Tag Archives: Paul Tripp

Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands – chapter 14 insights

Chapter 14 Encouragement and accountability are important parts of the truth application process. It is in the process of change that we begin to see our need for one another, God has made us to be dependent on one another. … Continue reading

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Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands – chapter 13 insights

Instruments in the Redeemers Hands ch13 Stage 4 – Do. It is hard to be committed to long-term goals when you are putting out fires. Take the long-view 2 Corinthians 11:1-3. The Christian life must be understood in terms of … Continue reading

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Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands – chapter 12 insights

You can’t have a relationship without some form of confrontation…Whose agenda drives our confrontation? Asking people to do things to please me or to glorify God? Four steps to bringing change when people present themselves to you with issues: 1. … Continue reading

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Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands – chapter 11 insights.

To help us overcome our fear of confronting one another and of being confronted, Tripp gives many caveats and clarifications to the concept of biblical rebuke: 1. Confrontation is rooted in the first great commandment – to love God If … Continue reading

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Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands – chapter 10 insights

Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands chapter 10 Personal ministry is not just about gathering the necessary information, but about making biblical sense of it…people do not live life based on the facts of their experiences, but on their interpretation of … Continue reading

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Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands – chapter 9 insights

Knowing someone. How many times have you thought you knew someone only to find they have issues in life or hidden problems which you could never have guessed existed? How much do you know about your friend’s family of origin? … Continue reading

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Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands – chapter 8 insights

Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands – chapter 8 The existence of evil and suffering is the “Achilles heel” of Christianity according to some of its critics. The bible says God is loving and that God is in control, so how … Continue reading

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Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands – chapter 7 insights

Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands – chapter 7 I liked the opening story of the seminary student seeing problem people as “projects” to be sorted to enable the real work of ministry to continue unobstructed.  In my least loving and … Continue reading

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Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands – chapter 6 insights

Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands – chapter 6 This chapter is a hinge in the book between the opening foundational theology of fallen but redeemed people in God’s world and he work of ambassadors of Christ applied to counselling.  It … Continue reading

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Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands – chapter 5 insights

Instruments in the redeemer’s hands – Chapter 5 insights Helpful insights. I found it a wonderful insight into my own heart that there is a battle raging in all our hearts between our own desires (which can be held in … Continue reading

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