Welcome to the Paul Tripp podcast, where pastor and bestselling author Dr. Paul David Tripp

connects the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

In this interview, Paul talks about his new book and why he loves to write poetry.

This interview with Ryan Lister, the director of Doctrine and Discipleship at Humble Beast,

took place at their 2019 Canvas conference.

And if you're interested in reading Paul's poetry, check out his new book at myheartcriesout.com.

Enjoy.

All right.

So please thank Paul David Tripp for being here once more.

That was a beautiful piece. And it's coming from your new book. My Heart Cries Out. Could you explain that book a little bit, what the vision is behind it, where it came from?

Well, it's really the result of about 30 years of...

Oh, just 30 years.

Yeah.

Okay.

Writing these cries of the heart in a poetic form.

I think poetry allows your communication to be unfettered and maybe to be more transparent

and more beautiful. And these are cries of the heart. Sometimes those are cries of joy, some cries

of pain, confessions of sin. I am incredibly transparent in this work,

and I hope that my transparency is a doorway for people. The goal of my life is not that I would

be a painting that you would say, I'd like to be like that painting, but I'd be a window to the glory of the Lord.

Amen. That's beautiful. That's beautiful. Yes, you can clap here too. You can clap here too. Yes.

Now, many people here probably know who Paul David Tripp is.

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