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.

Over the past few months, Paul Tripp and Shelby Abbott have been unpacking one of the most essential realities of the Christian life.

Faith. Not vague optimism, not blind

hope, but a God-given way of living that reshapes everything. In this fourth and final episode of

what even is faith, Paul and Shelby bring the series to a close by exploring how real faith

grows in the struggles and joys of everyday life. Here's Paul and Shelby on this month's connecting podcast.

Hey, Shelby.

Hey, Paul.

This is part four of faith.

Art four of faith.

Do you think we'll end today?

Yes.

Okay, good.

I think it's been, for me, it's been a really rich, fun conversation.

Yeah.

I think we use often biblical language without really clear definition, without depth of understanding,

and faith is one of those words you get thrown around.

One of the terms that I sometimes struggle with is he's a person of faith.

And it's more, sometimes it's used more to be congratulatory of the person.

Yeah, for sure.

Then faith is not self-congratulatory.

And in fact, faith is rooted in this combination of a mission of utter weakness and inability

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