Quotes from Paul David Tripp

We would prefer to lob grenades of truth into people's lives rather than lay down our lives for them. But this is exactly what Christ did for us. Can we expect to be called to do anything less?

Here it is: a marriage of love, unity, and understanding is not rooted in romance; it is rooted in worship.

Be honest. What kind of success are you hooking your heart to and how is it shaping the decisions you make and the actions you take?

The grief of midlife is not simply that we all collect things to regret, that we all fear getting old, or that we all mourn the demise of our dreams. We mourn the fact that midlife exposes our idols' fundamental inability to deliver.

Paul's model of parenting is distinctly redemptive, but when parents forget that moments of difficulty are moments of redemption, they stand in the way of what the Lord is doing.

A desire for a good thing becomes a bad thing when that desire becomes a ruling thing.

Self-control is a fruit of his work.

For most of us, church is merely an event we attend or an organization we belong to. We do not see it as a calling that shapes our entire life.

God, who loves us enough to sacrifice his Son for our redemption, works so that we would see ourselves clearly, so that we would not buy into the delusion of our own righteousness, and so that with a humble sense of personal need we would seek the resources of grace that can only be found in him.

Horizontal awe is meant to do one thing: stimulate vertical

Being a worshiper means that you attach your identity, your meaning and purpose, and your inner sense of well-being to something. You either get these things vertically (from the Creator) or you look to get them horizontally (from the creation). This insight has everything to do with how a marriage becomes what it is. No marriage will be unaffected when the people in the marriage are seeking to get from the creation what they were only ever meant to get from the Creator.

It is more natural for your children to deny God's existence than it is for them to humbly recognize it and submit to his holy demands on their