Ryan Rippee

I enjoyed being on the Bay Area Theology Podcast podcast and talking about God the Father. youtu.be/htjndL09URA. It gets a bit deep in theology at some points and I hope you enjoy it!

You will never be more loved by the Father than you already are in Christ.

This is going to be excellent. I hope you can join us!

You have, perhaps, dear reader, long been in want of the assurance that you are saved. But you have sought it in yourself, and not in Christ. You have been searching for evidence amid the shadows and the taint of your own heart, the imperfect traces of your own doings, the varied exercises of your mind, and have sought them in vain. But now try the experiment―an experiment that has never failed one poor soul―of finding the evidence of your present salvation in a believing looking to a present Savior. Rest in Jesus from the burden and the guilt of sin; rest in Jesus from the conflict with doubt and fear; rest in Jesus from the fear of death and the dread of condemnation; rest in Jesus from your entire self; rest in His finished work, in His accepted sacrifice, in His boundless grace, in His unchanging love, and present intercession and your assurance will be built upon a rock, against which no force of Satan or unbelief shall ever prevail. Octavius Winslow (From Grace to Glory, p. 89)

@JustinBuzzard I’m grateful for your faithful ministry in the Bay. All glory to Christ!

OUR story moves forward. We started our church with just 3 people. God moved. We made disciples, grew, and became a community and lived a mission people wanted to join. We became a church of 400+ incredible, unique people. Then the pandemic hit. 250 of our people moved away from Silicon Valley. Simultaneously, we sent out 50 people to start a new church here in the Bay. We grieved losses, and shrunk down as a church, …and kept going. And prayed big. Lately we’ve been growing a lot as a church, and having a lot of fun. “Church” is about far more than Sundays, but Easter 2026 was our largest Sunday gathering since the pandemic hit us. Our campus (we have a place of our own now) was packed out, and we got to proclaim the best news in the world: Jesus rose from the dead and everything is going to be okay. We’re thankful and smiling. We’re excited about where our story is going. Wherever your church is at, keep going and keep praying big.

Don’t preach the gospel like you’re angry about it.

God prepared Joe for ministry even as he ran from his calling. Now, as he plants in San Francisco, Pastor Joe has a renewed passion to see his church reach the lost in his city. We also want to shout out Joe’s wonderful sending church, Resonate Church!

@chancefaulkner Thanks! I would love to visit South Wales! Not on my immediate plans😁

@RyanRippee Ryan, this was excellent. If you ever find your self in South Wales, I'd love to record this as a lecture!

I have a forthcoming book chapter on Jonathan Edwards’s Paterology. I thought I would share a bit of what I learned on my substack today. "Jonathan Edwards on the Father's Delight in the Son” Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/rippee/p/j…

For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.  (1 Peter 2:19, ESV)

open.substack.com/pub/rippee/p/t… Join me in reflecting on Psalm 110, the most quoted Psalm in the New Testament

The Father’s Plan for Your Day open.substack.com/pub/rippee/p/t…

Big news for Trinity Church Benicia! We’ve been awarded a matching grant from Stratum Foundation, dollar-for-dollar up to $21,500! Your generosity will go twice as far in supporting our ministry and mission here in California. stratumfoundation.kindful.com/?campaign=1383…

Sharing what I’m learning about God the Father, theology, Scripture, and ministry. Latest post up at rippee.substack.com

@jaredcwilson Looking forward to it

I have a book on pastoral mentoring coming in June from Baker Books. You can preorder it right now at 40% off — just $12! You should probably do that. bakerbookhouse.com/products/97816…

@SBTS He is one of the saintliest men I know and I was incredibly privileged to do my doctoral work under his supervision.

For Dr. Bruce Ware, Christian theology begins with knowing God and delighting in him. He teaches students that obedience and joy belong together, and that faithful theology shapes how we think, love, and live. In the classroom, Dr. Ware calls students to hold fast to the clarity of Scripture, uniting head, heart, and hands in lives shaped by God’s revealed truth. His teaching emphasizes faithfulness to God’s Word, pursued with conviction, humility, and grace. Get to know Dr. Ware, whose work forms pastors and theologians to treasure the glory of God and live in obedient devotion to him.

Most Christians know Jesus, many of experienced the Spirit, but the father has become the forgotten person of the Trinity. I just launched a Substack to change that: rediscovering God the Father Subscribe @rippee/note/p-161493727?r=55mxqm&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@rippee/note/p…