You can subscribe to our email list to receive this devotional straight to your inbox each week, or read online at PaulTripp.com/Wednesday or on Facebook, Instagram, and the Paul Tripp App.If you’ve been enjoying the Wednesday’s Word podcast, please leave us a review! Each review helps us reach more people with the transforming power of J...

In today's episode, we finish our sermon series from the archives, The Gospel According to Mark, as Paul ends by teaching on Jesus' interaction with the fig tree and his cleansing of the temple.To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons

God never calls you because you're capable. He calls you because he's powerful.Today, we continue our year-long Bible study in the book of Acts. In this episode, Paul explains why Jesus promised his disciples the power of the Holy Spirit before sending them into the world, reminding us that our weakness isn't an obstacle to God's work...it's the very place where his power is put on display.To hear more studies from the book of Acts, visit PaulTripp.com/Acts

What if sadness isn't something to avoid, but a mark of God's grace at work in your life?This week, Paul and Shelby continue their study of the Beatitudes by exploring why Jesus calls those who mourn "blessed," and how a broken heart over the world's suffering and our own sin leads to the comfort and hope found only in Christ.

This week, Paul reminds us that Jesus didn't just promise us life after death…he defeated death itself and gives us abundant life, right here, right now.Join us for a weekly narration of Paul Tripp's popular devotional. You can subscribe to our email list to receive this devotional straight to your inbox each week, or read online at PaulTripp.com/Wednesday or on Facebook, Instagram, and the Paul Tripp App.If you’ve been enjoying the Wednesday’s Word podcast, please leave us a review! Each review helps us reach more people with the transforming power...

What kind of Savior are you hoping Jesus will be? The crowds who welcomed him into Jerusalem had an answer, but it wasn't the one Jesus came to fulfill.In today's episode, we continue our sermon series from the archives, The Gospel According to Mark, as Paul unpacks the Triumphal Entry and reveals how easy it is to want Jesus for our own purposes instead of embracing him for who he truly is.To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons

On every confusing Tuesday, every uncertain Wednesday, and every difficult Thursday, one truth remains: what God has revealed is enough.Today, we continue our year-long Bible study in the book of Acts. In this episode, Paul looks at Acts 1:6–7 and encourages believers to stop chasing God's secret will and instead trust the wisdom and authority of his revealed Word.To hear more studies from the book of Acts, visit PaulTripp.com/Acts.

The path to true blessing begins where our pride ends. This week on The Connecting Podcast, Paul and Shelby discuss what it means to be "poor in spirit" and why recognizing our spiritual need is the doorway to God's grace and lasting joy.To hear more from The Connecting Podcast, visit http://paultripp.com/connecting.

This week, Paul explains how forgetting eternity leaves us fearful, self-focused, and discouraged, while living with Forever in view fills us with hope, peace, and purpose.Join us for a weekly narration of Paul Tripp's popular devotional. You can subscribe to our email list to receive this devotional straight to your inbox each week, or read online at PaulTripp.com/Wednesday or on Facebook, Instagram, and the Paul Tripp App.If you’ve been enjoying the Wednesday’s Word podcast, please leave us a review! Each review helps us reach more people with the transforming power of J...

It's possible to read the Bible, know the story, and still completely miss the point.In today's episode, we continue our sermon series from the archives, The Gospel According to Mark, as Paul examines Jesus' healing of blind Bartimaeus and explains the difference between reading this familiar story through the lens of religion and through the lens of the gospel.To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons

The book of Acts isn't ultimately about the apostles. It's about the unstoppable reign of Jesus Christ. Today, we continue our year-long Bible study in the book of Acts, and in this episode, Paul shows how the risen Savior continues his work through his people and why this story is still unfolding today.To hear more studies from the book of Acts, visit PaulTripp.com/Acts.

What if the biggest problem in your life isn't your circumstances, but your character? This week on The Connecting Podcast, Paul and Shelby discuss why Jesus begins the Sermon on the Mount with the Beatitudes, and how lasting transformation comes not from escaping hardship, but from a heart that is being changed by God's grace.

This week, Paul explains how forgetting eternity causes us to expect from this broken world what only Forever can provide.Join us for a weekly narration of Paul Tripp's popular devotional. You can subscribe to our email list to receive this devotional straight to your inbox each week, or read online at PaulTripp.com/Wednesday or on Facebook, Instagram, and the Paul Tripp App.If you’ve been enjoying the Wednesday’s Word podcast, please leave us a review! Each review helps us reach more people with the transforming power of Jesus Christ.

Moments after Jesus foretells his death for the third time, James and John make one of the most shockingly self-centered requests in the Gospels: "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory."In today's episode, we continue our sermon series from the archives, The Gospel According to Mark, as Paul explains why the other disciples' anger was just as misguided—and why, if we're honest, we might have made the very same request.To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons

Today marks the beginning of a brand-new season of Paul Tripp's 5-Minute Bible Study. Every Monday for the next year, Paul will spend five minutes connecting the transforming power of Scripture in the book of Acts to your everyday life.We began by summarizing every book of the Bible, then spent the following years digging deeply into Psalms, Proverbs, 1 Peter, the Gospel of John, and, most recently, Exodus. Now we're excited to begin our seventh season together in the book of Acts.But before we open to Acts chapter 1, Paul begins at the very end of...