How the gospel can help us to work through the most stubborn problems that plague any relationship - be it marriage, parent-child, or friendship.
While skillfully identifying the deeper issues that keep relationships less than they are designed to be, Tim Lane and Paul Tripp show readers how to experience the other side of relationships as well. They convincingly testify of the power of God’s presence to bring believers to the place where:
A book about relationships, written within the context of their own friendship, Tim and Paul’s new offering is straightforward about the relational disappointments that we all suffer. But they are also optimistic about the power of grace to redeem and restore our relationships.
Rather than presenting new or sophisticated techniques to make relationships flourish, the authors instead focus on the basic character qualities that can only be formed in the heart by the gospel. “We are called to be people of great character so that when we do come in contact with the world our character shapes and influences those around us. Even though relationships are messy, they are also what God uses to rescue us from ourselves,” say Tim and Paul.
Chapter 1: The Shortest and Most Important Chapter of This Book
Chapter 2: Why Bother?
Chapter 3: No Options
Chapter 4: Sin
Chapter 5: Agendas
Chapter 6: Worship
Chapter 7: Talk
Chapter 8: Obstacles
Chapter 9: Forgiveness
Chapter 10: Hope
Chapter 11: Burdens
Chapter 12: Mercy
Chapter 13: Time and Money
Chapter 14: Provision
Chapter 15: Moving Out
| Contributors | Paul David Tripp, Timothy Lane |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780977080762 |
| Format | Paperback |
| First published | January 2006 |
| Dimensions | 157mm x 234mm x 2mm |
| Weight | 0.31 kg |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 177 |
| Publisher | New Growth Press |
This book is not just another simplistic manual on relationships, offering theoretical methods and procedures for arriving at someone else's ideas of a model relationship. Instead, Tim Lane and Paul Tripp have written about Christ crucified—the power of God and the wisdom of God for redeeming relationships. Destined to radically transform multitudes of families and friendships, their wisdom is based on the Rock, and the Rock is very sound.
Paul Tripp and Tim Lane bring deep Christ-centered thought and broad counseling experience to their writing, offering fresh hope and practical answers to people in less-than-perfect relationships. Paul and Tim are men who love our Savior, his Word, and the Spirit, so it is with the utmost confidence that I recommend their writing.
What a wonderful and helpful book! It will make a major difference in your life and the lives of everybody you love. Read this and you will want to be my friend for recommending it to you.
