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. Does going to church matter?

With today's technology, can't we just stream a service from our favorite preacher in our pajamas

and go about the rest of our day?

In today's episode, we're going to listen to an interview conducted by Matt Tully from

Crossway about Paul's new book, Sunday Matters, 52 devotionals to prepare your heart for

worship.

We want to thank Paul's publisher, Crossway, for partnering with us to

produce resources like Sunday Matters. Here's Paul Tripp with Matt Tully from Crossway.

So I recently read the results of a study that was done, a survey that was done in I think June of this

past year, where the people

running the survey found that even after a significant post-COVID rebound, in-person church

attendance continues to decline in the U.S. And it's kind of in line with a pretty significant

decline over the last decade or so that we've been observing.

And the decline applies even to those who would claim to be evangelical Christians.

So I wonder just to kick us off as we talk about this idea of corporate worship and the value

of gathering together with other Christians on Sundays.

What do you make of those big trends that even go back before COVID and all the

disruption that caused? Well, I want to first say that those statistics are one of the

sadnesses of my life. They really do leave me in grief. There's few things other than my

marriage and my children on earth that are more

important to me than the church. Everything I write is for the church. My heart is in the church.

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