I loved this book and all books by this author! This one was probably my favorite and I look forward to sharing it with friends!

Thank you to NetGalley and Crossway for providing me with an electronic advance reader copy.

Paul Tripp talks about how Christians should react in a world that often goes against our beliefs. Instead of getting upset and retaliating with harsh words or actions, he says the gospel can change how we respond. He talks about how we speak, deal with sin, understand grace, and our identity. Each chapter includes Bible verses that show how Christians should respond to the culture around them. This book gives helpful insights on living a life that honors Jesus, no matter what's happening around us.

Paul David Tripp is a well-known author, pastor, and speaker. His newest book is titled, "Reactivity: How the Gospel Transforms Our Actions and Reactions." This book is timely, considering how reactive social media and culture wars have made us all. Tripp counteracts this overwhelming tendency towards reactivity by explaining how Christians have normalized reactions that should not characterize believers, such as emotional, anger-driven, disrespectful, vengeful, and self-righteous responses. He encourages Christians regarding the importance of grace, particularly when communicating with an unsaved audience. Finally, Tripp proposes that believers should determine what they value most, and suggests six thought-provoking examples.

I think this book is much needed today, and I know many will find it convicting and helpful. I thought it was an easy read and was given a lot to think about. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

This is geared toward the social outlets in your life and how you react to them.
It gives you pratical ideas and overall it's about your heart. In your heart springs the wellspring of life and it's a reflection of whats in your heart that comes forth,

I found Paul David Tripps book Reactivity to be a really great book and in my opinion a book that is much needed in the church today. This book helped to encourage me to view digital media and technology through the lens of the gospel and taught me a biblical framework for communication. I recommend this book!

As always, Paul Tripp knows how to articulate the most poignant words relevant for the current times. I adore following Tripp on Instagram and enjoy his daily posts with spiritual quotes. This book takes the reader on a journey to view all that we are exposed to in the digital world through the eyes of the Gospel. He helps the reader apply ways to not become a toxic individual in the cancel culture world we live in. Very applicable read for all individuals.

One more time Paul Tripp nailed it with his books. Reactivity could not come in better times when most of our interaction, ways of communication and even giving statements about what we think is right are not face to face but through social medias and how fast we react when we don't agree with an statement. We tend to react in bad ways and not to respond with love and respect. In this book he navigates through the interaction on the social media leading down with a Biblical foundation the way we believers need to interact and respond on social media and in our daily life. Something I really like about Paul Tripp books is it feels like you are sitting with him, having a one to one conversation. Totally recommend it.
Thank to Netgalley and the Publisher for the ARC in interchange for my honest review. I really enjoyed this Title.

Wow wow wow. What at timely read for today!! It was very eye-opening how technology and social media are affecting and changing how people act, react, and behave. It also make me evaluate my approach and my actions online. The book was a fairly quick read, but it was jam packed with truth and practical wisdom. So much of this book resonated with me, particularly the parts about grace and rest. Those are two things that are desperately missing in the culture right now. I feel like this book is a great read for everyone today, because everyone is submersed in the digital world, especially the internet, in one way or another. Such a great read from start to finish, as are all of Paul David Tripp's books.

Paul Tripp's books are always so good, packed with wisdom and pointing us back to the gospel. This book carries a very important message of how we conduct ourselves with others, not just in online interactions where we type words that we would be ashamed to say in person, but also how that with time, this toxic habit of reactivity also spills into real life and people around us.

I received an advance reader copy from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

Paul David Tripp is one of my favorite Bible teachers. He writes in a way that is accessible and his depth of knowledge and passion to teach is evident in all his writing. This book is incredibly relevant to our current culture and the phenomenon of reactivity that is rampant in Christian circles today. I was convicted and learned much from this!

Reactivity is a spot-on look at technology today and what it’s doing to our friendships, our relationships and ourselves. Well-researched and opportune for our current tech-climate, Reactivity should be a required read for all Christians (all people, really) who are on the internet today. With practical advice and scriptural backing, Paul David Tripp gently and lovingly calls us out on all the things we need to get in check. I really enjoyed this read from beginning to end.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC of a timely and culturally appropriate book.

Reactivity is how we as humans respond to the actions of those around us. Oftentimes this reactivity is a negative response or a outburst against something we do not agree with. Paul Tripp writes how, Christian’s should be reacting in light of this ever changing world that is often contrary to our Christian worldview. Instead of taking offense and retaliating in our words and reactions he highlights how the gospel can transform or actions and reactions. He writes about our speech, sin, grace, identity and much more. In each chapter he uses verses from the Bible that highlight what and how a Christian should react to culture. As always this book was insightful and useful to giving the correct perspective in how to live a life that glorifies Jesus regardless of what is going on around us.

Something has gone wrong with how many Christians react on social media. It has developed into a toxic culture. Tripp initially saw social media as a powerful tool for the gospel. It has developed into a cesspool of anger filled with comments dishonoring God. And, unfortunately, it is becoming normalized, even infecting the church.

Tripp is hard hitting in this book. He reminds Christians God has made it clear. The norm for Christians should be love. “Being theologically correct does not give you the license to be mean.” (170/1709) He reviews the biblical commands covering our responses and other relationship interactions. Yes, we are to care about truth and justice but there is a godly way to express such concern.

I really like Tripp's underlying foundation for our way of understanding and dealing with everything, especially the culture of social media. We are to view everything through the lens of the gospel. The gospel provides us with a way of seeing, a means of interpreting, a guide to understanding, and a way of living. The gospel should shape what we say and how we say it.

This is an excellent book for Christians who are concerned about the toxic nature of recent social media conversations. It is also a necessary book for those involved in the heated social media exchanges. Tripp reminds us it has to do with the conditions of the heart and the sin involved. The gospel should be our driving motivation for all we do. Love and showing dignity and respect are to be essential elements of our exchanges.

If you are willing to evaluate what you think and say and do through the lens of the gospel, this book is for you. If you are not willing to make that examination, this book is all the more necessary for you.

I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.

A fairly short book (about 150 pages between the 12 chapters), Tripp shares his thoughts on different things that inform why we react (or may be tempted to react) the way we do -- sin, glory, eternity, limits, dignity, and more. I was, sadly, quite underwhelmed. There are over a dozen typos/words missing and it seems like this title needed more time to develop.

I highly recommend Reactivity. It is a short book and easily accessible. In it, Tripp challenges the reader in to consider how they respond. When we look at social media, our eyes are immediately drawn to how often people are cruel, disrespectful, rude, and many other unbecoming descriptions. The author points out this is not necessarily anything new, nor a result of social media, but that social media plays on the worst of our sinful nature.

First, Tripp builds the case that our reactivity should not be normalized and directly goes against our call to love one another. Tripp proceeds to make an argument for how we should respond, a response marked wholesome talk that builds others up, infused with grace and understanding.

Tripp then looks at five themes of "any culture of reactive toxicity": sin, grace, identity, glory, and eternity. He describes the ways in which our reactions are shaped by sin, how we who have been changed by grace respond with grace no longer finding our identity in power, control, and acceptance, not seeking our own glory, and having hearts and minds set on the unchangeable fact that God will make all things new.

In the final five chapters Tripp points out other aspects of relationships and our reactions. As Christians, our most basic call is to be selfless, to deny ourselves and bearing our cross, follow Christ — selflessness is at the root of reacting with the fruit of the Spirit. Next, we must recognize our limits; we are not God, we do not know all things, we cannot change someone's heart, and we are not infinitely wise. The author then challenges the reader to consider their values. Do we realize what we worship and do we align our values with what God values (Gal. 5:22-26). Next, we are called to understand how the dignity of human beings changes the way we should look at and respond to people, whether we are interacting with them in person or online. In the final chapter, Tripp articulates the value and practical meaning of understanding God's presence. Rather than responding out of fear, we "response out of a deep belief in the presence, power, goodness, holiness, justice, and mercy of the Lord." (157).

Paul Tripp offers a wonderful contribution to Christian ethics in this short book. All Christians would do well to reflect and meditate on what Tripp says and how Scripture has called us to be holy as God is holy, demonstrating that we are followers of Jesus by how we love one another. I would recommend church leaders and sessions go through this book, and it would be a great addition for small groups to study through together.