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Broken-Down House (2009)

by Paul David Tripp(Favorite Author)

4.28 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0981540066 (ISBN13: 9780981540061)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Shepherd Press

review 1: I would give it a 4.5As I read through this book, I realized the depth that Paul David Tripp writes with.He begins with the conflict of a broken down world...And writes solutions on how we can become tools of restoration for it.This book contained gems that I haven't seen in many books on how to live productively in a broken world.An example would be acknowledging that we have limits and that only God can change hearts.I found that the section regarding marriage problems was helpful, since my Parents are currently battling the thoughts of having a divorce.Pros:Very Encouraging and thought provokingEasy ReadCons:I would have enjoyed maybe using parts of the house as a structure for the book (for example: the kitchen could stand for relationships that could be heated or put ... moreon hold or even a basement which could point to the problems that we want to hide in our broken down world)What I love most is that the book presents a situation at each chapter and gives thought provoking encouraging statements to how we can become a helper in the restorationI recommend this as an interesting read!
review 2: This book was so full of wisdom for me. It reminds me of Jack Miller's line: "Cheer up you're a lot worse off than you think you are. But cheer up God's grace is bigger than you could ever imagine." So many valuable insights. Here were some of my favorites:May 16, 20121. p36 - Productive living is always rooted in a humble sense of personal neediness. This neediness only comes when you begin to understand and accept what the Bible has to say about sin, and daily reach out for the help that can only be found through the Lord Jesus Christ.2. p37 - No matter what I face in this fallen world, my greatest problem in life exists inside of me and not outside of me.3. p47 - It is only when I humbly admit my identity as a sinner that I live as a consumer of the grace of God, and it is only when I am comforted by my identity as a child of grace that I will be able to look at the magnitude of my sin.4. p61 - Isn’t it wonderful to know that no matter how difficult and confusing life may be, no matter how unexpected and alarming your circumstance may be, there is rest to be found in knowing the One who rules it all is your Father.5. p65 - When we attempt to do God’s job and change someone’s heart, we only cause frustration to ourselves and pain to the other person.6. p71 - Ultimately, you don’t get wisdom by experience and research; you get wisdom by relationship with Christ through the Holy Spirit and his Word.7. p90 - True spirituality is not about doing a bunch of new things (although that will happen). True spirituality is about doing everything we do for a new purpose, and because of this new purpose, in a new way.8. p114 - So much of our daily comfort comes from the fact that we are able to make sense of our circumstances. Being able to wrap our minds around a situation makes us feel as if we can control it, or at least that control is possible.9. p124 - I am angry because I want to be in control . I am angry because people and things get in my way. So, I cry out for Your help. I seek your rescue, not that I would be anger free, but that I would be good and angry at the same time.11. p159 - I was not created and then recreated to live on my own. I must admit to my constant tendency to minimize both the grace I have been given and the sin that is the reason I need it so. I must face the fact that many times I simply forget who I am.12. p165 - The question is not, “When will we get what we are waiting for?” but “What will we become as we wait?”13. p179 - A life-shaping celebration of God’s grace is only ever born out of one thing: a deep sense of profound personal need.14. p215 - In our performance based culture we will be so obsessed with what we want to do that we will have little time to consider who we should be. But here’s the dilemma: unless we are what we are supposed to be, we cannot possibly do what we have been called to.16. p223 - His loving face will always be toward you and, because of the cross, you will never see the back of his head. less

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