Quotes from Paul David Tripp

False religion does not need a Savior. False religion is rooted in human righteousness. Rather than being broken, needy, poor in spirit, crying out for divine rescue, it comforts itself in evidences of its own righteousness.

Our hope in this life and the one to come is never to be found in our willingness to believe in and follow him, but in his willingness to endure suffering and death for us. His willingness unleashes the grace we need to be forgiven and to become more and more willing to lay down our lives for his kingdom and his glory.

All the things that disappoint you now are to remind you that this is not all there is

You're going to hunger for some success in life. May you hunger for the complete success of the gospel in your heart.

Whatever commands the love of your heart also shapes the direction of your life.

Faith is a deep-seated belief in the existence of God that radically alters the way you live your life. Now, here's the rub. Faith isn't natural for us. Biblical faith is counterintuitive and countercultural. So we even need God's grace to have faith to believe in the existence of the One whose grace we so desperately need. And the grace is yours for the asking again today.

This means that every moment of discipline and correction must be accompanied with instruction.

You were put here for the purpose of the glory of another. This is not a lifestyle option; it is in the very nature of your humanity. To live for yourself is to rob yourself of your own humanity. It is only in living for Christ that we actually begin to become what we were meant to be.

It really is possible to live in a state of Advent schizophrenia, where you celebrate the birth of the Messiah while actively denying your need for his birth, life, death, and resurrection.

As much as we try to make sense of our lives, there are things that we simply aren't able to understand.

We are called to be ambassadors of Christ. To be the look on his face, the touch of his hand, and the tone of his voice.

You don't need to read a mystery novel; your life is a mystery to you.