Ministry

Something More Than Knowledge

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “Bad things happen when maturity is more defined by knowing than by being.” (p. 42) Have you ever noticed this verse in 1 Corinthians 4:1-2?  It says,...

Let’s Remember Why

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People     “The ultimate purpose of the Word of God is not theological information but heart and life transformation. Biblical literacy and theological...

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...

What I Do Does Not Define Me

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People    “All of these led to one hope, one dream: getting out.  At first it scared him to think of such a thing, but he couldn’t seem to stop.  More and more he got...

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 sins,...

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...