Personal Growth
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Suffering: Where to Turn When Life Falls Apart
Steve Brown
$5.00Retail: $6.25Someone you love is ill, your child is in trouble, financial problems mount, you lost your job, your spouse left you–the list of troubles we experience is both uniquely difficult and depressingly similar. In this world we will suffer, Jesus...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Why Do I Care? When Others' Approval Matters Too Much
Amy Baker
$5.00Retail: $6.25It 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Healing Broken Relationships: What to Do When You've Been Hurt
Jayne V. Clark
$5.00Retail: $6.25Arguments. 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Feeling Guilty? Grace for Your Mistakes
Steve Brown
$5.00Retail: $6.25Right 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Faith and Doubt: When Belief is Hard
Steve Brown
$5.00Retail: $6.25You 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Overcoming Anxiety: Relief for Worried People
David Powlison
$5.00Retail: $6.25You 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Controlling Anger: Responding Constructively When Life Goes Wrong
David Powlison
$5.00Retail: $6.25What 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Homosexuality and the Bible: Outdated Advice or Words of Life?
R. Nicholas Black
$5.00Retail: $6.25As 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
When Trouble Shows Up: Seeing God's Transforming Love
Robert D. Jones
$5.00Retail: $6.25Where 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
The Gay Dilemma and Your Church: Reaching Out to Those Who Struggle
John Freeman
$5.00Retail: $6.25Whether 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?...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Can You Change If You're Gay?
David White
$5.00Retail: $6.25There 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
When the Money Runs Out: Hope and Help for the Financially Stressed
James C. Petty
$5.00Retail: $6.25If 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 are...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
When Crisis Hits: Where to Turn When Life Falls Apart
C. John Miller
$5.00Retail: $6.25When 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
When Bad Things Happen: Thoughtful Answers to Hard Questions
William P. Smith
$5.00Retail: $6.25Is 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Temptation: Fighting the Urge
Timothy S. Lane
$5.00Retail: $6.25How 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Sexual Assault: Healing Steps for Victims
David Powlison
$5.00Retail: $6.25Sexual 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Redeeming Your Painful Past: Present Grace, Future Hope
Stephen Viars
$5.00Retail: $6.25Do 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Recovering from Child Abuse: Healing and Hope for Victims
David Powlison
$5.00Retail: $6.25The 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Living in a Dangerous World: Moving from Fear to Faith
William P. Smith
$5.00Retail: $6.25Everyone 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 information...$5.00Retail: $6.25 -
Life Beyond Your Parents' Mistakes: The Transforming Power of God's Love
David Powlison
$5.00Retail: $6.25What 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...$5.00Retail: $6.25
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.