What does it take for lasting change to take root in your life? If you've ever tried, failed, and wondered what you could do differently, you need to read How People Change.
In the book, biblical counseling experts Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp explain the biblical pattern for change in a clear, practical way you can apply to the challenges of daily life.
But change involves much more than just a biblical formula: you will 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.
A changed heart is the bright promise of the gospel, but many of us wonder if we'll ever see lasting change take root in our lives. When the Bible talks about the gift of a new heart, it doesn't mean a heart that is immediately perfected, but a heart that is capable of being changed. Jesus's work on the cross targets our hearts, our core desires and motivations, and when our hearts change, our behavior changes.
How People Change targets the root of a person: the heart. When our core desires and motivations change, only then will behavior follow. Using a biblical model of Heat, Thorns, Cross, and Fruit, Paul David Tripp and Timothy S. Lane reveal how lasting change is possible.
You don't need to be stuck anymore. In Christ, you are a new creation. The old has gone and the new has come. Includes a foreword by David Powlison.
"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
Married to Christ and "religious or Christian activities that become idols" is excellent
Excellent content and is well worth reading. It is Gospel saturated and biblically informed.
Great book highly recommend it if you were interested in change of your own or those around you.a must read.
Exactly what I wanted!
This lecture was really helpful to develop a strong way to see the change, which is necessary to grow up in our Christian life.
This book is abundantly practical. If you ever wondered how God changes people, this book is for you. The change this book talks about is not a mere external or behavioral change. Rather, it talks about the heart change that brings forth external changes in a Christian's life. The center of the whole transformation is the gospel of Jesus Christ. I did believe in the gospel for the past 8 years but this book solidified the fact that the gospel has a transforming power whatever the sin issues we are struggling with knowingly or even unknowingly. One of the many beneficial chapter for me was "Change is Community Project." It is so easy in the Western world to carry individualistic mindset into the church. However, when we think we can do things alone and grow alone, we are greatly mistaken. The redemptive friends who are close enough to share life and speak the truth in love are essential for our growth. If you want to live a fruitful Christian life yet have no clear vision of where you are going and how you can do it, this is the book for you.
Read this book for a Biblical counseling class and it has had a great impact on my spiritual life. It goes into depth about what the believer's identity in Christ is. This is a great read for any Christian who is serious about spiritual growth - whether they are studying counseling or not. It digs deep into why we sin in response to the "heat" in our lives and how our identity in Christ ("fruit tree" instead of "thornbush") can help us learn to live in victory over sin.
I’m very thankful of the neighbors and people in my live healthy family and a roof over my head
Great book, Gospel centered theory, practical application, and filled with hope. Read it for a counseling class but it was so helpful in dealing with my own heart.
As always Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp offer spot on help to others in showing them through the Word of God how people can change for the better.
