Walton, O.F.
Whiter Than Snow: Meditations on Sin and Mercy (Tripp)
Description
What do you do when you've really blown it? Is sin really as dangerous and is grace really as powerful as the Bible says they are? Is there such a thing as a new beginning?
Sin and grace-these are the two themes of our lives. We all blow it and we all need to start over again. In Psalm 51, David tells his story of moral failure, personal awareness, grief, confession, repentance, commitment, and hope. And because David's story is every believer's story, Psalm 51 is every believer's psalm. It tells how we, as broken sinners, can be brutally honest with God and yet stand before him without fear.
Whiter Than Snow unpacks this powerful little psalm in fifty-two meditations, reminding readers that by God's grace there is mercy for every wrong and grace for every new beginning. Designed for busy believers, these brief and engaging meditations are made practical by the reflection questions that conclude each chapter.
Contents
Preface: Once a Week with Mercy
- Mercy Me: Psalm 51 and Everyday Life
- On Being Sustained
- Something in My Hands I Bring
- Big Grace
- A Rabbi and Two Imams
- Accurate Self-assessment
- Violent Grace
- Aren’t You Glad You’re Not Like David?
- No More ‘If Only’
- Something Bigger
- Romans 7
- Darkness and Light
- The Dance of Redemption
- Sin – It’s Everywhere, It’s Everywhere!
- Sinners and Unafraid
- The Gospel of Prosperity
- Somebody Else
- Unfailing Love
- The Lord’s Prayer
- Nathan’s Legacy
- What in the World Is Hyssop?
- Moral Vulnerability
- Everyone’s a Teacher
- Natal Trauma
- Wrecking Balls and Restoration
- When God is Glad
- Sin is a Relationship
- The Holy of Holies
- The Terrible Trinity
- Longing for Jesus
- Already, Not Yet
- Your Ultimate Fear
- Building the Walls
- Enough
- What Does It have to Do with Me?
- Immanuel
- Hoping for a Broken Heart
- Wisdom Is a Person
- The Hardening of the Heart
- The Grace of a Clean Heart
- Righteous Judgment
- God’s Pleasure
- Sermon on the Mount
- Appealing to God’s Glory
- Sacrifices
- The Amazing Grace of Self-knowledge
- Forgiveness
- Grace That Hides
- Broken Bones
- Ready, Willing, and Waiting
- Reductionism
- Celebrating Redemption
Endorsements
"Whiter Than Snow is music for the sinner's soul. In fifty-two personal, creative, and sometimes poetic devotionals, Paul Tripp responds to Psalm 51 the way a jazz musician improvises on a familiar tune. In making this sweet music, Dr. Tripp makes King David's confession our own, helping us get honest about our sin and opening our hearts to the mercy of Jesus." - Philip Graham Ryken, President, Wheaton College
"Convicting and encouraging, cutting and healing. Paul Tripp delves into the misery of sin and the goodness of grace with insight and inspiration. This book wonderfully blessed me, and I pray for its widest possible reading." - Daniel L. Akin, President, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Author
Paul Tripp is president of Paul Tripp Ministries, the Professor of Pastoral Life and Care at Redeemer Seminary in Dallas, Texas, the Executive Director of the Center for Pastoral Life and Care in Fort Worth, Texas, and has taught at respected institutions worldwide. As an author, Paul has written ten books on Christian living that are read and distributed internationally. He has been married for many years to Luella, and they have four grown children.