Quotes from Paul David Tripp

God has given you the gift of his Son, not to make your little kingdom successful, but to welcome you to a much better kingdom. Now what in the world does that mean? Paul David Tripp

Church leadership is a people-building ministry; to function any other way is both unbiblical and dangerous.

You see, the biggest protection against the kingdom of self is not a set of self-reformative defensive strategies. It's a heart that's so blown away by the right-here, right-now glories of the grace of Jesus Christ that we're not easily seduced by the lesser temporary glories of that claustrophobic kingdom of one, the kingdom of self.

The gospel narrative is all about the larceny and restoration of true worship, the thing for which we were given breath, the worship of God.

We have forever inside us, and it creates a natural disappointment with the brokenness of the here and now.

They were convinced that they had made the mistake of marrying a messed-up person; they were convinced that the other had made them do things they would not otherwise have done; and they were convinced that they had no power to make the other change, although they had tried.

God is rescuing fallen humanity, transporting them into his kingdom, and progressively shaping them into his likeness—and he wants you to be a part of it.

God's grace dethrones you from your little kingdom and welcomes you to a much better kingdom than you could ever want for yourself.

All the human love we've experienced has been flawed in some way. But not God's; his love is perfect and perfectly steadfast forever.

All of God's rules are an outgrowth, an expression of, or an application of the thing for which we were made—relationship with him.

Your Lord pries open your hands and takes away your crutches and distractions. He exposes your weaknesses so that you will cry out for what he knows you need, but what you have been willing to live without.

Jesus faced separation from his Father in the here and now so that we would know the Father's acceptance now and for all eternity.