Quotes from Paul David Tripp

You see, the Advent story reminds us that our past, present, and future hope rest not on our willingness, but on the willingness of the One for whom the angels sang, the shepherds worshiped, and the magi searched. Willing Jesus is the only hope for unwilling sinners!

Corporate worship is designed to humble you by pointing out the depth of your need and enthrall you by pointing to the glory of God's provision.

So remember today that no matter how hard your story is right here, right now, it is guaranteed for you as God's child that it will end better than anything you can now imagine, and that glory will never end!

You are eternally loved by God; you are eternally his son or daughter; what he wants for you is always right and best; and what he has planned for you is immeasurably better than anything you could have dreamed for yourself.

the heart can be captured or ruled by only two things. I'll use Paul's terms. Your heart is always living under the rule of "things that are above" or "things that are on earth.

Theology without love is simply very bad theology.

He holds both you and your mysteries in his gracious hands, and because he does, you can find rest even when the darkness of mystery has entered your door.

The Messiah the earth cried for now cries to be held by Mary and will soon cry in torment of the cross of salvation. He came to suffer because he came to save. The angels sang because finally hope had come.

God was teaching Israel that they must no longer look at life from the vantage point of human wisdom and strength because they were now the children of the Lord almighty. Their world of weakness and limits had been invaded by One of awesome grace and glory.

Live in hope because paradise is surely coming, and stop asking this fallen world to be the paradise it will never be.

At the end of the day, what do you long for: for God's grace to do its work or for more of the stuff that this physical created world has to offer?

This desire for transcendence is in all of us because God placed it there. He constructed us to live for more than ourselves.

God not only gives you the grace to believe for your salvation, but he also works to enable you to live by faith.

una buena exégesis de las Escrituras conduce a una exégesis correcta de la vida de la persona.

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