Coming Soon to the Resource Center

Well, I didn't exactly plan for this to be Paul David Tripp Week here at Looking Outside the Doors, but I guess it just happened that way.... :) 

Anyway, here are a few books to look for next time you're in the Resource Center: 

Dangerous Calling: Confronting the Unique Challenges of Pastoral Ministry - Paul David Tripp

After traveling the globe and speaking to thousands of churches worldwide, Paul David Tripp has discovered a serious problem within pastoral culture. He is not only concerned about the spiritual life of the pastor, but also with the very community of people that trains him, calls him, relates to him, and restores him if necessary.   

Dangerous Calling reveals the truth that the culture surrounding our pastors is spiritually unhealthy - an environment that actively undermines the well-being and efficacy of our church leaders and thus the entire church body. 

Here is a book that both diagnoses and offers cures for issues that impact every member and church leader, and gives solid strategies for fighting the all-important war that rages in our churches today.

The Hole in Our Holiness: Filling the Gap between Gospel Passion and the Pursuit of Godliness - Kevin De Young

The hole in our holiness is that we don’t seem to care much about holiness. Or, at the very least, we don’t understand it.... This is a book for those of us who are ready to take holiness seriously, ready to be more like Jesus, ready to live in light of the grace that produces godliness. This is a book about God’s power to help us grow in personal holiness and to enjoy the process of transformation.

The Explicit Gospel - Matt Chandler 

Even if you go to church, it doesn’t mean that you are being exposed (or exposing others) to the gospel explicitly. Sure, most people talk about Jesus, and about being good and avoiding bad, but the gospel message simply isn’t there - at least not in its specificity and its fullness.

Inspired by the needs of both the over-churched and the unchurched, and bolstered by the common neglect of the explicit gospel within Christianity, popular pastor Matt Chandler writes this punchy treatise to remind us what is of first and utmost importance - the gospel.

What Did You Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriage - Paul David Tripp

Everyone’s marriage morphs into something they didn’t intend it to be. At some point you need something sturdier than romance. You need something deeper than shared interests and mutual attraction. You need changed expectations, you need radical commitments, and, most importantly, you need grace.