Sub Terra Church

12/06/2015

http://www.paultripp.com/wednesdays-word/posts/advent-part-1

Every year in December, I send out four Wednesday's Word emails for Advent. These devotionals have been excerpted from my sermon series, which are available with some other free advent resources at www.PaulTripp.com/Advent. Could you get any more graphic, more specific, more all-inclusive words than…

12/05/2015

09/27/2015

Sub Terra Church will not be meeting tomorrow. We look forward to seeing everyone next week.

05/13/2015

When you think of stewardship, what comes to mind? The reality is that many people today, including lots of Christians, don’t understand the true meaning of stewardship. And that’s a tragedy. Why? Because stewardship is our ultimate calling as Christ followers.

05/04/2015

It seems that sometimes we deal with sin in the church with the same approach that the government deals with terrorism: It is impossible to remove it completely so we just kind of have to accept it and do our best to keep people safe. Buttressed up against this common practice is the biblical teachi…

03/17/2015

"Patrick knew the Irish well enough to engage them as they were, and build authentic gospel bridges into their society. He wanted to see the gospel grow in Irish soil, rather than pave it over with a Roman road."

Deep beneath much of what the day has become is the inspiring mission of Patrick pioneering the gospel among an unreached people, despite the frowning face of the church establishment.

02/10/2015

Last week I wrote an Article arguing that all human beings are glory junkies. In other words, we’re addicted to pursuing, and basking in, our own glory. I gave three signs that reveal this addiction: we parade our righteousness, we talk too much, and we have a sense of self-importance. Today I want…

02/09/2015

"We were not made to pursue, or bask in, our own glory. No, we were created to live for the glory of God. But because of sin, we forget (or ignore) the Creator and choose instead to pursue the temporary and trivial glories of creation. This pursuit sidetracks our purity and kidnaps our imagination, and in the end, it’s what makes our lives messy and our relationships conflictual."

It really is the struggle of struggles. It’s what we were made for, it’s what we crave, and it’s what we manage to mess up in some way almost every day. What’s the struggle? The struggle for glory. I’ve said many times that I believe the most important words in the Bible are the first four – “In the…

02/06/2015

A few weeks ago I wrote a two-part Article arguing that human beings are glory junkies – here and here. In other words, we’re all addicted to the pursuit of self-glory. I want to keep pressing that topic today. Why do we talk too much about ourselves? Why do we get so defensive when someone challeng…