What does it take for lasting change to take root in your life?
If you’ve ever tried, failed, and wondered why, you need How People Change. This book explains the biblical pattern for change in a clear, practical way you can apply to the challenges of daily life. But change involves more than a biblical formula. It relies on bringing your heart directly to the foot of the cross and allowing Jesus to change not just your behavior but your core desires and motivations. In this updated edition, insightful discussion questions help you see how God is at work to make you the person you were created to be. That powerful, loving, redemptive relationship is at the heart of all positive change you experience.
"This book is applied theology. It's about heat, thorns, the cross, and fruit. It's about present grace. In sixteen short and well-illustrated chapters, the wonderful prospect of change for the good is held out for the reader. We are called to consider our circumstances and our responses to them, and beneath that to examine our hearts' desires and to turn afresh to Christ's cross."
Mark Dever, Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, DC
"It's encouraging to know that, in God's hands, the winds of adversity that batter our lives are also agents of fruitful change in us. Paul Tripp and Tim Lane have done us all a favor by leading us down that path of change and teaching us how to embrace God's transforming work in our hearts."
Carolyn Custis James, Author of When Life and Beliefs Collide
"Change doesn't happen overnight for the Christian. It's a lifelong journey. Paul Tripp and Tim Lane masterfully guide us along the biblical path that points us to the cross and a lifestyle of faith and repentance. I recommend this book to all Christians who desire to grow in their relationship with God."
Tremper Longman III, Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies, Westmont College
"Governments and agencies can legislate for people, resource people, teach people, but they can't change people. Jesus Christ can! It's that people-changing gospel that these study guides apply clearly, deeply, and perceptively to the relationships that Christians have with friends, neighbors, and families. London City Mission uses this material for training our entire team of 120 who are engaged in patient, sensitive, personal evangelism. These guides are an excellent—even an essential—preparation for that great work."
John Nicholls, Former Chief Executive, London City Mission, UK
"There are very few resources I find more useful than CCEF's study guides. God changes people by conforming their hearts into his likeness, and How People Change will help your laypeople to understand this more clearly. If you want to know why people do the things they do, this resource is for you!"
Deepak Reju, Associate Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist, Washington, DC
"How People Change is a distinctively biblical look at the heart's struggle with sin, its consequences, and God's prescription for it. It has given me fresh insight into my own struggles and better equipped me to help those in my congregation with theirs. I enthusiastically recommend it."
Ken Brown, Pastor, Community Baptist, New Boston, MI
"These resources have been a vital part of discipleship at Mars Hill Church. We place a high value on biblical, gospel-based, heart-oriented counseling and discipleship, and on seeing that vision implemented from the pulpit, in small groups, in individual counseling, and in informal relationships."
Mike Wilkerson, Pastor, Mars Hill Church, Seattle, WA
How many sermons have you listened to? How many hours have you spent in church with others who have no idea how to walk alongside you, disciple you or grow in life giving ways that Christ died to give? This book will help open your eyes to the power of recognizing the motivations of our hearts and the Savior who invites us to be transformed by understanding who we are and who we can become.
The Holy Spirit has used this in my own life in a great way. If you are thinking of helping others first look at the speck in your own eye, as you read this book try to apply it to yourself first and how knows you might just change too. Great Book I highly recommend it, but on account of what I needed to change in my own life I didn't really enjoy reading it. The book is well written and thought provoking.
This is a phenomenal book! I read it through with a young deacon in our church, chapter by chapter, meeting weekly. There are hundreds of practical, down to earth questions in this book that make you work to comprehend and apply. He is so biblical that there are large chunks of scripture throughout the book, and plenty of real life stories of ministry and counseling to give you an idea that this is not just theory. Read it slowly, with others and plan to come back to it often!
Disclaimer: I’ve read the Study Guide version and completed the Biblical Counseling training by City-to-City which went through the model prior to reading this book. Personally I think this could be a very helpful introduction to people who are new to the model of biblical change. The book is full of explanations and examples which make the model practical. However, I found the book a little too repetitive, and I felt like it could be a lot shorter than it is now. Any how, this book provides a very practical model that could benefit your ministry and help you in your personal growth. If you’re looking for something to go through with your small group, I actually recommend going straight forward to the Study Guide which sufficiently provides all the descriptions and examples needed.
We Christians are so often distracted by otherwise good ministries, unaddressed sins, and interesting/entertaining/important ideas that ultimately usurp Jesus' role as the one who saves us. This book pairs real-life vignettes, visual diagrams, and bibical analysis to speak frankly about these distractions, and show us how and why Jesus is the only way to personal and communal spiritual health
Lane explains "change" well. However, it is a personal choice each of us get to make. No one can "force" another to change ... even if it is the best for them
This book's content is eye-opening and the authors do a wonderful job of communicating some very deep content. I highly recommend reading this book regardless of where you are in your walk with our Lord.
This book digs deeper than simply actions and responses. I digs down to the heart. The heart of people, and also the heart of the gospel. It unpacks the present grace of Christ that draws us to himself. Many practical, encouraging, and convicting questions are give in the book that takes the gospel and puts it into everyday life.
Opens your heart to be ready for change and growth. Makes you think of how am I sinning not others.
This book has amazing insights. It walks you through and allows the Word of God to change your understanding and your heart. It has blessed me beyond measure. Highly recommend this book!!
