Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “I have heard the tale again and again. The summary is always the same: ‘We finally came to the realization that we had called (hired) someone we didn’t...
Neale Davis
When People Become Projects
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “All right, Professor Tripp, we know that we will have these projects in our churches. Tell us what to do with them so we can get back to the work of ministry!”...
Labyrinth or Liberty?
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “I wanted them to grapple with the question of whether they were in seminary because they loved the labyrinthine superstructure of the theological concepts of...
The Necessary Art of “Being”
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “Bad things can happen when maturity is more defined by knowing than it is by being. Danger is afloat when you come to love the ideas more than the God whom they...
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...
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 sins,...
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 members of the...
When We Lost Our Heart
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People In speaking of a pastor whose ministry lacks devotion Paul Tripp says, “His self-satisfaction means his words and actions in ministry did not grow in the soil...
The Freedom of the Truth
Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People "Because sin blinds, God has set up the body of Christ to function as an instrument of seeing in our lives, so that we can know ourselves with a depth and...