The Paul Tripp Sermon Podcast

How do respond in moments of difficulty when God doesn't seem to care? In this sermon, Paul Tripp tells the story of Jesus calming the storm and how the disciples' questions reveal what truly rules their hearts.Preached on May 16, 2010.

Life in the Kingdom of God can be confusing. Often, things don't work out the way that you would hope and expect. In this sermon, Paul Tripp unpacks three little parables that speak into the confusion of the disciples who have given their lives to follow Christ and build His Kingdom.Preached on May 9, 2010.

We know it as the Parable of the Sower, but it should be more accurately entitled The Parable of the Soil. In this sermon, Paul Tripp teaches how we should approach listening to the Word of God, and how to avoid living like rocky soil.Preached on April 25, 2010.

C.S. Lewis wrote that we must make a choice with Jesus; it's impossible to remain neutral. He was either a lunatic on a level with a man who says he is a poached egg, or he is the Son of God. In this sermon, Paul Tripp teaches on the entire third chapter of the gospel of Mark and the 6 vignettes that display the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ.Preached on April 11, 2010.

The greatest enemy of the true Gospel is a fake gospel of self-congratulatory self-righteousness. In this sermon, Paul Tripp explains why Jesus confronted the Pharisees so frequently, specifically on their traditionalism and legalism.Preached on March 28, 2010.

If you were employed by Jesus to find 12 of the most qualified candidates to be his closest ministry partners, who would you choose? In this sermon, Paul Tripp explains how Levi the tax collector would not make any of our lists, and how our attitudes are self-righteously similar to the Scribes who question Jesus' decision.Preached on March 21, 2010.

What do you tell yourself you need? What do you tell yourself the world needs? In this sermon, Paul Tripp preaches on the story of Jesus healing the paralytic, and how it's easy for us to place our priorities on things that are significant, but not essential for life.Preached on February 28, 2010.

To conclude his action-packed first chapter, Mark records Jesus' famous act of healing the leper. In this sermon, Paul Tripp draws parallels between us and the leper - not only his condition, his response to Christ's miracle of healing.Preached on February 21, 2010.

If you want to mature as a follower of Jesus, you must (by grace) align the desires of your heart with the desires of God's heart; what God wants for you, you must want for yourself; what's important to God must be important to you. In this sermon from the gospel of Mark, Paul Tripp reveals what Jesus came and did not come to do, so that we can begin to ask from Jesus what he would want us to ask.Preached on February 14, 2010.

What does it mean to be a disciple of Christ? The Gospel According to Mark provides a much different answer than most of 21st century Western Christianity. In this sermon, Paul Tripp explains how Jesus calls his first disciples, how they responded, and what that means for our discipleship today.Preached on January 31, 2010.