The Bible Is Shockingly Honest and Gloriously Hopeful

Justin Holcomb did an intriguing interview with Paul Tripp who covered everything from dating to parenting and all the grace between. 

Background:

·      Paul Tripp’s Life: 0:20

·      Daily Drive for the Gospel: 1:15

·      Scholar, Counselor, Pastor: 2:45

·      The Relationship between Law and Grace: 3:44

Marriage and the Gospel

·      Law, Gospel, and Marriage: 7:00

·      The Power of Worship in Marriage: 9:45

·      What Is Our Hope in a Broken Marriage? 13:04

·      How Do I Know If I Have Flawed Dating Expectations? 14:15

·      Importance of a Lifestyle of Repentance and Forgiveness: 17:40

·      Why We Get Angry With Our Spouses: 19:12

Parenting in Grace

·      Parenting in Faith: 20:25

·      How to Discipline Children through the Gospel: 25:08

·      Having Sexuality Conversations with Your Kids: 32:00

People Can Change

·      What Happens with Pornography in Marriage: 37:55

·      Can People Really Change? 43:57

·      Grace Is a Process, Not an Event: 48:08

·      Encouragement for Ministry Work: 55:06

Shareable Quotes from the Interview:

· The DNA of sin is selfishness. http://jesus.to/tJ71Fv

· I am my biggest marriage problem. http://jesus.to/tJ71Fv

· It's a lifelong practice of giving away worship of self and worship of creation to worship of God. http://jesus.to/tJ71Fv

· My problem with my wife is not that I don’t love her enough, it’s that I don’t love God enough. http://jesus.to/tJ71Fv

· 1. Confess (I’m in desperate need of help) 2. Ask (God, send your helpers my way) 3. Receive (Give me the humility to receive the help when it comes) http://jesus.to/tJ71Fv

· You will never marry someone who is not a sinner. http://jesus.to/tJ71Fv

· If it’s a sinner married to a sinner, it is impossible to have a healthy relationship without a regular lifestyle of confession and forgiveness. http://jesus.to/tJ71Fv

· The Bible is shockingly honest while being gloriously hopeful at the same time. http://jesus.to/tJ71Fv

· Parenting is really about being a tool in the hands of a Redeemer to see real heart change take place. http://jesus.to/tJ71Fv

· Addiction to pornography doesn’t stand outside of the grace of the gospel. http://jesus.to/tJ71Fv

· Evil is well-marketed. http://jesus.to/tJ71Fv

· The big problem with spiritual blindness is you are blind to your blindness. http://jesus.to/tJ71Fv

· There is not a human being who has breath that doesn’t need to be fundamentally rebuilt by grace. http://jesus.to/tJ71Fv

· If you are God’s child, you have been drafted into the service of his kingdom. http://jesus.to/tJ71Fv

In January, Dr. Paul Tripp will be holding a parenting conference at Mars Hill Bellevue and is also coming to teach at Re:Train.