Relationships: A Mess Worth Making
by Timothy S. Lane, Paul David Tripp
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Author: Paul David Tripp, Timothy S. LaneEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-11-01
ISBN: 0977080765
Number of pages: 177
Publisher: New Growth Press
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Book Review: Be ready to be challenged and confronted with the Word of God!
Summary: 5 Stars
Relationships A Mess Worth Making is written by Drs. Timothy Lane and Paul David Tripp. Dr. Lane serves as the Executive Director of the Christian counseling and Educational Foundation, a faculty member and is an experienced counselor. Dr. Paul David Tripp is president of Paul Tripp Ministries, a Professor, speaker and author. Relationships a mess worth making shows the importance of messy conflict written relationships and how God uses them in our lives to shape and form them in His image.
The book has fifteen well-written easy to read chapters that are faithful to the Scriptures and proclaim and apply the work of Christ to everyday life. This is a unique book on relationships because it doesn't just quote the Bible as a reference- it seeks to take the reader through the Bible in order to understand what Scriptures say about relationships, and then applies the teaching of Scripture to real-life relationships and situations.
As I read this book, I was personally challenged and convicted about many areas in my own life where I need to grow. While reading this book, I felt like I was sitting in on a counseling session with Drs. Lane and Tripp operating as surgeon and me as the patient. As the book moves from chapter to chapter the reader gains insight into not only why their relationships suffer and struggle but how to fix it. This is not a self-help book- this is a book that brings the Word of God and the whole Gospel to bear on the reader.
Many Christians books on relationships fail because they go overboard in explaining theory or emphasize to much practical application. Relationships A Mess Worth Making strikes a balance between Scripture, application, personal stories and examples that needs to be modeled in the Church Today.
Reading this book has been challenging but also deeply rewarding. I encourage you to read this book but be ready to be challenged and confronted about your own attitude and actions in your own relationships. I believe that reading this book will help you deal with problems and issues you have in your relationships by getting to the deeper issues in those relationships that drive your reactions, choices and behaviors. In reading this book you will learn how God is there to help you build relationships that bring glory to God.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the New Growth Press book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255 : "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."
Summary of Relationships: A Mess Worth Making
Hope for messy, conflict-ridden relationships. Your best friend is suddenly cool and distant. Your spouse can t stop complaining about your bad habits. Your son refuses to talk to you. What are you supposed to do? Plans A, B, and C might be to shut down, lash out, or get out. But consider Plan D: Recognize that God has the last word on those messy, conflict-ridden relationships. He can use them to make you into someone who can give and receive love with God and others. Impossible? Idealistic? Not really. In Relationships: A Mess Worth Making, Tim Lane and Paul Tripp show you how God does it, and how it can happen for you. They help you tackle the stubborn problems that plague many close relationships. They show you the deeper issues that drive our reactions, choices, and behaviors. And they show you how God steps in to help you build relationships that are all he intended them to be.Christian Living Books
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