Pastoral ministry is always shaped, formed, directed, and driven by worship. Your ministry will be shaped by worship of God or worship of you or, for most of us, a troubling mix of both. Perhaps there is no more powerful, seductive, and deceitful temptation in ministry than self-glory. Perhaps in ministry there is no more potent intoxicant than the praise of men, and there is no more dangerous form of drunkenness than to be drunk with your own glory. It has the power to reduce you to shocking self-righteousness and inapproachability.
— Paul David Tripp (b. 1950), Pastor, Bestsellerautor und Konferenzsprecher
Topics: Church & Congregation, Temptation & Struggle, Humility & Pride
Occasions: For Reflection
Paul David Tripp
Paul David Tripp (* 1950) ist ein US-amerikanischer reformierter Pastor, Seelsorger und Autor, der unter anderem in Scranton und Philadelphia wirkte. Bekannt wurde er durch zahlreiche Veröffentlichungen zur biblischen Seelsorge, die reformierte Theologie mit lebensnahen Fragen von Ehe, Familie und Leiterschaft verbinden. Bibellesern bietet er praxisnahe geistliche Impulse, die das Evangelium als Kraft zur Erneuerung des menschlichen Herzens im Alltag beschreiben.
All quotes by Paul David Tripp (69)
The church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.
Tim Keller
The Church is not a cultural club, but the family of Jesus.
Pope Francis
The Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home.
John Charles Ryle
In essential unity; in nonessentials liberty; in all this charity.
Rupertus Meldenius
Henry Ward Beecher
Philip Yancey
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
In a congregation, every person must be able to be as their heart truly is.
Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf