Right Here, Right Now Radio Broadcast

How would you define worship? Maybe a weekend service comes to mind, with preaching and singing. Maybe you count your mid-week small group as a worship experience. But here's what you need to know about worship: it's always first your IDENTITY before it's ever your ACTIVITY. In this final episode of Survival Skills, Paul David Tripp explains how everything we do is, somehow, some way, an expression of worship.

God is in the process of lovingly fixing everything that sin has broken. You can define it in one word - redemption. As God's children, we're not only called to be recipients of redemption, but participants as well. In this episode of Right Here, Right Now, Paul David Tripp explains that if we belong to the Lord, our life becomes ministry, and ministry becomes our life.

The average person speaks about 7,000 words a day. That's a lot of talking. And there are nearly one million words in the English language. That's quite the variety. So...out of all the words we say, and out of all the words we could choose, what's the most beautiful word available to us?

God is angry. But it's not the anger of a vengeful, evil person who's out of control and wants to harm. God is angry because, as Lord, King, Creator, and Ruler of the universe, He will not forsake His holy cause. But as Paul David Tripp explains in this episode of Right Here, Right Now, God's people are often angry for all the wrong reasons.

When was the last time you really enjoyed waiting? When was the last time you planned waiting into your schedule? Did you thank the Lord for your wait the last time you were stuck in traffic? In this episode of Right Here, Right Now, Paul David Tripp explains why we hate to wait. But he also teaches how waiting is, by biblical description, part of God's glorious plan.

If you had to write a one-paragraph description of what Christianity is, what would you write? Would you write about having your sins forgiven? Being committed to worship and ministry? Understanding theology and doctrine? These are all important, but in this episode of Right Here, Right Now, Paul David Tripp reveals the essential core of Christianity that we often leave out.

Why does God choose to keep his children living in this fallen world? Wouldn't it be easier if we were "zappped" into Heaven immediately after our salvation? But God has you exactly where he wants you, and he has given you the ability to exercise influence in the situations, locations, and relationships where you live. What are you using your influence for?

How many people really know you? Don't answer too quickly. Is there anyone who really knows where you struggle everyday? Are there people who know what circumstances tend to overwhelm you? In this episode of Right Here, Right Now, Paul David Tripp explains why the body of Christ is designed to pursue intentionally-intrusive community.

Are you tired of things being the same? Is your daily routine an endless, repetitive hassle? Maybe you even feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day! In this episode, Paul David Tripp explains that we will only be able to make sense of right here, right now when we eavesdrop on eternity.

Are you a spiritual schizophrenic? Do you live in two entirely different worlds, where spirituality and reality don't ever touch? That's not the Gospel. Jesus came, not to invite you out of reality into this thing called spirituality. He came to radically transform every single piece of your reality by His grace.

The murder of Kitty Genovese became a dark symbol of the standard of the American national character. Kitty's neighbors were too indifferent, too frightened, and too self-absorbed to get involved. If you had been at that crime scene, would you have been as passive?

Do you understand the will of God? Are you really sure that you're doing what God wants you to do? How do you know that you're where God wants you to be? These are all very important questions, and if you don't know the answer, you'll be left anxious and fearful. In this episode of Right Here, Right Now, Paul David Tripp answers these questions and encourages to act on what you can be sure of.

It's hard for us to admit our limits. We were created to be dependent on God and to live interdependent other people. But, when you begin to accept your limits, you can be free from the burden of attempting to do what you don't have the power to do.

God is the author of your story. You can rest even when you're confused. In moments of difficulty, you don't have to worry, because the One writing your story is wise and loving and good.

Your life isn't predictable. It hasn't worked out the way you wished it would. You're always dealing with the unexpected. What in the world is God doing with your life?

If you had to name the darkest, saddest passage in all the Bible, what would your answer be? In this episode of Right Here, Right Now, Paul David Tripp takes you to the most shocking section in all of Scripture - Psalm 88.

Human beings think. They are always trying to figure out life. Inside of you is a deep desire for life to make sense. But you will only understand what you're dealing with now when you examine the origins of what life was originally supposed to be.

What does it mean, a fallen world? How are you supposed to live in a broken world? Fruitfulness can only be produced when you understand what this life is all about. You need to know what to desire, think, say, and do in this fallen world.

Do you know where you live? The Bible says you live in a terribly broken world. Things don't function the way they're supposed to. In this episode of Right Here, Right Now, Paul David Tripp reveals the brokenness of our world as described in Romans 8. We live in the the middle of the "already" and "not yet", but we don't need to fear. Our Redeemer lives in the middle of the mess with us.

Life is all about knowing who you are. If you don't know who you are, you'll never be who you're supposed to be and do what you've been called to do. In this episode of Right Here, Right Now, Paul David Tripp opens up 2 Peter to remind us not to forget what we've been given in Christ. If we're not getting our identity vertically, then we're going to search for it horizontally. Identity amnesia always leads to identity replacement.