1110. What is Greatness? | Mark 9:30-37

About this episode

Paul David Tripp discusses the true meaning of greatness according to Christ, contrasting it with cultural definitions.

Our culture has confused what greatness is, what greatness does, and who truly embodies greatness. In many ways, we’ve bought into the world’s definition instead of Christ’s. In today’s episode, we continue our sermon series from the archives, The Gospel According to Mark , as Paul unpacks Jesus’ teaching that “the first shall be last and the last shall be first,” and explains what true greatness and biblical servanthood really look like. To hear more sermons from Paul, visit PaulTripp.com/Sermons

People in this episode

Host: Paul David Tripp

Topics covered

• greatness
• biblical servanthood
• Christian teachings
• Mark 9:30-37
• cultural definitions of greatness

Keywords

• greatness
• servanthood
• Mark
• Paul Tripp
• Christianity
• teachings of Jesus
• sermon series

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Gospel According to Mark

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