Out of all of the systematic theology books I have passed the pages through, Do You Believe? offers a uniquely pastoral voice to it. Paul David Tripp takes lofty doctrinal concepts and unpacks them in a way that is easy to digest.

As far as I see it, there are three aspects of a Christian. Knowledge, obedience, and affection. And as we are maturing in our walk with Christ, each of those should be growing. We should be deepening our knowledge of Christ, our obedience to Christ, and our affections for Christ. These are not three steps to reach maturity, they are three stages in a cycle of maturity.

Is the Bible ancient? Yes, it is. The earliest text dates back several thousands of years. Is the Bible collected works? Yes, it is. Over 40 authors have been used to press ink to papyrus, but it is the Holy Spirit who inspired the writers to write. Is the Bible history?

So now, we Christians find ourselves in a similar state of affairs. We can no longer live under the civil detachment, whereby Christians allow ourselves to be governed in an ungodly and…

Art is captured beauty. I see beauty when I look at the golden pallete of a sunset, or the silhouette of my wife, or the landscape when hiking in the woods. However, that is not art made by the hands of mankind…

With God as my witness, these things are worth listening to and living by. They are worth listening to because we are not so wise and independent that we are without the need for correction.