Word War

Have you been hurt by another person's words? Have you hurt someone with your words?

In this book, bestselling author Paul David Tripp shows you that our struggle with communication is not about learning new methods of speaking or seeking new strategies to restore broken relationships. Our struggle with communication originates in a deeper war: the war for the conquest of our hearts. Whoever rules our hearts will rule our speech. That is why we must understand that the war of words is won when God rules our hearts and we submit to His gospel. Only then can the means to improve our communication be effective.

This book contains reflection and discussion questions after each chapter, and is written in a very fresh and personal language, as if the author himself were conversing with you in your living room. If you want to know how you can shape your words to resemble the life God wants you to live every day, read this book!

“Marriages, friendships, parent-child relationships, and all kinds of personal relationships are mostly shaped and permeated, harmed or helped by what comes out of our mouths. How do you understand Jesus’ words: “...out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks”? If that is true, all communication issues are heart issues. If you are going to help improve a marriage so that the mouth heals instead of hurts, you have to deal with the heart... This book is profound in the sense that it goes beyond the surface of words to reach the origin, and Paul Tripp is perhaps the one who has thought about these things more deeply than any counselor I know.” John Piper, author of Five Points