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.

The Lord is my light and my salvation.

Whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold of my life.

Of whom shall I be afraid?

Psalm 27. 1. In today's episode, we're going to listen to a session from Paul's conference,

Men of Faith. In it, Paul helps men to see examples of fearlessness in the Bible and gives

practical insights into how to be more fearless in your day-to-day life. If you enjoy today's

content, you can purchase the full conference at paultrip.com. Here's Paul Tripp with men of faith

are fearless. I have a great sense of privilege right now that I get to be the one who gets to talk about what in the world it looks like to be a man of faith.

He was one of the most controlling men I have ever met. He had to have constant control in his

marriage, constant control over his children, constant control in all of his relationships,

constant control at work. He was dominant and strong. But the more I unpacked his story, the more I realized

that that dominance and control had left behind it all kinds of damage. That's why he wanted

to talk with me. And the more I listened to this man,

the more I realized this controlling man was one of the most fearful men I'd ever met.

His control was a way of dealing with his fear.

The way he dealt with his fear is having to be in charge of everything.

Because I am deeply convinced that we have it wrong.

That that self-oriented dominance and control is actually not strength. It's weakness masquerading as strength.

And what does it look like for a man to be truly fearless? Well, I want to take you to a wonderful fearlessness passage in the Psalms. It's Psalm 112.

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