1113. Radical Commitment | Mark 9:38-50

This week, Paul explains that God gave his law not as a means of earning his favor, but as a gift of grace to a people he had already redeemed, pointing us to the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ.Join us for a weekly narration of Paul Tripp's popular devotional. You can subscribe to our email list to receive this devotional straight to your inbox each week, or read online at PaulTripp.com/Wednesday or on Facebook, Instagram, and the Paul Tripp App.If you’ve been enjoying the Wednesday’s Word podcast, please leave us a review! Each review helps us reach more people with the transforming power of Jesus Christ.Paul's Exodus StudyPaulTripp.com/ExodusYouTube PlaylistApple PodcastsSpotify

God’s design for marriage, and his protection against unbiblical divorce, is rooted in a right worship of him.In today’s episode, we continue our sermon series from the archives, The Gospel According to Mark, as Paul explores Jesus’ teaching on marriage and divorce through four lenses: God as Lawgiver, Creator, Sovereign, and Savior.To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons

You can spend a lifetime studying the Bible and still miss its central message.While we await the release of a new season of Paul’s 5-Minute Bible Study, we’re revisiting the first introductory episodes. Today, Paul warns against treating Scripture as merely a source of knowledge and reminds us that the ultimate purpose of Bible study is to know, love, and surrender to Jesus Christ.You can listen to the complete 5-Minute Bible Study journey through the Old and New Testaments at PaulTripp.com/BibleStudy, or by subscribing to the dedicated Paul Tripp 5-Minute Bible Study Podcast channel.

This week, Paul argues that the one word that best summarizes the Bible is redemption—the story of God’s rescuing, transforming, and restoring work through Jesus Christ, from Exodus to eternity.Join us for a weekly narration of Paul Tripp's popular devotional. You can subscribe to our email list to receive this devotional straight to your inbox each week, or read online at PaulTripp.com/Wednesday or on Facebook, Instagram, and the Paul Tripp App.If you’ve been enjoying the Wednesday’s Word podcast, please leave us a review! Each review helps us reach more people with the transforming power of Jesus Christ.

Everyone takes something seriously. We protect what we value, pursue what we love, and make sacrifices for what matters most—but how seriously do we take sin?In today’s episode, we continue our sermon series from the archives, The Gospel According to Mark, as Paul explores Jesus’ sobering words about sin and unpacks three practical ways we should respond in light of them.To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons

If someone asked you what the Bible is really about, could you answer in a single sentence?While we await the release of a new season of Paul’s 5-Minute Bible Study, we’re revisiting the first introductory episodes. Today, Paul explains that the Bible is ultimately not about rules, stories, or principles, but about Jesus Christ, our great Redeemer. You can listen to the complete 5-Minute Bible Study journey through the Old and New Testaments at PaulTripp.com/BibleStudy, or by subscribing to the dedicated Paul Tripp 5-Minute Bible Study Podcast channel.

This week, Paul reminds us that the weight of God’s grace is greater than the weight of our guilt, freeing believers from shame and giving them hope through Christ’s righteousness.Join us for a weekly narration of Paul Tripp's popular devotional. You can subscribe to our email list to receive this devotional straight to your inbox each week, or read online at PaulTripp.com/Wednesday or on Facebook, Instagram, and the Paul Tripp App.If you’ve been enjoying the Wednesday’s Word podcast, please leave us a review! Each review helps us reach more people with the transforming power of Jesus Christ.

Our culture has confused what greatness is, what greatness does, and who truly embodies greatness. In many ways, we’ve bought into the world’s definition instead of Christ’s.In today’s episode, we continue our sermon series from the archives, The Gospel According to Mark, as Paul unpacks Jesus’ teaching that “the first shall be last and the last shall be first,” and explains what true greatness and biblical servanthood really look like.To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons

What if the Bible was never meant to just give you information, but to completely transform your heart and your life?While we await the release of a new season of Paul’s 5-minute Bible studies, today we’re revisiting the very first episode, where he explains why every believer desperately needs the Word of God and how Scripture is God’s tool for personal transformation.You can listen to the complete 5-Minute Bible Study journey through the Old and New Testaments at PaulTripp.com/BibleStudy, or by subscribing to the dedicated Paul Tripp 5-Minute Bible Study Podcast channel.

On the first day of each month, we release Grace & Knowledge, a more in-depth article from Paul that allows him to expand on biblical truths beyond his weekly Wednesday’s Word.Our prayer is that this resource helps you “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen” (2 Peter 3:18).In this month’s Grace & Knowledge, Paul explains how Christians must hold together their identity as both sinners and children of grace, finding hope in God’s forgiveness, power, and ongoing work of deliverance through Christ.