Whiter Than Snow: Meditations on Sin & Mercy - Book
Description: Through these meditations on David's words in Psalm 51, readers discover there is mercy for every wrong and grace for every new beginning. 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.
Table of Contents
| Preface: Once a Week with Mercy |
11 |
| The Story |
15 |
| Meditations |
| 1. Mercy Me: Psalm 51 and Everyday Life |
21 |
| 2. On Being Sustained |
23 |
| 3. Something in My Hands I Bring |
25 |
| 4. Big Grace |
27 |
| 5. A Rabbi and Two Imams |
30 |
| 6. Accurate Self-assessment |
32 |
| 7. Violent Grace |
34 |
| 8. Aren't You Glad You're Not Like David? |
36 |
| 9. No More "If Only" |
38 |
| 10. Something Bigger |
41 |
| 11. Romans 7 |
43 |
| 12. Darkness and Light |
45 |
| 13. The Dance of Redemption |
48 |
| 14. Sin--It's Everywhere, It's Everywhere! |
50 |
| 15. Sinners and Unafraid |
53 |
| 16. The Gospel of Prosperity |
55 |
| 17. Somebody Else |
57 |
| 18. Unfailing Love |
59 |
| 19. The Lord's Prayer |
61 |
| 20. Nathan's Legacy |
63 |
| 21. What in the World Is Hyssop? |
65 |
| 22. Moral Vulnerability |
68 |
| 23. Everyone's a Teacher |
71 |
| 24. Natal Trauma |
73 |
| 25. Wrecking Balls and Restoration |
76 |
| 26. When God Is Glad |
78 |
| 27. Sin Is a Relationship |
81 |
| 28. The Holy of Holies |
83 |
| 29. The Terrible Trinity |
86 |
| 30. Longing for Jesus |
89 |
| 31. Already, Not Yet |
91 |
| 32. Your Ultimate Fear |
93 |
| 33. Building the Walls |
95 |
| 34. Enough |
98 |
| 35. What Does It Have to Do with Me? |
100 |
| 36. Immanuel |
102 |
| 37. Hoping for a Broken Heart |
104 |
| 38. Wisdom Is a Person |
108 |
| 39. The Hardening of the Heart |
110 |
| 40. The Grace of a Clean Heart |
113 |
| 41. Righteous Judgment |
116 |
| 42. God's Pleasure |
119 |
| 43. Sermon on the Mount |
123 |
| 44. Appealing to God's Glory |
126 |
| 45. Sacrifices |
129 |
| 46. The Amazing Grace of Self-knowledge |
132 |
| 47. Forgiveness |
135 |
| 48. Grace That Hides |
138 |
| 49. Broken Bones |
140 |
| 50. Ready, Willing, and Waiting |
143 |
| 51. Reductionism |
146 |
| 52. Celebrating Redemption |
150 |
What People are Saying about Whiter Than Snow
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, Senior Minister, Tenth Presbyterian Church
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; Professor of Preaching and Theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Whiter Than Snow, Paul Tripp's new book of 52 mediations on Psalm 51 are brilliant, especially for hosptial visits. Because many patients struggle with concentration, the one- to two-page devotionals are superb. But of a greater value is the focal truth creatively expressed through Paul's word pictures and turn of phrases. My favorite is of God's restorative love towards us (rather than the wrecking-ball our sins deserve) that defuses the common "why me?" question into "how is God using this to restore me": What a rich lesson for someone wrestling with illness. After sharing this with one friend, his roommate and wife had listened and asked if I might pray with them as well because they knew of Christ's love, but were shaken by the pending changes in their lives with illness. This book is a great gift to the family of God. Don't miss it.
- Rev. Carroll Wynne, Minister of Family and Youth, Tenth Presbyterian Church
I was first exposed to “Whiter Than Snow” about 1 month ago. I work as a therapist as well as for a ministry working with missionaries around the world. One of my areas of focus as a therapist is helping individuals, couples and families deal with the impact and effect of sexual sin. I have ordered multiple copies of “Whiter Than Snow” to give clients, staff serving with my organization, and to use in two different men’s groups I lead. The book has helped me personally deal with my sin at a deeper level beyond my behavior. It has had a similar impact on those I have given it to and has been a great tool in helping get below the surface as we deal with our sin and its impact on our intimacy with God, others and ourselves. I love the freshness and gospel-driven nature of the book and how it draws me to find rest and peace in the forgiveness and restoration the gospel brings to us. I have been in ministry for 30 years and have found this book to be one of the most profound and helpful tools in helping people live out the forgiveness they have in Christ.
- Joe Bucha, Licensed Associate Professional Counselor. Human Resource Associate with Campus Crusade for Christ, Southeast US Region
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