More from Paul Tripp’s book Dangerous Calling.
Directed specifically at pastors, these diagnostic questions are meant to reveal whether we’re motivated by the kingdom of self or the kingdom of God.
And then, a bit further down the page a question which sums it all up.
I’m certain they’ll resonate with any Christian, but Tripp’s book observes that pastoral culture steers pastors into the wrong thinking that we strenuously warn others against indulging in.
The absence of what causes us to want to give up and quit?
The pursuit of what leads us to feeling overburdened and overwhelmed?
The fear of what makes us tentative and timid rather than courageous and hopeful?
The craving for what makes us burn the candle at both ends until we have little left?
The “need” for what robs ministry of its beauty and joy?
The desire for what sets up tension between ministry and family?
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Pastor, in what ways are you tempted to seek from your ministry what you’ve already been given in Christ?Paul Tripp, Dangerous Calling, Crossway, 2012, pg 102.
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