Given to Matthew Hayes - 05/10/2023

9/10 (excellent): A devastating exposé of the dangers in the pastor’s heart. Not every pastor will be susceptible to all these dangers, but every pastor is at risk from some. Tripp’s answer is simple, profound and powerful — we must return to and rest on the Gospel, and be in awe of God. Essential reading for everyone in pastoral ministry. ( )

One of those books best taken in small pieces, because the pieces do not go down easily. Tripp sometimes overwrites, and he can only imagine male pastors, but he gets to the heart of things again and again, to a painful level. (In the recommendation of small doses, and in its to-the-bone intensity, it reminds me of the experience of reading Thomas a Kempis' Imitation of Christ.) ( )

would like to share this with my students to show them that ministry is not easy and it is a very hard profession but if you put in the work it can be very rewarding.

Very, very good, a fitting pair for Sittema’s _With a Shepherd’s heart_. It defies not only pastors but all Christians to live truly to ðeir faiþ.

If I could take only half a star, it would be for its usage of slang and for not giving us closure in the stories told. ( )