The video below introduces Paul Tripp’s latest book, A Shelter in the Time of Storm: Meditations on God and Trouble. A follow-up to Whiter Than Snow: Meditations on Sin and Mercy (Psalm 51), these 52 brief meditations are on Psalm… Read More
Testing Our Faith in Trials, Part II
Last week we began to focus on how difficult circumstances (“trials”) are the tools that God uses to form a deep and enduring trust in Him. I am sure you will agree that as you look back over your life… Read More
The Trial of Prosperity
James 1:2 talks about meeting “trials of various kinds.” Did you ever think of prosperity as a trial? In an age that regards prosperity as a claim we have on God, it is probably unusual to think of abundance as… Read More
Testing Our Faith in Trials, Part I
Take a moment and capture in your minds-eye a particularly painful moment in your life. A relationship gone bad, a sickness, etc . . . Now try and articulate how that event or experience led you to be a more… Read More
Strength Perfected in Weakness, A Paradox of Grace
In II Corinthians 12:9 it is made clear that the strength of God is seen more clearly when the object of His love becomes weaker. At first this seem to be quite paradoxical. Why would a God of love choose… Read More