Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Paul David Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

When life becomes filled with difficulty, which it will in a fallen world, where will you look for hope?

For those who have placed their hope in the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ today,

what exactly is the hope of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ today?

That's what these next three episodes on the Paul Trip podcast will answer.

They come from our brand new teaching series, Gospel Hope, when life doesn't make sense.

These sessions were recorded at a conference Paul taught at in 2025,

and Paul Tripp Ministries has turned it into a free curriculum with a study guide. You can listen to

the audio right here on the Paul Tripp podcast, but if you want to download the video lessons

in the study guide, you can get them completely for free at paultrip.com slash gospel hope.

Here's Paul with his first session when life doesn't make sense.

Well, in October 14th, 19th, 2014, I was having some what I thought were minor physical symptoms. I got a hold of my

physician and he said, Paul, you live in Center City, Philadelphia, live close to Jefferson

Hospital, just walk over there to an emergency and they'll check you out.

I wasn't concerned. I thought they would affirm that I was in fabulous health and I'd go home.

So Sunday afternoon after church, Llella and I walk to the emergency room of Jefferson Hospital,

we stopped at Starbucks on the way for worship.

And we sat in the emergency room watching the Eagles play that Sunday.

In those days, the best place to watch the Eagles was in an emergency room.

They called me back into the examining room, and before very long, there were representatives

from five different departments in the hospital in my examining room.

I couldn't make sense out of what was going on.

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