Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

In this week's connecting clip of the week, Paul sits down with Steve Sarkisian, Vice

President of Paul Tripp Ministries, to share the story of how they joined forces

to launch Paul Trip Ministries in 2006.

To hear more of this conversation with Steve, check out the Connecting Podcast episode 39,

wherever you listen to podcasts.

You can also watch the video on Paul Tripp's YouTube channel or Facebook page.

Here's Paul with Steve Sarcissio.

So as we're getting near the end of that five years, I'm in a place where, in ministry where God has given me this big platform that I didn't think I would ever have

and I was thinking that my

time at CCF was over

so talk to me about your interaction with that.

Well, during all that time of counseling, I would be sitting there thinking, this man

is so gifted.

We could take this marriage material and put it in small group because my my

involvement with the church was with small group and men we need small group material

I would love to travel with this man I want to be I want to be part of his life I

kept seeing myself part of your life helping promote the message and having because to me there was not good small

group material out there that because I looked for it and you know the book that had questions

on the end well maybe the book wasn't that sound, but it was a good format,

or the good books didn't have a format,

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