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Everyday Gospel Christmas Devotional
As the busy Christmas season approaches, set your mind on the saving gospel of Jesus Christ and prepare your heart to worship him. This advent devotional features twenty-five readings by Paul David Tripp, adapted from his book Everyday Gospel, with a special introduction from the author.
In Everyday Gospel, Tripp offers 365 readings and gospel reflections that span the entire Bible story. This devotional features selected passages to help you connect the transforming power of Scripture to all you will experience in your everyday life. May each daily reading draw you and your family closer to Jesus as you anticipate Christmas day.
In Everyday Gospel, Tripp offers 365 readings and gospel reflections that span the entire Bible story. This devotional features selected passages to help you connect the transforming power of Scripture to all you will experience in your everyday life. May each daily reading draw you and your family closer to Jesus as you anticipate Christmas day.
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Published September 24, 2024
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Paul David Tripp
121 books1,465 followersPaul was born in Toledo, Ohio to Bob and Fae Tripp on November 12, 1950. Paul spent all of his growing years in Toledo until his college years when his parents moved to Southern California.
At Columbia Bible College from 1968-1972, (now Columbia International University) Paul majored in Bible and Christian Education. Although he had planned to be there for only two years and then to study journalism, Paul more and more felt like there was so much of the theology of Scripture that he did not understand, so he decided to go to seminary. Paul met Luella Jackson at College and they married in 1971. In 1971, Paul took his first pastoral position and has had a heart for the local church ever since. After college, Paul completed his Master of Divinity degree at the Reformed Episcopal Seminary (now known as Philadelphia Theological Seminary) in Philadelphia (1972-1975). It was during these days that Paul’s commitment to ministry solidified. After seminary, Paul was involved in planting a church in Scranton, Pennsylvania (1977-1987) where he also founded a Christian School. During the years in Scranton, Paul became involved in music, traveling with a band and writing worship songs. In Scranton, Paul became interested in biblical counseling and decided to enroll in the D.Min program in Biblical Counseling at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. Paul then became a faculty member of the Christian Counseling and Education Foundation (CCEF) and a lecturer in biblical counseling at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. Paul has also served as Visiting Professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
In 2009, Paul joined the faculty of Redeemer Seminary (daughter school of Westminster) in Dallas, Texas as Professor of Pastoral Life and Care.[1]
Beginning in June, 2006, Paul became the President of Paul Tripp Ministries, a non-profit organization, whose mission statement is "Connecting the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life." In addition to his current role as President of Paul Tripp Ministries, on January 1, 2007, Paul also became part of the pastoral staff at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, PA where he preached every Sunday evening and lead the Ministry to Center City through March, 2011 when he resigned due to the expanding time commitments needed at Paul Tripp Ministries.
Paul, Luella, and their four children moved to Philadelphia in 1987 and have lived there ever since. Paul is a prolific author and has written twelve books on Christian living which are sold internationally. Luella manages a large commercial art gallery in the city and Paul is very dedicated to painting as an avocation.[2] Paul’s driving passion is to help people understand how the gospel of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ really does speak with practical hope into all the things they will face in this broken world. Paul is a pastor with a pastor’s heart, a gifted speaker, his journey taking him all over the world, an author of numerous books on practical Christian living, and a man who is hopelessly in love with Luella.
At Columbia Bible College from 1968-1972, (now Columbia International University) Paul majored in Bible and Christian Education. Although he had planned to be there for only two years and then to study journalism, Paul more and more felt like there was so much of the theology of Scripture that he did not understand, so he decided to go to seminary. Paul met Luella Jackson at College and they married in 1971. In 1971, Paul took his first pastoral position and has had a heart for the local church ever since. After college, Paul completed his Master of Divinity degree at the Reformed Episcopal Seminary (now known as Philadelphia Theological Seminary) in Philadelphia (1972-1975). It was during these days that Paul’s commitment to ministry solidified. After seminary, Paul was involved in planting a church in Scranton, Pennsylvania (1977-1987) where he also founded a Christian School. During the years in Scranton, Paul became involved in music, traveling with a band and writing worship songs. In Scranton, Paul became interested in biblical counseling and decided to enroll in the D.Min program in Biblical Counseling at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. Paul then became a faculty member of the Christian Counseling and Education Foundation (CCEF) and a lecturer in biblical counseling at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. Paul has also served as Visiting Professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
In 2009, Paul joined the faculty of Redeemer Seminary (daughter school of Westminster) in Dallas, Texas as Professor of Pastoral Life and Care.[1]
Beginning in June, 2006, Paul became the President of Paul Tripp Ministries, a non-profit organization, whose mission statement is "Connecting the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life." In addition to his current role as President of Paul Tripp Ministries, on January 1, 2007, Paul also became part of the pastoral staff at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, PA where he preached every Sunday evening and lead the Ministry to Center City through March, 2011 when he resigned due to the expanding time commitments needed at Paul Tripp Ministries.
Paul, Luella, and their four children moved to Philadelphia in 1987 and have lived there ever since. Paul is a prolific author and has written twelve books on Christian living which are sold internationally. Luella manages a large commercial art gallery in the city and Paul is very dedicated to painting as an avocation.[2] Paul’s driving passion is to help people understand how the gospel of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ really does speak with practical hope into all the things they will face in this broken world. Paul is a pastor with a pastor’s heart, a gifted speaker, his journey taking him all over the world, an author of numerous books on practical Christian living, and a man who is hopelessly in love with Luella.
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August 17, 2025
I received a free copy of, Everyday Gospel Christmas Devotional, by Paul David Tripp, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This is a really good Christmas devotional. It has prayers and devotionals for December, from the 1dt of December through the 25th of December.
December 27, 2024
Solid and very helpful. I really appreciated that he took scripture from the entire Bible and not just the "traditional Christmas verses". Very encouraging.
December 18, 2024
*DNF*
As a daily devotional, I found this work to be just okay; it is not particularly inspiring, interesting, or insightful. This booklet might be improved by more scripture and less of the author’s input, as only 15 of the 25 days of devotions included Bible passages. Overall, I felt like it missed the mark. To this reader, the booklet seemed more like a chatty guy at the coffee counter prattling on, rather than a helpful tool to review scripture and meditate on God and God’s word.
As a daily devotional, I found this work to be just okay; it is not particularly inspiring, interesting, or insightful. This booklet might be improved by more scripture and less of the author’s input, as only 15 of the 25 days of devotions included Bible passages. Overall, I felt like it missed the mark. To this reader, the booklet seemed more like a chatty guy at the coffee counter prattling on, rather than a helpful tool to review scripture and meditate on God and God’s word.
December 26, 2025
“She was burdened by the uncertainty of her future. Where would she live? How would she survive? I couldn’t answer all of her questions, but I knew one thing: She was not without hope. I told her that even in the face of all the grief and loss, she would stand. I told her this not because she was strong, wise, and capable, but because the most important person in her life, the one who was near to her and who would give her the grace to continue, had not forsaken her.”
December 26, 2025
Short & sweet with scripture references for each day!
December 26, 2024
(3/5) First things first, there is nothing heretical or misleading about the content of this devotional. Theologically and doctrinally I found it sound. From an organizational standpoint as well, it contains concise themes, short writings, some scripture, and nice prayers at the end. I have many thoughts on it that are also a culmination of other reflections and critiques on similar devotionals, so bear with me.
To begin positively, there were many days of the devotional that I enjoyed. Those had good reminders of Christ and his attributes with miniature scripture sections to go along with it, and I liked the prayers at the end.
But as another reviewer said already, this felt more like a chatty guy at a coffee shop going off about “his things” that he had on his mind rather than a themed devotional on the advent of Christ. It was, from a high level, as if Tripp had topics of interest and then chatted about it in a way that (not always, but usually) made you want to find an excuse to sit on the other side of the coffee shop.
My sample size of Tripp’s writing is limited as of yet to this devotional, so perhaps it’s not always like this. But reading this devotional out loud was clunky at best. One example is his December 20th devotional that for 10 consecutive sentences the subject is “glory” and said in such needless repetition that it begins to sound like an alien word, as saying certain words over and over is wont to do. In other words, it’s hard to believe this was “proof-read-out-loud” to hear what it sounded like when actually read aloud as Christmas devotionals are so commonly done. And that wasn’t the only example to go by in this book.
He uses Mary’s Magnificat and Simeon’s Song (big points there) but does something I’ve been seeing all too often lately — misses opportunities to actually talk about THOSE characters. He does a little, but the focus is always brought back to Christ (which in and of itself is extremely good and needed). But he does so in a repetitious and flavorless way, speaking on attributes of Christ but repeating them and restating the same theme in each conclusion (more on that in the next paragraph). He also fails to —and I think this the most crucial mistake— speak much at all on these side-characters of the advent story (Wise men, shepherds, Simeon, Mary, Joseph, etc) as well as the story itself. As critical as it is to point back to Christ, the side characters in narratives are there to both point to and expound upon the main character/narrative, not to mention give readers the opportunity to relate. Plus, stories themselves have a way of getting to us in ways we couldn’t with prose, but Tripp does not use much of the classic advent narrative. This is important because WE are side characters in God’s great story and in every other individual’s story — I think Tripp’s devotional could’ve benefitted immensely from even brief encouragements on how to be a good side character.
One last critique is the scope of which he talks about Jesus. He often talks about the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Christ in one breath (see end of December 9th for an example). This I think caused the wrap-up & takeaways to be predictable. His theme for most days was “God has saved us graciously and gloriously in his son Jesus”. This is certainly not wrong! It’s a glorious truth. But it being the takeaway of many days of a 25-day devotional was predictable and bland in a writer’s sense (not in a spiritual sense).
Okay, you got to the end. You didn’t ask for this. I don’t despise this book despite having so many critiques, I suppose I just had high hopes met with mediocre delivery. Overall, I enjoyed some of this free devotional and a few days in particular. I hope to read Tripp more in the future, though not inspired by this book.
To begin positively, there were many days of the devotional that I enjoyed. Those had good reminders of Christ and his attributes with miniature scripture sections to go along with it, and I liked the prayers at the end.
But as another reviewer said already, this felt more like a chatty guy at a coffee shop going off about “his things” that he had on his mind rather than a themed devotional on the advent of Christ. It was, from a high level, as if Tripp had topics of interest and then chatted about it in a way that (not always, but usually) made you want to find an excuse to sit on the other side of the coffee shop.
My sample size of Tripp’s writing is limited as of yet to this devotional, so perhaps it’s not always like this. But reading this devotional out loud was clunky at best. One example is his December 20th devotional that for 10 consecutive sentences the subject is “glory” and said in such needless repetition that it begins to sound like an alien word, as saying certain words over and over is wont to do. In other words, it’s hard to believe this was “proof-read-out-loud” to hear what it sounded like when actually read aloud as Christmas devotionals are so commonly done. And that wasn’t the only example to go by in this book.
He uses Mary’s Magnificat and Simeon’s Song (big points there) but does something I’ve been seeing all too often lately — misses opportunities to actually talk about THOSE characters. He does a little, but the focus is always brought back to Christ (which in and of itself is extremely good and needed). But he does so in a repetitious and flavorless way, speaking on attributes of Christ but repeating them and restating the same theme in each conclusion (more on that in the next paragraph). He also fails to —and I think this the most crucial mistake— speak much at all on these side-characters of the advent story (Wise men, shepherds, Simeon, Mary, Joseph, etc) as well as the story itself. As critical as it is to point back to Christ, the side characters in narratives are there to both point to and expound upon the main character/narrative, not to mention give readers the opportunity to relate. Plus, stories themselves have a way of getting to us in ways we couldn’t with prose, but Tripp does not use much of the classic advent narrative. This is important because WE are side characters in God’s great story and in every other individual’s story — I think Tripp’s devotional could’ve benefitted immensely from even brief encouragements on how to be a good side character.
One last critique is the scope of which he talks about Jesus. He often talks about the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Christ in one breath (see end of December 9th for an example). This I think caused the wrap-up & takeaways to be predictable. His theme for most days was “God has saved us graciously and gloriously in his son Jesus”. This is certainly not wrong! It’s a glorious truth. But it being the takeaway of many days of a 25-day devotional was predictable and bland in a writer’s sense (not in a spiritual sense).
Okay, you got to the end. You didn’t ask for this. I don’t despise this book despite having so many critiques, I suppose I just had high hopes met with mediocre delivery. Overall, I enjoyed some of this free devotional and a few days in particular. I hope to read Tripp more in the future, though not inspired by this book.
December 25, 2024
Really enjoyed this:) will read again!
December 25, 2024
Good.
Thank you, Jesus!
Thank you, Jesus!
December 25, 2025
“God delights when His people long for Him, so He delights in answering our prayers for that longing.”
“Our glory orientation should drive us to the Lord, so that His glory would finally satisfy the glory hunger in our hearts.”
“His reign is not a future promise, but a present reality.”
“All I can do is worship you with all that I am.”
“Our glory orientation should drive us to the Lord, so that His glory would finally satisfy the glory hunger in our hearts.”
“His reign is not a future promise, but a present reality.”
“All I can do is worship you with all that I am.”
December 24, 2025
This was a good, Christ focused advent reading. Not my favorite, but good.
December 26, 2025
Solid and an excellent way to focus each day of Advent on the implications of Christmas in all of salvation, life, and the revelation of God’s glory.
December 27, 2024
Very well done devo spanning a variety of passages from the Old & New Testaments. Read as a family & had some great discussions together. Author is a wonderful writer with a firm understanding of the Bible. I see he has other books & a yearlong devotional. I’ll definitely be reading more of his books.
December 23, 2024
First of all, there's nothing bad or heretical here. Tripp knows the Scripture truth and the devotional verses go along with the short teaching from it.
However, this feels more like a cut out of some stories that kind of tie into Scripture verses enough to sell a book. There's a focus on Christ throughout Scripture but there's nothing very Christmas-y about it. The stories involved in the exposition are nothing much more than some personal anecdotes. Again, nothing wrong here but nothing to really come together as a family and talk about aspects of Christmas or advent. We'll finish it but begrudgingly. Final Grade - D+
However, this feels more like a cut out of some stories that kind of tie into Scripture verses enough to sell a book. There's a focus on Christ throughout Scripture but there's nothing very Christmas-y about it. The stories involved in the exposition are nothing much more than some personal anecdotes. Again, nothing wrong here but nothing to really come together as a family and talk about aspects of Christmas or advent. We'll finish it but begrudgingly. Final Grade - D+
December 30, 2024
3.5 .. the theology is solid, there is no question there. I just did not find myself excited to read it. However, I am greatful for an advent devotional that had significant amounts of scripture to read.
December 26, 2024
Well written and interesting ways of thinking.
December 26, 2025
This book was adapted from Paul Tripp’s 365-day devotional Everyday Gospel: A Daily Devotional Connecting Scripture to All of Life which was my favorite book of 2025. This condensed edition features 25 selected readings, each with study questions and a prayer. My wife and I used this book for our Advent devotional reading in 2025.
Here are a few helpful quotes from the book:
• The surest indication of the steadfast love of the Lord is the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. His sacrifice assures us that our sin will not cause God to withdraw the grace of his love.
• It is right to say that in Jesus you find everything you need in order to be what you were meant to be, to do what God designed you to do, and to enjoy life as God meant for you to enjoy it.
• Ultimately there is only one solution to the many things that break our hearts and complicate our lives: It is the reign of the risen and ascended King Jesus.
• In the midst of all the bad news that seems to flood into our lives every day, this is very good news. There is a righteous Branch, his will shall be done, and the scourge of evil will end forever.
• It is vital to understand that God’s kingdom is an upside-down kingdom, where the path to greatness is via humble service. Because of the greatness of Jesus’s service, we have hope in this life and the one to come.
• Jesus is humanity’s great fault line; every person’s eternal fate is set by the rejection or acceptance of him. There is no neutral ground.
• It is not enough to say he was a good prophet and teacher. You either say he is the Messiah Savior and bow before him and cry out for his grace, or you reject him and your need for his grace.
• The cross of Jesus either is your hope in this life and the one to come, or it represents the death of a man you do not love and do not need. There is no neutrality in the shadow of the cross.
• Fully man and fully God, Jesus would do what we could never do for ourselves: make a way, in his life and death, for us to be recognized by God.
• Jesus didn’t come to earth in a display of divine splendor. From the manger to homelessness, mockery, rejection, and public crucifixion, Jesus’s life was a portrait of humility. He came to be not an earthly monarch but a sacrificial Lamb.
Here are a few helpful quotes from the book:
• The surest indication of the steadfast love of the Lord is the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. His sacrifice assures us that our sin will not cause God to withdraw the grace of his love.
• It is right to say that in Jesus you find everything you need in order to be what you were meant to be, to do what God designed you to do, and to enjoy life as God meant for you to enjoy it.
• Ultimately there is only one solution to the many things that break our hearts and complicate our lives: It is the reign of the risen and ascended King Jesus.
• In the midst of all the bad news that seems to flood into our lives every day, this is very good news. There is a righteous Branch, his will shall be done, and the scourge of evil will end forever.
• It is vital to understand that God’s kingdom is an upside-down kingdom, where the path to greatness is via humble service. Because of the greatness of Jesus’s service, we have hope in this life and the one to come.
• Jesus is humanity’s great fault line; every person’s eternal fate is set by the rejection or acceptance of him. There is no neutral ground.
• It is not enough to say he was a good prophet and teacher. You either say he is the Messiah Savior and bow before him and cry out for his grace, or you reject him and your need for his grace.
• The cross of Jesus either is your hope in this life and the one to come, or it represents the death of a man you do not love and do not need. There is no neutrality in the shadow of the cross.
• Fully man and fully God, Jesus would do what we could never do for ourselves: make a way, in his life and death, for us to be recognized by God.
• Jesus didn’t come to earth in a display of divine splendor. From the manger to homelessness, mockery, rejection, and public crucifixion, Jesus’s life was a portrait of humility. He came to be not an earthly monarch but a sacrificial Lamb.
December 31, 2025
Wowza. The first several days were insane. Looking back over them, there are so many things I underlined that humbled me. YET through reading the devotions, many times where I found myself reflecting on moments through the past year where I felt like I was being formed by God and truly being a follower of His. Obviously I am not perfect, none of us are, but how sweet it is to see the Lord in myself.
December 25, 2025
Succinct yet rich daily devotionals for December 1-25. This was an excellent addition to my daily routine this month.
December 25, 2025
Really loved this! Will definitely go through it again in the future.
December 26, 2025
Nothing life changing but a good advent devotional for a quick read in the morning
December 27, 2025
A good selection of excerpts from Tripps’ larger Everyday Gospel devotional. I think next advent season I would like something a bit more specifically tailored to the advent and the birth of Jesus.
December 25, 2025
Solid devotional. Loved going through the broad sweep of the narrative of Scripture and how it points to Christ, not just the traditional Christmas passages. Some of the questions felt a little disconnected from the text, though.
December 26, 2025
3.5 ⭐️ Solid, but I liked other books more.
This one has shorter and fewer devotions than his book Come Let Us Adore Him. Each daily entry pulls from various parts of Scripture - OT and NT - but overall the book felt a bit disjointed. Good reflections, but less of a cohesive theme than the other advent devotional I read this month.
This one has shorter and fewer devotions than his book Come Let Us Adore Him. Each daily entry pulls from various parts of Scripture - OT and NT - but overall the book felt a bit disjointed. Good reflections, but less of a cohesive theme than the other advent devotional I read this month.
December 26, 2025
This was our family Christmas devotional this year and it was perfect for the season and getting our hearts ready for the true meaning. Loved its big picture focus starting in Genesis and ending in Revelation to connect the dots of the whole Christmas story.
December 29, 2025
Short, simple, & sweet devotional.
March 24, 2026
My husband and I started this around Christmas. We definitely took longer than the intended 25 days to finish. Not because it was bad or boring, just because we took our time. A great study/devotional even if it’s not for advent season.
December 26, 2024
if you want a super thoughtful review, skip mine and go read Daniel's. 🤪
I enjoyed aspects of this devotional, specifically the scripture passages and prayers at the end of each day. however, the ridiculous repetition throughout each devotional and the lack of expansion on the side characters of the Advent story (mary and joseph, wisemen, shepherds, simeon, innkeeper, etc) was in my opinion, a major error in cultivating an engaging, relatable, and spiritually compelling narrative. Tripp focused on the character of Jesus in every session, which is important, but forgets to highlight many other factors that makeup the Advent story. I went into this reading expecting more of an emphasis on the Advent of Christ/Christmas, and walked out with a few impactful guided prayers. like Daniel said, I hope to read more of Tripp in the future, but am disappointed in the format and delivery of this one.
I enjoyed aspects of this devotional, specifically the scripture passages and prayers at the end of each day. however, the ridiculous repetition throughout each devotional and the lack of expansion on the side characters of the Advent story (mary and joseph, wisemen, shepherds, simeon, innkeeper, etc) was in my opinion, a major error in cultivating an engaging, relatable, and spiritually compelling narrative. Tripp focused on the character of Jesus in every session, which is important, but forgets to highlight many other factors that makeup the Advent story. I went into this reading expecting more of an emphasis on the Advent of Christ/Christmas, and walked out with a few impactful guided prayers. like Daniel said, I hope to read more of Tripp in the future, but am disappointed in the format and delivery of this one.
December 31, 2024
This was an excellent advent devotional. The scripture readings came from throughout the entire Bible, and Tripp’s devotional thoughts were deeply thought provoking.
December 26, 2024
Overall, this devotional was pretty good but it felt redundant at times. Each day there were verses to read before the devotional but often the verses were quoted in large block quotes in the devo for that day so you got less interpretation or analysis of the scripture passages. A few days the devotions had very similar themes and felt like they were simply repeating the message from the day before. Personally, I would have liked it if the devotionals were a bit longer with more interpretation and fewer rhetorical questions/anecdotes. Sorry to be so harsh about a Christmas devotional!
December 25, 2024
I have two issues with this as an advent resource. First, the companion scripture readings often didn’t coincide well with the Advent devotional itself. At least once, it felt like there was no correlation. Second, this felt like more of a select cutting from the full devotional so it resembled a biblical theology of Christ through the Bible and not so much a book intended for Advent. It’s full of truth and I was encouraged at times by it, but I’m not sure it’s something I would strongly encourage strictly for advent.
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