Pride

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...

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...

Devotion

  “What gives a ministry its motivations, perseverance, humility, joy, tenderness, passion, and grace is the devotional life of the one doing ministry.” (Paul David Tripp in Dangerous Calling, page 35) Reading this quote, you may want to resound a hearty, “AMEN,”...

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...

Signs Around Us

Signs—they are all around us as indicators of something. Octagonal red stop signs are indicators to stop. Yield signs are indicators to be ready to stop if another driving is coming. Bridges have signs as reminders to slow down because they may ice in cold weather....

Listening Under the Hood

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People  "No one is more influential in your life than you are, because no one talks to you more than you do." P. 33. When I was in college my parents bought me a car to...

Spiritual Eye Check-Up

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “Sin plays havoc with our spiritual vision. Although we are able to see the sin of others with specificity and clarity, we tend to be blind to our own. And the...

Signs of Losing Our Way

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “How is the gospel of Jesus Christ forming and transforming the heart of this pastor and his local ministry culture?” (Paul David Tripp, Dangerous Calling, page...

Starving for God

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “But it must be said that maturity is not merely something you do with your mind.  No, maturity is about how you live your life.  It is possible to be...