Overview
A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger Than You
Is Christ the center of your life? Is He really your source, your motive, your goal, and your hope? Is it possible that your Christianity may, in fact, exclude Christ? “There really is no place for Christ in many people’s Christianity. Their faith is not actually in Christ; it is in Christianity and their own ability to live it out.” Paul David Tripp expertly traverses the deepest recesses of the human heart and compassionately invites fellow Christian travelers to journey with him into God’s bigger kingdom. The author promises readers that they will be encouraged, excited, and motivated by hope as they learn how to set aside their “little kingdom” attachments which can expertly masquerade within the church as Christian activism, legalism, emotionalism, formalism, creedalism, and externalism; in favor of God’s expansive and soul-freeing eternal quest. Tripp demonstrates through sound biblical principles how humanity is made by God to transcend far beyond the mere physical realm and is likewise created to be “glory junkies”—those whose visionary lives are governed by God’s grand purposes rather than existing only within their narrow self-interested confines. Writes the author, “It is a fundamental denial of your humanity to narrow the size of your life to the size of your own existence, because you were created to be an ‘above and more’ being. You were made to be transcendent.” Tripp then shows Christians how to “transcend” through daily, moment-by-moment, practical methodology that transforms individuals into the image of Christ.It is within this purpose-drive framework, this quest for more, that Paul Tripp compels believers to see beyond the worldly description of personal achievement, success, and materialism, in order to break free from this ungodly fulfillment that is too easily satisfied with a mediocre walk with Christ. Instead, the author invites committed sojourners to a life characterized by an unyielding passion that pursues God simply for the pleasure of His glorious company and in the process, affects eternal change in a hurting, hopeless world.
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What people are saying about the book:
"A Quest for More" strives to show our lives as `little kingdoms' in relation to God's kingdom in hopes that we realize we need more than just a busy jumble of daily activities to be satisfied. Instead, Tripp focuses on transcendence - to rise above ourselves for something much greater. "This desire for transcendence is in all of us because God placed it there. He constructed us to live for more than ourselves." He urges us to use this God-given drive for something other than gaining material possessions or personal success. - Vicky
"This book is well laid out in bite size chapters. I have found it to be challenging to my comfortable,complacent christianity. That said, it is not another "get busy for christ" book. If it was, I would have thrown it in the trash. Instead, I would describe it as a book that invites you to know and love God and to be part of his larger purposes out of your love for Him. This is an amazingly inspirational book, you'll be glad you took the time to read it."
- Dara
"Let me first say that if you are a Christian this is one of those books that you think you should read but really don't want to. Let's face it, most of us do not enjoy being confronted, challenged, and shown that we are wrong. It is much more appealing to our fallen natures to be affirmed and pacified rather than admonished and exhorted. However, for the believer we should be pursuing a life that is centered on the glory and exaltation of God rather than the shameful preservation of self. A Quest for More, by Paul Tripp, is a tool to deflate your pride, recalibrate your life, and increase your love for the God of grace.
- Erik