“Jesus didn’t purchase save-ability, he took names to the cross.” -Paul Tripp
Tag Archives: Paul Tripp
How To Make Truth into Untruth
“Truth that is not spoken in love ceases to be truth because it becomes distorted by human impatience, bitterness, and anger.” -Paul Tripp, War of Words
How We Know Ourselves
“We only know ourselves when we listen to the words [God] has spoken about us.” -Paul Tripp
”The baby in the manger was the Wonderful Counselor, he came to bless us with life-giving wisdom because sin reduces all of us to fools.” – Paul Tripp
Not a Bad ‘Self-Talk’ to Begin the Day With
“Each morning that greets me is full of hope,
Not because I am successful at what I am doing,
Or because the people near me appreciate me,
Or because circumstances are easy,
But because God is and he is my Father.
To look at the morning in any other way
Is to believe a lie.
To live in hope is to live in truth;
To live in truth is to bring Him glory;
To bring God glory in my daily living
Is the highest form of worship.” -Paul Tripp
False Hopes, Wrong Kingdom
“Your hope is absolutely attached to what kingdom you are serving. If your life is defined by how many of your little kingdom purposes you can realize, you will tend to be stressed, controlling, anxious, disappointed, and fearful. You have defined your life by what you cannot control and by what God has not promised. Sadly, it is all very self-defeating. But if your hope no longer rests on your personal wisdom, strength, and character, if it no longer rests on the acceptance and performance of other people, and no longer rests on the belief that circumstances, institutions, and situations will not fail you, then you are beginning to move toward reliable hope.” -Paul Tripp
Why the ‘Sovereign Self’ Project Is Doomed to Failure
“God’s kingdom will come. It’s my kingdom that won’t.” -Paul Tripp
The Heart of God’s Kingdom
“At the epicenter of the kingdom of God is a love relationship with Christ, a deep affection for Jesus that guides and shapes everything you are, everything you think, everything you desire, every decision you make, every word you say, and every action you take.” -Paul Tripp
Easily Distracted
“It is frighteningly easy to find so much satisfaction in the things we are doing that we have little time or energy to find satisfaction in Jesus.” -Paul Tripp
We Are Not Being True to Our Created Selfhood, When We Are Selfish
“True humanity is never to be found in autonomy, because human beings were wired to live in necessary community with the Creator. So anytime I functionally live for myself, I am denying the things for which I was made and opening my life to the negative fruit which will result. From day one, Christ was meant to be the focus of the life of everyone he created. That is the paradigm of the garden.” -Paul Tripp
A Pilgrim's Theology 