LEAD:
12 Gospel Principles for Leadership
in the Church
By Paul David Tripp
Crossway. 231 pages. £15.99
ISBN 978 1 433 567 636
Here is a vintage Paul Tripp book. By God’s grace it will search you, humble you, and point you to a wonderful Saviour.
Written by someone who has ‘been there, done that’, he carries gravitas when he says that the most dangerous thing about ministry is ministry. The very act of doing something for the Lord, especially if it is ‘successful’, can introduce a deadly danger into personal and church life. We become aware of ‘achievement’ and begin living for it, instead of serving Him. The longer we have been in ministry, the more a temptation this becomes. This book is a necessary read in a day when, sadly, serious leadership failure has been all too prominent.
