"Whiter than Snow is music for the sinner's soul."
- Philip Graham Ryken, Senior Minister, Tenth Presbyterian Church
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.
160 pages Published July 2008
About the Author: Prolific author and international conference speaker, Paul David Tripp, is president of Paul Tripp Ministries whose mission is to educate and equip today's Christian by combining in depth study of God's Word with practical life application. Tripp, also a pastor with over 15 years of pastoral ministry, is an adjunct professor at Westminster Theological Seminary and adjunct faculty member at the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
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"Whiter Than Snow: Meditations on Sin and Mercy is 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 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 & WTS Board of Trustees member
"In Whiter than Snow, Paul Tripp brings an artist's eye to Psalm 51, enabling the rest of us to see the vibrant colors and deeper hues that were there all along. Like a good museum guide, Tripp reveals to us aspects of King David's greatest poem that we may never have noticed before. These brief meditations will push you to "get real" with your sin, but more importantly they will cause you to soar anew on the wings of God's amazing grace and mercy. If like me you've felt yourself in danger of becoming numb to sin and grace, Whiter than Snow is like a revival between two paper covers. I'm not a big fan of devotionals, but this is one I will not only recommend but will purchase to give to my friends."
- Mark Traphagen, Westminster Bookstore Staff, July 2008
Where sin abounds grace abounds all the more. In a sense this is the story of the Christian's life. In "Whiter Than Snow" Paul Tripp walks us through the words of a man wrestling with the aftermath of his own sin. These meditations on Psalm 51 deal honestly with the darkness of our sin so that the light of the gospel of grace might be seen all the more clearly. Good medicine for a sinner's soul.
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