Personal Growth
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Life Beyond Your Parents' Mistakes: The Transforming Power of God's Love
$7.13Retail: $8.91What if your human parents were violent, deceptive, cold, or even just occasionally disappointing? Can their failures keep you from understanding God's love and having a growing relationship with your heavenly Father? Some say that you can't know God's...$7.13Retail: $8.91 -
Do I Need Counseling? When and Where to Get Help
$7.13Retail: $8.91Are your personal or relational problems overwhelming you, negatively impacting your daily life or relationships? While all of us face the common pressures of living in a broken world, sometimes those challenges become too much to handle alone, and they...$7.13Retail: $8.91 -
Filled with Dread: Facing the Inevitable by Faith
$7.13Retail: $8.91Do you ever get a sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach in anticipation of something you don't want to face? This sense of foreboding and apprehension is called dread. It could be about an upcoming life change, a conflict to resolve, a difficult...$7.13Retail: $8.91 -
Can You Change If You're Gay?
$7.13Retail: $8.91There 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...$7.13Retail: $8.91 -
Leaving Your Family Behind: Preparing for Military Deployment
$7.13Retail: $8.91As you face deployment, you need more than sympathy and gratitude. You need hope and guidance for yourself and those you love. Jesus Christ experienced the pain of separation when he left heaven for earth, and he understands what you are facing. You can...$7.13Retail: $8.91 -
Be Well: Learning to Steward Your Health
$7.13Retail: $8.91Would you like to take better care of your body but aren't sure what to do? Focusing on our souls doesn't mean we should neglect taking care of our bodies. But often we are so busy caring for others and keeping to our schedules that we think we can't...$7.13Retail: $8.91 -
The Gay Dilemma and Your Church: Reaching Out to Those Who Struggle
$7.13Retail: $8.91Whether 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...$7.13Retail: $8.91 -
Is God Disappointed with Me? Resting in God’s Approval
$7.13Retail: $8.91Do you have a hard time imagining that God looks at you with a warm smile of affection and delight? Does it feel like he must be disappointed in you? Many Christians struggle with embarrassment and shame due to their failures and sins, living with an...$7.13Retail: $8.91 -
Coming Clean: Breaking Pornography's Hold on You (eBook)
$7.13Retail: $8.91Is it really possible to come clean once pornography has gained control of your life? In CCEF's Coming Clean: Breaking Pornography's Hold on You, biblical counseling expert David Powlison invites you to learn from a man called Bob, who experienced...$7.13Retail: $8.91 -
Stressed Out: Becoming Peaceful on the Inside (eBook)
$7.13Retail: $8.91Have you traded in your peace for a life full of stress, worry, and anxiety? David Powlison points all who are stressed out to Psalm 131, a quiet little psalm with revolutionary potential. The psalmist's composure in the midst of his difficult...$7.13Retail: $8.91 -
Choices: Why Do I Do These Things (eBook)
$7.13Retail: $8.91Why 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...$7.13Retail: $8.91 -
When You Are Worried: Finding Reasons for Peace (eBook)
$7.13Retail: $8.91Money, health, relationships. We have plenty of reasons to worry, right? In this minibook, David Powlison explains that, although circumstances bring difficult challenges, worry comes from our hearts. So to help our worried hearts, he highlights seven...$7.13Retail: $8.91 -
You Make Me So Mad! Managing Your Anger (eBook)
$7.13Retail: $8.91Anger. We all experience it, some more than others. When is it righteous and when is it not? How can we control our anger and not get caught in a maze of rage when things don't go our way? David Powlison takes a close look at anger to help us understand...$7.13Retail: $8.91 -
Innocence Lost: Restoration after Victimization (eBook)
$7.13Retail: $8.91Every victim has a voice with which to cry out against God or cry out to him. In Innocence Lost: Rebuilding After Victimization, biblical counseling expert David Powlison encourages all who have been victimized to find their voice in Scripture, guiding...$7.13Retail: $8.91 -
Real Love: Better than Unconditional (eBook)
$7.13Retail: $8.91God's love is unconditional, right? Actually, God cares too much about us to be unconditional in his love for us. In Real Love: Better Than Unconditional? biblical counseling expert David Powlison explains that God's love is both different from and...$7.13Retail: $8.91 -
How to Relate to Your Parents After Marriage: Honoring Them While Loving Your Spouse
When you get married, your relationship with your parents naturally changes. It can be hard to navigate this new terrain with its shifting roles and responsibilities. How do you balance the biblical command to honor your parents with your new commitment... -
The Hope of Heaven: Starting Eternal Life in the Here and Now
As believers, we know that one day we will see our Savior face to face in the new heavens and new earth. But as we go about our busy lives, heaven can feel like a vague and distant hope. We look to God’s promises in the Bible for encouragement,... -
When Faith Feels Dry: Rediscovering Joy in God
Do you ever feel like you are just going through the motions of your Christian life? Perhaps even though you are praying, reading the Bible, and going to church, you still feel disconnected from God. If you’ve been wondering why your walk with God...
Christian Books for Personal Growth - Self-Help Books
New Growth Press offers a wide range of Christian minibooks for men and women that address common struggles of everyday life through the lens of Scripture. Each booklet is concise enough to read in under an hour, yet rich with biblical wisdom and practical guidance for real-life challenges.
Rooted in a gospel-centered approach to change, these resources combine careful biblical teaching with insights drawn from counseling and everyday experience. They are designed to help readers grow in faith, respond wisely to life's difficulties, and experience lasting heart change. Whether facing discouragement, anxiety, conflict, or uncertainty, these minibooks offer hope, direction, and encouragement grounded in God's Word. Each title aims not only to inform but to equip readers to apply truth in meaningful, practical ways.
Some of the topics covered by these resources include:
Christian Living Books
A broad collection focused on discipleship, spiritual growth, and everyday faith. These Christian living books help readers apply biblical truth to daily life and grow in their relationship with Christ.
Christian Books on Anxiety
A focused selection addressing fear, worry, and inner struggles. These Christian books on anxiety offer biblical encouragement and practical help for those seeking peace in the midst of anxiety.
Christian Books About Grief
These Christian books on grief explore sorrow, loss, and suffering with compassion and biblical hope, helping readers find comfort and confidence in God during difficult seasons.
Christian Books on Shame and Guilt
A collection addressing the realities of guilt, shame, and forgiveness. These books on shame and guilt point readers to the freedom and grace found in Christ.
Here are some recommended titles available from New Growth Press:
- Grief: Grief: Finding Hope Again by Paul David Tripp & CCEF Minibook
- Anger: Controlling Anger: Responding Constructively When Life Goes Wrong by David Powlison
- Anxiety: Overcoming Anxiety: Relief for Worried People by David Powlison & CCEF Minibook
- Forgiveness: Forgiving Others: Joining Wisdom and Love by Timothy S. Lane & CCEF Minibook
- Difficult Relations: How to Love Difficult People: Receiving and Sharing God's Mercy by William P. Smith
- Christian Booklets (Minibooks): Our short, accessible Christian booklets cover a wide range of topics in a concise format. They are ideal for personal study, counseling, small groups, or giving to someone in need of encouragement.