The Gospel According To Mark Podcast: Recent Episodes
Paul Tripp
The gospel of Mark is a hard-hitting, fast-paced narrative, one where the author doesn't permit readers to remain neutral when it comes to the central character - Jesus Christ.
In this final sermon in his series from the Gospel of Mark, Paul Tripp ends by teaching on Jesus' interaction with the fig tree and his cleansing of the temple.
What kind of Jesus do you want Jesus to be? In this sermon on the Triumphant Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, Paul Tripp teaches that the crowd wanted Jesus for all the wrong reasons, and many times, we miss the point of who Jesus is ourselves.
It's very tempting to read stories in Scripture through the lens of religion instead of the lens of the Gospel. In this sermon, Paul Tripp teaches when Jesus gives sight to Bartimaeus, and the right way and the wrong way to interpret the famous narrative.
When Jesus foretells for a third time, James and John make a ridiculously selfish and insensitive request - "Grant us to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your glory." In this sermon, Paul Tripp discusses why the other disciples were angry for the wrong reasons, and why we may have made the same request if we were in their shoes.
"How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God." This famous statement by Jesus is followed by a much broader application, to all people, regardless of financial status. In this sermon, Paul Tripp teaches on the one thing that we need to have to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
If you're a Christian, God's plan is to never have you grow up. Becoming mature in the faith means having a child-like faith. In this sermon, Paul Tripp examines why Jesus invited the little children to come to him, and why the disciples were wrong in denying them.
The protection of marriage, as God designed it, and a defense against unbiblical divorce, is rooted in the worship of God. In the sermon, Paul Tripp unpacks Jesus' teaching on marriage and divorce in four ways: worship of God as Lawgiver, Creator, Sovereign and Savior.
What do you take seriously in your life? Each person has their own hobby or passion, but how seriously do we as Christians take sin? In this sermon, Paul Tripp talks about how seriously Jesus takes sin, and three ways in which we can apply it.
Our culture has mixed up what greatness is, what greatness does, and who embodies greatness. In many ways, we have believed the lies of our culture. In this sermon, Paul Tripp teaches on Jesus's saying, "The first shall be last and the last shall be first" and what biblical servanthood and true greatness look like.
Why are there so many stories of Jesus casting out demons from possessed people during his earthly ministry? In this sermon, Paul Tripp explains how these narratives serve as a warning to us about the destructive and enslaving power of evil.
What was the historical and prophetic purpose of The Transfiguration? And does it hold any application for us today? In this sermon, Paul Tripp explains why Jesus was transfigured, and how the glory of Christ in that moment should shape the way we live.
When Jesus foretells his death and resurrection, he speaks some of the most famous words of his earthly ministry. In this sermon, Paul Tripp examines why Jesus calls Peter Satan, what it means to take up our cross, and asks does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul.
"You are the Christ." This four-word confession from Peter of who Jesus is divides the gospel of Mark into two sections, and Paul Tripp applies how this watershed confession changes our daily living.
One of the most devastating effects on sin is spiritual blindness. Not only are we blind, but we're blind to our blindness. In this sermon, Paul Tripp talks about the difference of being willfully blind and blindly willful.
Why do some Christians seem to have strong faith, while others have weaker faith? In this sermon, Paul Tripp examines three ingredients to biblical faith, but warns that we have still have confessional theology and disobedience living in the same heart.
Legalism, moralism, or externalism - whatever you want to call the mindset ruling the Pharisees - is not unique to the Pharisees. In this sermon, Paul Tripp teaches from Mark 7, the most theologically heavy chapter in the gospel of Mark, and examines the emphasis that Christ puts on the heart.
Jesus was a deeply compassionate Savior. Every miracle he performed display his love for suffering people. But every miracle was meant to be more than a miracle. In this sermon, Paul Tripp examines how the crowds stopped short of what Jesus was truly offering, and how we often ask for too little from our Lord as well.
There are so many valuable lessons to learn when Jesus walks on the sea and calms the storm, but we quickly glaze over the narrative. In this sermon, Paul Tripp teaches on the theology of uncomfortable grace, the difference between amazement and faith, and much more.
Jesus feeding the 5,000 is one of the most universally known stories from the Bible, but Mark and John tell it differently. In this sermon, Paul Tripp looks at the characters and lessons of this story through a different lens.
There is a war going on between the Kingdom of God and the kingdom of darkness. In this sermon, Paul Tripp juxtaposes Jesus sending out the Twelve Apostles with the murder of John the Baptist.
When Jesus returned to his hometown, he was rejected by his family because they didn't believe he was who he said he was. In this sermon, Paul Tripp unpacks the reasons for belief and unbelief, and asks if we are more like Jesus' family than unlike them.
A life of faith is radical. It will ask you to do the unthinkable with hope and courage. But faith placed in the wrong object is wasted faith. In this sermon, Paul Tripp teaches how Jairus and the bleeding woman had faith in the right Person, and how that makes all the difference.
Do we take evil as seriously as we should? And do we actually want Jesus to deliver us from evil as much as we say? In this sermon, Paul Tripp teaches from Mark 5, when Jesus casts out the demons from Legion.
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.
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.
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.
C.S. Lewis wrote that we must make a choice we 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.
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, specficially on their traditionalism and legalism.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The gospel according to Mark decimates moral neutrality by presenting us with an absolute truth to accept or reject - the kingship of Christ. In this sermon, Paul Tripp examines what it looks like to accept Christ's kingship - "repent and believe in the gospel."
Mark has a very efficient way of characterizing events in his gospel, so it could be easy to miss the significance of Christ's temptation in the wilderness. In this sermon, Paul Tripp reminds us that the hope of humanity rest on Jesus's shoulder in these two short verses.
The gospel of Mark is a hard-hitting, fast-paced narrative, one where the author doesn't permit readers to remain neutral when it comes to the central character - Jesus Christ. In this opening sermon, Paul Tripp calls attention to the radically divisive opening sentence that launches Mark's gospel.