1st Peter: Elect Exiles Podcast: Recent Episodes
Paul Tripp
When we experience pain, suffering, and discomfort, our natural reaction is to turn inward and become self-focused and self-possessed. Peter knows this tendency and writes a challenging yet comforting letter to those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion.
What's the key to standing firm in the midst of difficulty? In this final sermon from 1st Peter, Paul Tripp summarizes the epistle and provides three directives for steadfastness: celebrate grace, love one another, and find peace in the Gospel.
How often do you have your head in your hands, discouraged and distraught by the difficulties of life? In this sermon, Paul Tripp provides five directives for living with a "carefree mentality" even in the most trying of times.
If you were able to design your perfect week, where everything went the way you wanted it to go, what would that week look like? Chances are it would be free from suffering! In this sermon, Paul Tripp explains why suffering should be our new nromal and 6 ways to respond biblically.
Why do self-defense classes exist? Because we live in a world where danger exists, and people need to arm themselves against danger. In this sermon, Paul Tripp teaches on "defensive, Christological thinking" and how it prepares us for suffering, temptation, the coming judgement and eternity.
If you ever need to speak to an individual or group of people that you don't, and you want to speak a word that will apply, speak a word of encouragement or comfort. In this sermon, Paul Tripp looks at the encouraging words that Peter has for Christians experiencing mockery, rejection, and persecution.
There are times when we suffer because we sin and experience the natural consequences. But other times, we suffer because of Christ. In this sermon, Paul Tripp looks at three profound principles about suffering from the book of 1st Peter.
Whether he knew it or not, John Mellencamp penned profound theology with his famous lyrics, "I fight authority; Authority always wins." In this sermon, Paul Tripp explains the purpose of human authority and why we should submit, even if it appears flawed and unjust.
Have you ever thought that we overcomplicated the simple message of the Christian life? In this sermon, Paul Tripp defines the fundamental job description of every Christian with three basic commands: live like an alien, fight like a soldier, behave like an ambassador.
What is the greatest danger to modern Christianity? There are many external threats, but in this sermon, Paul Tripp opens 1st Peter to show that the biggest threat lies within ourselves: when we forget our identity, we become paralyzed and ineffective at sharing the Gospel.
What does it look like to love one another, or to love your neighbor? The call to love is all throughout the Old and New Testament. In this sermon from 1st Peter, Paul Tripp unpacks four characteristics of love that will radically shape your relationships and ministry.
Even though Christians have been given the wisdom of the Bible and the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, we struggle to keep our values in line with God's values. In this sermon, Paul Tripp preaches on three values from 1 Peter that will alter the way we live until Christ returns.
Have you searched and inquired carefully about your salvation? In this sermon, Paul Tripp explains how the process of investigating reporting on the story of your eternal destiny can keep you stable in times of trouble.
Are you experiencing grief, trials or tests that come from the hand of a loving God? In this sermon, Paul Tripp unpacks Peter's metaphor of metallurgy and explains how there are only two gospels we choose to preach to ourselves in these moments: the gospel of temporary self-glory or the gospel of uncomfortable grace.
If you were writing to friends and family members who were suffering, what would you write? In this inaugural sermon from 1st Peter, Paul Tripp unpacks the pastoral wisdom behind the challenges Peter gives to the elect exiles and how we can benefit from these reminders.