Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and best-selling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

Planting 700 churches, sponsoring 15,000 children, educating 2,700 leaders. That's what Pastor Peter Kasiravu and his team are doing in Uganda.

Pastor Peter flew all the way from Africa to join Paul as a guest on this month's

episode of the Connecting podcast.

They talk about poverty, witchcraft, and how the gospel is transforming lives.

Here's Paul with Pastor Peter Kaseeravu.

I know. is transforming lives. Here's Paul with Pastor Peter Kassiravu. I am very excited about this morning

and the conversation we're about to have,

those of you who watch our podcast normally,

you can tell that we're not in our normal studio.

We're in this beautiful home here in Southern California.

And I've had this incredible privilege over the last year to work my way through the entirety

of God's Word, not just reading it, but writing devotionals literally on every portion of

the Word of God. It's been an incredible experience. I don't know when I felt so blessed and excited

every morning to get up and do what God has called for me to do.

It's just been beautiful.

And the thing that kept coming into my mind again and again,

morning after morning after morning,

as I look at Pastor's Scripture,

often that people would read through and think,

why is this in the Bible?

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