Paul Tripp is the author of several books, including Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands, Lost in the Middle, War of Words and Age of Opportunity. For a number of years he was a counselor and full time staff member of the Christian Counseling and Education Foundation (CCEF). In the ministry’s mission statement, he says the purpose of Paul Tripp Ministries is “to place the person and work of Jesus Christ in the middle of the messy and confusing situations and relationships in which every person lives.”