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  <title><![CDATA[A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger Than You]]></title>
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  <default_description>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 though 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-driven framework, this Quest for More, that Paul Tripp compels believers to see beyond the worldly deception of personal achievement, success, 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, affect eternal change in a hurting, hopeless world.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2007</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Paul David Tripp's book is an insightful look into &quot;kingdom living.&quot;<br/><br/>Tripp's premise is that we can live for two kingdoms: our own little kingdoms or God's great, all-encompassing kingdom. We all want to rule our own kingdoms, but true joy can only be found in the kingdom of God...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71435156">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I’ve given out about five copies of this book to friends, which I think demonstrates how much I like it. Tripp uses the image of God’s “big” Kingdom and our own personal “little” kingdoms in order to help us see how easily and often we put our own “little kingdom” (selfish) desires a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/47633245">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What would it look like if we lived in pursuit of God's kingdom instead of our own? Paul David Tripp presents an answer to this question in this wonderful, convicting, inspiring book. He shows first that our allegiance to our own kingdom runs far deeper than we realize, and then the glory of what li...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16484448">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another excellent book by Tripp. This book highlights his gift for bringing good theology down to the ground level and showing how it applies to our everyday lives. He's also a really good writer, using phrases and ideas that stick with you.<br/><br/><em>A Quest for More</em> is centered around the idea th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24984267">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[what an amazing book!  paul tripp has such a knack for putting life &amp; all that we struggle with in perspective. in all that, he  points us to our hope in Christ and how we need to long for the day when His kingdom comes.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A more heartfelt version of the Purpose Driven Life.  Touches on many topics like forgiveness, hope, anger, etc.  I am loving this book.  I just ordered more copies to give away.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just arrived in the mail, but I've added it to my stack of books to read.]]></body>
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