Do You Believe? 12 Historic Doctrines to Change Your Everyday Life

Chapter 1: The Dangerous Dichotomy
Chapter 2: The Doctrine of Scripture
Chapter 3: Scripture in Everyday Life
Chapter 4: The Doctrine of God
Chapter 5: God in Everyday Life
Chapter 6: The Doctrine of the Holiness of God
Chapter 7: God’s Holiness in Everyday Life
Chapter 8: The Doctrine of God’s Sovereignty
Chapter 9: God’s Sovereignty in Everyday Life
Chapter 10: The Doctrine of God’s Omnipotence
Chapter 11: God’s Omnipotence in Everyday Life
Chapter 12: The Doctrine of Creation
Chapter 13: Creation in Everyday Life
Chapter 14: The Doctrine of the Image of God in Man
Chapter 15: The Image of God in Everyday Life
Chapter 16: The Doctrine of Sin
Chapter 17: Sin in Everyday Life
Chapter 18: The Doctrine of Justification
Chapter 19: Justification in Everyday Life
Chapter 20: The Doctrine of Sanctification
Chapter 21: Sanctification in Everyday Life
Chapter 22: The Doctrine of Glorification
Chapter 23: Glorification in Everyday Life
Chapter 24: The Doctrine of Eternity
Chapter 25: Eternity in Everyday Life

“In this useful and searching book, Paul Tripp does what we have come to count on him to do—take the great and glorious truths of the Christian faith and funnel them into our actual, real-time lives. This book makes wonderfully unavoidable what theology is for—buoyancy and hope and energy in my life today.”

Dane C. Ortlund, Senior Pastor, Naperville Presbyterian Church; author, Gentle and Lowly and Deeper

“‘The Bible is a life book given for life purposes,’ Paul Tripp contends. Based on this premise, Tripp provides a fresh treatment of twelve major doctrines—many of them related to God and his character and work—and connects each of them to life. The connection between biblical doctrine and real life makes this a valuable, practical tool for the pursuit of greater godliness. Highly recommended!”

Andreas J. Köstenberger, Director, Center for Biblical Studies and Research; Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; Founder, Biblical Foundations

“Many people believe that biblical illiteracy is the primary cause of the church’s weakness today. And while learning more about the Bible is indeed good, merely knowing right doctrine isn’t enough. The remedy we need will be found only when we take God’s truth into our hearts and ask it to confront and transform us. It is meant to be ingested and lived out, not just studied and examined, and Paul David Tripp knows exactly how to help you do that. Do You Believe? will show you how the great doctrines of the Bible are meant not only to inform us but also to quench our thirst, direct our course, and invigorate us. I strongly recommend it!”

Elyse Fitzpatrick, coauthor, Worthy: Celebrating the Value of Women

 “Doctrine comes from God, teaches us about God, and leads us back to God in worship. That is precisely what this book helps us to do—to know God that we might authentically love and worship God in all of life. This book is sure to become a widely used resource for discipleship in churches throughout the world. For far too long, doctrine and the application of doctrine have been separated, and this book rightly brings them back together. Doctrine is about knowing God and living for God in all of life. In this book, Paul Tripp beautifully shows us how to experience the joy of knowing God and living out that knowledge every day of our lives.”

Burk Parsons, Senior Pastor, Saint Andrew’s Chapel, Sanford, Florida; Editor, Tabletalk

“In this important book, Paul Tripp puts his finger on a live nerve in the body of Christ. He addresses the dangerous disconnect that often exists between sound doctrine and sound living. Tripp sounds the needed warning that knowing truth is never an end in itself but only a means to a far greater end. He reminds us that the goal of biblical instruction must be personal transformation. Here is made the inseparable connection between biblical indicatives and practical imperatives. What God has joined together, let no man separate.”

Steven J. Lawson, President, OnePassion Ministries; Professor of Preaching, The Master’s Seminary; Teaching Fellow, Ligonier Ministries