Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast where pastor and bestselling author Paul David Tripp connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

How should we approach the Bible? Not just as readers, but as seekers, like archaeologists digging for ancient treasure or detectives following clues

in a grand narrative. Every page invites us to look deeper to discover the rich connections woven

throughout scripture. In this episode, Paul Tripp encourages us to read the Bible with curiosity

and wonder, tracing the threads that reveal God's sovereignty, wisdom, authority, and grace.

Here's Paul.

I want to give you two pieces of advice or counsel about how to approach the Word of God.

Read your Bible like an archaeologist,

digging for those civilizations that may exist under this dirt that you don't see on the surface.

You know, an archaeologist hits bone with his shovel.

He doesn't just walk away and think, well, I hit something,

or start digging real hard in a shovel.

No, he gets out a little brush, and he begins brushing dirt away, and he exposes

his bone. And he doesn't throw the bone over his shoulder. He thinks, if there's a bone here,

there may be more bones here. And if there's a bone here, there may be more bones here. And if there's a bone here, there may be a family here.

And if there's a family here, there may be a town here.

And if there's a town here, there may be a civilization here.

He gets very excited.

Now, often we hit bones, and we are not very excited because they're bony.

You got to read like an archaeologist.

You've got to stop and say, why is this bone here?

And what am I supposed to do with this? What am I supposed to understand with this? What's underneath this bone here and what am I supposed to do with this?

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