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

In this week's connecting clip of the week, Paul Tripp and Art Rayner discuss how even though the gospel is God's free gift of grace,

it costs money to take that gospel across the globe.

To hear more of Art's story, check out the Connecting Podcast episode 21 wherever you listen to podcasts.

You can also watch the video on Paul Tripp's YouTube channel or Facebook page.

Here's this week's Connecting Clip of the Week.

We think of

conversion salvation, being born again, as God's free gift of grace.

And it is.

You can't earn it, you can't buy it.

But we have to understand it costs money to bring people to Jesus.

It just does.

That young precious family that's going to uproot themselves

and go someplace they've never lived where there are no good churches

in order to share the gospel, to establish a church, to bring people to Christ,

that costs an enormous amount of money over three or four

decades. So yes, the gift is free, but to bring people to the point where they hear the message

of God's free gift costs a lot of money. It's the Macedonians. Yeah. Let us help financially participate in the mission.

We see it woven all throughout the New Testament where financial resources are fueling

the Great Commission.

I mean, you look at Luke 8, 1, through 3, where you have the three women that, where God had done something significant

in their life, Jesus had done something significant in their life. And it's coming right off

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