Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People The English language holds within it many different idiomatic expressions. Many expressions like “It’s raining cats and dogs,” “where the rubber meets the...
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Closed Eyes and Ears
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “Once you have closed your eyes to the evidence and quit listening to the voices of others, you are left to the blindness and self-righteousness of your...
Question You not Your Calling
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People "There are only two ways to explain the external and internal breakdown of my ministry. Either I am attempting to do something that I was not called to do, or I...
Autonomous Christianity?
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “The more separation and discontinuity there is between the real details of my personal life and my public confession and image, the more I will tend to...
The Perils of Isolation
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People "First, when people are your substitute messiah (you need their respect and support in order to continue), it's hard to be honest with them about your...
His Burden is Light
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “I think we would be shocked if we knew how many pastors have lost their joy—how many of us get up at the beginning of each week and grind it out, if for no...
When Ministry Becomes a Burden
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “This is where it inevitably leads. You’ve lost sight of the gospel in your personal life; you feel a growing disconnect between your private life and your...
When a Gift Becomes a Liability
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “He was a very approachable guy who was at the same time very skilled at failing to heed the warnings that God was giving him through faithful...
Don’t Just Listen
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “Although my friend wasn’t overtly dismissive, he didn’t really listen. . . He was a very approachable guy who was at the same time very skilled at failing to...