Celebrate Easter with 30 Devotions from Paul David Tripp That Connect Scripture to Everyday Life
While the life and death of Jesus are detailed in the four Gospels, the promise of salvation resounds throughout the Old and New Testaments. In this special Easter devotional, Paul David Tripp reflects on biblical events—from Genesis through Revelation—that tell of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection.
Adapted from Tripp’s 365-day devotional, Everyday Gospel, this Easter edition features 30 selected entries to read up to Easter Sunday. With engaging questions for each day, it is ideal for personal study or family devotions as you celebrate the entire story of salvation and the resurrection of our Savior.
Great Easter Devotional leads individuals, families, and churches on a guided journey through the full gospel narrative Adapted from the Everyday Gospel Written by Paul David Tripp, these 30 condensed readings are taken from his full 365-day devotional Part of the Everyday Gospel Also includes the Everyday Gospel book and the ESV Everyday Gospel BibleFosters Consistent Bible Inspires readers to apply God’s word daily and experience renewal through the gospel Features Study Questions for Each Daily Reading
Paul 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.
This Easter devotional is adapted from Paul Tripp’s excellent 365-day devotional "Everyday Gospel: A Daily Devotional Connecting Scripture to All of Life". It features 30 daily readings that will take you up to Easter Sunday. At the end of each reading is a question for reflection and a prayer. The author tells us that the whole Bible is an Easter devotional. From Genesis to Revelation, Scripture records the story of God’s plan to rescue us from the death-producing tragedy of sin. The Easter story is meant to confront us, expose us, comfort us, identify us, motivate us, and secure us. The comfort of the Easter story is a person, Jesus. God comforts us because he loves us. The author encourages us this Easter to take time to meditate and luxuriate in God’s grand story of redeeming grace. I’ve read a number of daily devotionals from Paul Tripp and have always benefitted from them. I would commend this devotional to you as you prepare for Easter Sunday. Here are a few helpful quotes from the book: • On the cross of Jesus Christ God’s anger with sin and his grace toward sinners embrace, and still today that is the best of news. • The Bible is the story of God’s unleashing his power in order to provide the one thing that everyone needs: redemption. • As a result of Jesus’s work on our behalf, God is in us and we are in him forever, and nothing can separate us from his love. • Every act of atonement in the Old Testament is a finger pointing us to Jesus. • God is the only reliable, unfailing, never-changing, and always-faithful rock of security and hope. • Sin is the worst thing that could have ever happened to us. Therefore, God’s forgiveness is the best thing that could ever happen to us. • Where is hope to be found? In the awesome resurrecting power of Jesus, who came so that we might have life, full and eternal. • He took your sins on himself. He bore the anger of God in his own body. He endured the Father’s rejection. And he did it all so that you may be reconciled to God forever. • Your Bible isn’t a simple collection of stories with morals for your everyday living. Your Bible isn’t a mere collection of wisdom principles to make your life better. Your Bible isn’t a systematic theology textbook. Your Bible is the story of God’s grand redemptive plan. • Here is the gospel of grace. We are all born dead in sin, a condition we cannot escape. By grace, Jesus breathes life into all who believe. And even though believers still physically die, we will rise again and live with him forever. • The bad news all of us have to face is that sin captures us all. It always enslaves and leads to death. The good news is that Jesus is the Passover Lamb who has purchased our freedom and our forgiveness. We do well to put our trust in him. • If you want to understand how much God loves you, meditate on his love for his Son. God’s love for you is at no greater risk than his love for his Son, and that is the best of news. • Jesus lived a perfect life as our substitute. In our place, he faced all the temptations that we face, yet without sin. Then he hung on the cross as our substitute, carrying the heavy load of our sin.