How People Change

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.

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!!

It’s a solid book, the ideas are pretty good and it’s helpful if you’re not really struggling in life. But if you do have struggles, and the superficial shallow Christian answers just aren’t cutting it, this book probably isn’t for you. It just falls flat when it comes to how to put into practice, and how to live a real Christian life that goes beyond a personal study.

I can only say that if you have not been in the heat of life you may not connect with the wisdom herein. I have borne the scorch of life's heat and felt the pain of its thorns without the benefit of what the authors present. If you're like me then you need this insight and its wisdom. I have been pastor to three churches in the furnace of messed up people. This book is very helpful.

Fantastic book for helping me first understand my own heart and what causes struggles in my own life and then for having a very very helpful framework for being able to understand the roots of other people’s issues and to effectively counsel others. Highly recommended!

This book makes you look at the heart and go deeper than just surface behavioral change. If you do not get to the heart your attempt at behavior change will eventually fail.

We’ve churchified ways to grow as a person outside of the gospel and it doesn’t work. This book along with others like like it, “Recovering Redemption” and “you can change,” are examples of correcting this tremendous misstep.

This book is insightful & powerful. Finally, a book that gets to the HEART of the matter and produces lasting change. I am using it in a jail ministry with female addicts.

This book can change the way you approach struggles and difficulties in your life by giving you a right perspective of your situations, no matter how awful or trying they are. I highly recommend it for the truth that it contains about being honest with yourself. It helps you do self counsel, and gives you a method of dealing with your problems without always running to someone else.

My favorite part was the example of the church who accidentally replaced gospel centrality with fine tuning theological understanding. It is an easy slope to slide down, but if we don't keep Jesus and the gospel at the heart of it all we will forget what we are thankful for, how much God loves us, and why we are here.

Truly wonderful book, gives you guidance on how to make Christ-centered change without hitting you with "the power of Christ compels you." style writing. This book saved my life, in more ways than one. Every time I read it, I find new lessons in it that I didn't see before. I have highlighted the whole book twice over, because everything hits you hard at one point or another.

I think this book gives a good overview of how CCEF does ministry, but I do not find Lane and Tripp to be exceptional writers though they are very clear and I know many people appreciate that.

This brings a refreshing look at the walk of a believer. It uses well applied principles related to real life struggles. Many of the trials mentioned applied to my circumstances but reminded me my value is found in who I am "in Christ." Whether you to are building your walk with the Lord or need to rejuvenate your faith this book is a winner!