Ministry

The Community Pastors Need

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “Doesn’t every member of the body of Christ need the ministry of the body of Christ, including the pastor?” (p. 79). This is not a trick question, but it is...

Look at the Wildflowers

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People   “All creation is meant to be a finger pointing us to ultimate glory, the only glory that can ever satisfy the human heart, the glory of God” (Paul David...

Heart Transformation

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “When the word of God, faithfully taught by the people of God and empowered by the Spirit of God, falls down, people become different.  Lusting people become...

Right Heart and Right Handling

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “You see, it is quite possible and, sadly, quite regular for us to use the Bible unbiblically.  Even given its God-driven purposefulness, you can approach,...

Sitting at His Feet

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People "My friend was a rose expert, but he had seen neither the sign nor what the sign pointed to.  Expert, but unchanged. Expert but without awe. Expert, but not...

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!”...

The Definition of Christian Maturity

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.” (p. 51) We often confuse knowledge with obedience. ...

The Process of Becoming Different

Counselors Reflect on Dangerous Calling by Paul Tripp A Series to Care for the Care Takers of God’s People “When the Word of God, faithfully taught by the people of God and empowered by the Spirit of God, falls down, people become different. Lusting people become...

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...