Awe: Why It Matters for Everything We Think, Say, and Do

by Paul Tripp

Publisher:

Crossway

, 2015

Overview

Humans are hardwired for awe.

Our hearts are always captured by something—that’s how God made us. But sin threatens to distract us from the glory of our Creator. All too often, we stand in awe of everything but God.

Uncovering the lies we believe about all the earthly things that promise us peace, life, and contentment, Paul Tripp redirects our gaze to God’s awe-inducing glory—showing how such a vision has the potential to impact our every thought, word, and deed.

Key Features

• Shows readers how to kindle an ever-growing passion for God's glory
• Reminds believers of the importance of awe for shaping everything they choose, decide, think, desire, say, and do
• Reflects on how awe for God impacts the approach to spiritual warfare, ministry, and material things

Contents

• Humanity
• War
• Ministry
• Replacement
• Amnesia
• Transgression
• Complaint
• Materialism
• Growth
• Worldview
• Church
• Parenting
• Work

Top Highlights

“5. Awe stimulates the greatest joys and deepest sorrows in us all.” (source)

“AWN causes you to feel unable, alone, unprepared, and afraid, while awe of God produces, courage, hope, and forthright action.” (source)

“We find a principle here, one displayed in a myriad of biblical stories: in the heart of a sinner, awe of God is very quickly replaced by awe of self. This is the great war of wars.” (source)

“1. Your emotional life is always a window into what has captured your awe.” (source)

“1. Your ministry is supposed to be shaped by the fear of God.” (source)

Praise for Awe

I still remember the first time I was in awe of God. It came after years of attending churches and calling myself ‘Christian.’ It was a major turning point in my life. It is an awe of God that inspires my major life decisions as well as my daily actions. Thank you, Paul, for getting beyond symptoms and getting at the heart of the matter. This book is brilliant, and I wish every believer would read it carefully. We live in a crazy time. We need books like this to help lay healthy foundations for our lives, so that we don’t spend our days overreacting to unpredictable events.

Francis Chan, New York Times bestselling author, Crazy Love and Forgotten God

Paul Tripp has a way of helping us to get beyond the surface. It is clear that Paul has thought through this subject deeply. Read this book and find yourself challenged and encouraged to stand in awe of the reality of God and to take him seriously because of it!

Eric M. Mason, Lead Pastor, Epiphany Fellowship, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; President, Thriving; author, Manhood Restored

Paul Tripp’s books always challenge me and draw me closer to Christ. This book is no exception. As followers of Jesus, we can sometimes get too comfortable with God. It’s easy to forget that part of knowing and loving God is revering him. If you will read this book with a hungry and humble heart, God will use it to deepen your passion for Christ as you rediscover just who God is and why we’re invited to revel in his awesome glory.

Craig Groeschel, Pastor, Life.Church; author, Daily Power: 365 Days of Fuel for Your Soul

Product Details

• Title: Awe: Why It Matters for Everything We Think, Say, and Do
• Author: Paul Tripp
• Publisher: Crossway
• Print Publication Date: 2015
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Pages: 208
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Admiration; Awe; God (Christianity) Worship and love; RELIGION Christian Life General
• ISBNs: 9781433547102, 9781783593774, 1433547104, 1783593776, 9781433547072, 1433547074
• Resource ID: LLS:9781433547102
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-05-20T07:29:58Z

About Paul Tripp

Paul David Tripp, MDiv, DMin, is the president of Paul David Tripp Ministries, a nonprofit organization, whose mission statement is “Connecting the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.” Paul is a best-selling author of many books on Christian living, including How People Change, Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands, A Quest for More, Relationships: A Mess Worth Making, Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family, and New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional. He has been married for many years to Luella and they have four grown children.