Personal Growth
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Choices: Why Do I Do These Things (eBook)
$5.20Retail: $6.50Why did I do that? Behind every choice is a motive–like pleasure, comfort, or control. Motives can be hard to identify and even harder to change. In CCEF's Choices: Why Do I Do What I Do?, biblical counseling expert Edward T. Welch shows all who...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
Suffering: Where to Turn When Life Falls Apart
$5.20Retail: $6.50Someone you love is ill, your child is in trouble, financial problems mount, you lost your job, your spouse left youÐthe list of troubles we experience is both uniquely difficult and depressingly similar. In this world we will suffer, Jesus promised...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
Why Do I Care? When Others' Approval Matters Too Much
$5.20Retail: $6.50It is difficult and sometimes frightening not to have the good opinion of others. No one likes to face the possibility of rejection, humiliation, or opposition. Yet, making our goal others' approval confines us to a small world where life consists of...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
Healing Broken Relationships: What to Do When You've Been Hurt
$5.20Retail: $6.50Arguments. Betrayal. Inattention. Some of the reasons that relationships shatter. Anger. Confusion. Hurt. Frustration. Some of what we feel when a relationship falls apart. We all have experienced how hard relationships can be in this broken world...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
Feeling Guilty? Grace for Your Mistakes
$5.20Retail: $6.50Right now you are probably feeling guilty about one thing or another–what you said to your spouse last night, those unrelenting thoughts, something you did years ago and regret, actual lying and cheating, the places where you are struggling right...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
Faith and Doubt: When Belief is Hard
$5.20Retail: $6.50You made a commitment to Jesus (or maybe you didn't), but now you are questioning everything. Is there a God? Are you really forgiven and accepted for Jesus's sake? It sounds too good to be true. And if the Bible really is true and Jesus really did rise...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
Overcoming Anxiety: Relief for Worried People
$5.20Retail: $6.50You know the feeling your mind keeps spinning around and around with the same worries, problems, and fears. You feel like you can't breathe. Some days your anxiety is so overwhelming that it's hard for you to believe that anyone, even God, could help...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
Controlling Anger: Responding Constructively When Life Goes Wrong
$5.20Retail: $6.50What makes you angry? Sometimes it's small things: traffic jams, a waiter's mistake, or a friend's inattention. And sometimes it's big things: betrayal, injustice, meanness, violence, oppression, selfishness, and lying. How do you deal with your anger?...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
Homosexuality and the Bible: Outdated Advice or Words of Life?
$5.20Retail: $6.50As the conversation around homosexuality becomes increasingly hostile on all sides, it can be difficult to know where to stand as a Christian. You don't want to compromise God's Word, either by blindly following the culture or by treating others with...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
When Trouble Shows Up: Seeing God's Transforming Love
$5.20Retail: $6.50Where is God in all this? Does he really love me? Perhaps you are asking questions like these in the midst of tough situations that come your way. You want to trust God's plan for your life, but when hardship intrudes, it is often difficult to believe...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
The Gay Dilemma and Your Church: Reaching Out to Those Who Struggle
$5.20Retail: $6.50Whether it's a friend, family member, neighbor, or coworker, chances are you know someone who's gay. You want to respond well, but you're not sure how. How do you help and encourage other Christians struggling with same-sex attraction? How do you...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
Can You Change If You're Gay?
$5.20Retail: $6.50There are many voices weighing in on the question of whether you can change your sexual orientation. Yes, no, maybe so—it can be confusing and disorienting to sort through the mess. You want to follow God, but what does that mean when it comes to...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
When the Money Runs Out: Hope and Help for the Financially Stressed
$5.20Retail: $6.50If you are experiencing financial difficulties, you might be feeling anger, discouragement, fear, or even panic. There are many reasons people struggle financially-job loss, unexpected expenses, poor decisions-but, whatever the reason, money troubles...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
When Crisis Hits: Where to Turn When Life Falls Apart
$5.20Retail: $6.50When life falls apart, we feel deep confusion. Our emotions may shatter no matter how strong we have been. Our minds fill with unanswered and painful questions like the following: "Why me?" "What did I do to deserve this?" "Is there any hope for my...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
When Bad Things Happen: Thoughtful Answers to Hard Questions
$5.20Retail: $6.50Is a personal God really involved in our suffering? And if he is, what in the world is he up to? Why would a good God allow suffering in his world? William P. Smith addresses these and other hard questions by reflecting on what the Bible teaches about...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
Temptation: Fighting the Urge
$5.20Retail: $6.50How many times have you tried to change a behavior only to find yourself doing the same thing again? Do these phrases sound familiar? "There I go again!" "I've had this struggle for years, and I just can't seem to win." "I do okay for awhile, but then I...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
Sexual Assault: Healing Steps for Victims
$5.20Retail: $6.50Sexual assault is an invasive event of traumatic evil. You were victimized, and now you are suffering. Whenever sexual abuse occurs, love is not part of the equation. Rather, the perpetrator uses power, domination, and control to injure innocent victims...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
Redeeming Your Painful Past: Present Grace, Future Hope
$5.20Retail: $6.50Do you ever feel like your past is haunting you? Maybe it's a mistake you made that can't be made right or something that was done to you that can never be undone. You see the effects of it in your daily life, but struggle to know how to move forward...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
Recovering from Child Abuse: Healing and Hope for Victims
$5.20Retail: $6.50The damage you suffered may have been done in one terrible moment or over time. But the healing and the restoration will unfold at your pace, at a human pace. It unfolds as part of your story, and it unfolds over time. As a vulnerable child, instead of...$5.20Retail: $6.50 -
Living in a Dangerous World: Moving from Fear to Faith
$5.20Retail: $6.50Everyone is afraid of something. Fear is part of the human experience of living in a broken, fallen world. We try to manage our fears, but our coping mechanisms impact our faith. We hoard resources and stop praying for provision. We stockpile...$5.20Retail: $6.50
SHORT CHRISTIAN PERSONAL GROWTH BOOKS
The New Growth Press Personal Growth minibooks are designed to address common problems of daily life from a biblical perspective. Like all of our minibooks, they are short enough to be read in under an hour but deep enough to offer meaningful, practical help for the struggles we all face. Some of the topics covered by these concise booklets include grief, anger, anxiety, forgiveness, difficult relationships, and many more.