The Paul Tripp Podcast

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 shares 20 Scripture passages he frequently returns to, offering brief reflections on how they bring conviction, comfort, hope, and practical gospel wisdom to everyday...

This week, Paul explores the breathtaking truth that God’s mercy triumphs over judgment, showing how Christ secures our rescue from the devastating power of sin and gives us every reason to rejoice.

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What do you think your faith guarantees you—and what doesn’t it? 

Today, we continue our sermon series from the archives on Hebrews 11, the Bible’s great “Hall of Faith,” as Paul explores how faith doesn’t guarantee a life of comfort and success, nor does it exclude suffering and pain.

To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons.

Christian fellowship is more than a Sunday greeting...it’s a shared life rooted in the gospel.

Today, we continue our year-long Bible study in the book of Acts. In this episode, Paul examines the early church’s fellowship in Acts 2, highlighting the importance of intentionally living in community with other believers.

To hear more studies from the book of Acts, visit PaulTripp.com/Acts.

What if God didn’t call you to escape the brokenness of the world, but to step into it and make a difference? 

This week on The Connecting Podcast, Paul and Shelby unpack Jesus’ call for believers to be “the salt of the earth,” exploring how Christians can resist being corrupted by the world while actively bringing the preserving influence of the gospel into their families, workplaces, and communities.

To hear more from The Connecting Podcast, visit PaulTripp.com/Connecting.

This week, Paul examines Peter’s encounter with Cornelius in Acts 10, showing how God’s grace crosses every human boundary and calls us to abandon partiality, obey where God leads, and boldly share the gospel with everyone.

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Paul Tripp's 5-Minute Bible Study on the book of Acts.

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All of us naturally measure our potential - we consider the task before us and weigh the resources at our disposal before deciding what we can accomplish. 

Today, we continue our sermon series from the archives on Hebrews 11, the Bible’s great “Hall of Faith,” as Paul examines three biblical characters who stepped forward in faith despite seemingly impossible odds.

To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons.

What if the conviction you’re tempted to run from is actually God’s loving invitation to come closer?

Today, we continue our year-long Bible study in the book of Acts. In this episode, Paul examines the response to Peter’s sermon in Acts 2, showing how the Holy Spirit exposes our blindness to sin, leads us to repentance, and brings us to the forgiveness offered through the gospel.

To hear more studies from the book of Acts, visit PaulTripp.com/Acts.

God doesn’t simply command us to obey; He gives us promises so compelling that obedience becomes a joyful response to His grace. 

This week on The Connecting Podcast, Paul and Shelby explore the promises woven throughout the Beatitudes and how trusting God’s lavish promises gives us the motivation to follow Jesus, even when obedience requires sacrifice.

For more episodes of The Connecting Podcast, visit PaulTripp.com/Connecting.

This week, Paul explores how the fear of God can overcome our fear of others, giving ordinary and timid Christians the courage to obey God and become instruments of His transforming grace.

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Paul Tripp's 5-Minute Bible Study on the book of Acts.

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Faith in God doesn’t give you a ticket out of hardship, but it does give you a remarkably different way of facing the hardships that come your way. 

Today, we continue our sermon series from the archives on Hebrews 11, the Bible’s great “Hall of Faith,” as Paul examines fear, faith, and treasure through the lives of Moses and his parents and the choices they made in Egypt.

To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons.

The cross was never God’s Plan B—it was the plan all along. 

Today, we continue our year-long Bible study in the book of Acts. In this episode, Paul continues unpacking Peter’s sermon in Acts 2, highlighting God’s sovereignty over Christ’s death and resurrection and the powerful work of the Trinity in our redemption.

To hear more studies from the book of Acts, visit PaulTripp.com/Acts.

What if the hardest moments of your life are actually secure in the hands of a God who has already secured your eternity? 

This week on The Connecting Podcast, Paul and Shelby explore the promise of heavenly reward, showing how confidence in our eternal destiny gives us peace, patience, and hope in the midst of present hardship.

For more episodes of The Connecting Podcast, visit PaulTripp.com/Connecting.

This week, Paul explores how God’s rescuing grace frees us from slavery to sin and lovingly makes us slaves to Christ, protecting us from returning to the false masters that can never give us life.

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Paul Tripp's 5-Minute Bible Study on the book of Acts.

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Faith is not irrational, but it will inevitably take us beyond the boundaries of what we can fully understand. 

Today, we continue our sermon series from the archives on Hebrews 11, the Bible’s great “Hall of Faith,” as Paul examines Abraham’s test to sacrifice Isaac and the four elements of faith that shaped his rest-filled response.

To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons.

God’s invitation is far more radical (and far more hopeful!) than we often realize: whoever calls on His name will be saved. 

Today, we continue our year-long Bible study in the book of Acts. In this episode, Paul unpacks Peter’s first sermon after Pentecost, showing how Joel’s prophecy points to the outpouring of the Spirit, the building of God’s global church, and the free offer of the gospel to anyone who comes to God in faith and repentance.

To hear more studies from the book of Acts, visit PaulTripp.com/Acts.

The greatest danger to your spiritual life may not be what’s happening around you, but what’s happening within you. 

This week on The Connecting Podcast, Paul and Shelby explore the biblical call to purity of heart, exposing our inability to cleanse ourselves and pointing us to the transforming grace of Jesus.

For more episodes of The Connecting Podcast, visit PaulTripp.com/Connecting.

This week, Paul highlights how God’s grace transforms and empowers unlikely people to boldly proclaim Christ.

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.

Paul Tripp's 5-Minute Bible Study on the book of Acts.

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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 introduces our new season of 5-Minute Bible Studies through the book of Acts, exploring how the gospel launched the church, empowered unlikely messenge...

The church didn’t begin with human strength—it began with the power of God. 

Today, we continue our year-long Bible study in the book of Acts. In this episode, Paul walks through the launch of the church at Pentecost, reminding us that when Jesus calls us to His work, He doesn’t leave us to do it alone but gives us the presence and power we need to accomplish what He has called us to do.

To hear more studies from the book of Acts, visit PaulTripp.com/Acts.

Peace doesn’t begin with getting everyone around you to agree. It begins with getting your own heart right before God. 

This week on The Connecting Podcast, Paul and Shelby unpack Jesus’ call to be peacemakers, exposing the envy, anger, and selfishness that stand in the way of genuine peace.

For more episodes of The Connecting Podcast, visit PaulTripp.com/Connecting.

This week, Paul challenges us to make praise a daily habit, encouraging us to begin each morning by turning our hearts and voices toward the glory of God.

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.

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If Jesus is real and His Word is true, everything about life changes.

Today, we continue our sermon series from the archives on Hebrews 11, the Bible’s great “Hall of Faith.” In this message, Paul shows how faith in God transforms four things - vision, identity, desire, and relationship.

To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons.

What qualifies someone to serve God—and who gets to decide?

Today, we continue our year-long Bible study in the book of Acts. In this episode, Paul examines the disciples’ selection of Matthias, showing why the condition of our hearts matters more than outward appearances and why we must look to Scripture’s clear commands for guidance.

To hear more studies from the book of Acts, visit PaulTripp.com/Acts.

What if the most important kind of cleanliness has nothing to do with what’s on the outside, but everything to do with what’s happening in your heart?

This week on The Connecting Podcast, Paul and Shelby explore Jesus’ words, “Blessed are the pure in heart,” examining why we can’t cleanse our own hearts and why our only hope for true purity is the cleansing grace of Jesus.

For more episodes of The Connecting Podcast, visit PaulTripp.com/Connecting.

This week, Paul reminds us that we live between the “already” of Christ’s finished work and the “not yet” of its completion, encouraging us to find our hope not in our imperfect faithfulness, but in the unshakable faithfulness of God.

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Would you consider yourself a person of faith—and if so, what evidence would your life give to prove it?

Today, we continue our sermon series from the archives on Hebrews 11, the Bible’s great “Hall of Faith.” In this message, Paul identifies four defining characteristics of a life shaped by genuine faith in God.

To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons.

What happens when a man who walked with Jesus ends up becoming a warning about the devastating power of sin?

Today, we continue our year-long Bible study in the book of Acts. In this episode, Paul looks at Judas’s tragic death in Acts 1, showing us why we must take temptation incredibly seriously.

To hear more studies from the book of Acts, visit PaulTripp.com/Acts.

In a world obsessed with judgment, Jesus calls his people to something radically different: mercy.

This week on The Connecting Podcast, Paul and Shelby explore what it means to be merciful in a culture quick to judge and cancel, reminding us that mercy doesn’t compromise on sin but seeks forgiveness, rescue, and restoration.

For more episodes of The Connecting Podcast, visit PaulTripp.com/Connecting.

This week, Paul reminds us that true and lasting hope can be found only in the sovereign King of kings, whose purposes cannot fail and whose rule will ultimately restore what sin has broken.

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At the most basic of levels, what elements of Christianity make Christianity? 

Today, we continue our sermon series from the archives on Hebrews 11, the Bible's great hall of faith. In this message, Paul examines the Apostle Paul's address to the Areopagus and three doctrines that are essential to faith in God.

To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons.

Obedience often comes before understanding, and that's exactly where faith grows.

Today, we continue our year-long Bible study in the book of Acts. In this episode, Paul explains that while we wait on God's timing, we're called to trust him through active obedience and prayer, knowing that waiting is one of the primary ways God shapes our hearts.

To hear more studies from the book of Acts, visit PaulTripp.com/Acts.

You'll never find lasting satisfaction if you're feeding your soul with the wrong things.

This week on The Connecting Podcast, Paul and Shelby explain that every person is driven by deep spiritual hunger, and true joy is found only when we hunger and thirst for God's righteousness instead of the empty promises of this world.

For more episodes of The Connecting Podcast, visit PaulTripp.com/Connecting.

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.

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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.

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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