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How People Change Participant Workbook
The Messiness of Living in a Fallen World and the Shocking Hope of Change Derived from the book, How People Change, authors Paul David Tripp and Timothy S. Lane now offer a companion guide for use in church-wide training sessions, small groups, Sunday schools, youth groups or one-on-one discipleship. How People Change delves into the truth of the gospel and applies it to the messiness of living in a fallen world .With this curriculum you come face to face with your own heart, examine the fruit of your life in Christ and grow in love for others. You will be challenged - and moved - by the shocking hope that the gospel can change anyone!
- GenresCounselling
188 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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About the author
Timothy S. Lane
33 books43 followersTimothy S. Lane, M. Div., D. Min.
Born in Sylvania, Georgia, Tim enjoyed a good relationship with his parents in his formative years, but he did not become involved in church until his later teens. Just before his senior year in high school, Tim became aware of his sin and his need for Jesus. God used simple salvation sermons at a local church, as well as a group of friends, to bring him to Christ at the age of seventeen.
In 1984, Tim graduated with a degree in English and Philosophy from the University of Georgia. Before going to seminary in 1987, Tim served 3 years as a staff person at an evangelical ministry where he met Barbara, whom he later married in 1989. In 1991, Tim graduated from Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia.
In 1991, Tim and Barbara also moved to South Carolina where Tim served as assistant pastor and then pastor at Clemson Presbyterian Church until 2001. It was during these 10 years that Tim truly began to understand and apply the gospel to his life and ministry. He learned that the blessings and difficulties of marriage, family and ministry were just the things God used to draw him into a deeper relationship with Him. He also learned how to apply God’s truth to everyday life and ministry, pointing others to Christ and his gospel of grace.
Tim, Barbara and their four children moved to Philadelphia in 2001 where they both serve at the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation. Tim is a counselor and faculty member at CCEF and a lecturer in practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. He is also a speaker, the author of CONFLICT and the co-author of HOW PEOPLE CHANGE and RELATIONSHIPS: A Mess Worth Making.
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Born in Sylvania, Georgia, Tim enjoyed a good relationship with his parents in his formative years, but he did not become involved in church until his later teens. Just before his senior year in high school, Tim became aware of his sin and his need for Jesus. God used simple salvation sermons at a local church, as well as a group of friends, to bring him to Christ at the age of seventeen.
In 1984, Tim graduated with a degree in English and Philosophy from the University of Georgia. Before going to seminary in 1987, Tim served 3 years as a staff person at an evangelical ministry where he met Barbara, whom he later married in 1989. In 1991, Tim graduated from Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia.
In 1991, Tim and Barbara also moved to South Carolina where Tim served as assistant pastor and then pastor at Clemson Presbyterian Church until 2001. It was during these 10 years that Tim truly began to understand and apply the gospel to his life and ministry. He learned that the blessings and difficulties of marriage, family and ministry were just the things God used to draw him into a deeper relationship with Him. He also learned how to apply God’s truth to everyday life and ministry, pointing others to Christ and his gospel of grace.
Tim, Barbara and their four children moved to Philadelphia in 2001 where they both serve at the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation. Tim is a counselor and faculty member at CCEF and a lecturer in practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. He is also a speaker, the author of CONFLICT and the co-author of HOW PEOPLE CHANGE and RELATIONSHIPS: A Mess Worth Making.
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October 26, 2020
Have you ever had a sin pattern that felt so much a part of you, you almost feel like there would be nothing left of you if you didn't have it? Not that you're attached to it, mind you... You wish you could stop. But it seems to thump with every heartbeat, or that it's got its nasty tendrils around every stray thought in your brain. Anxiety, or comparison, or the felt need for control. How do you even deal with a pervasive problem like that: that has not just hooks, but ROOTS deep in you? What sort of topical study should you undertake in order to get to the heart of the matter, realize the patterns you follow, and shine the light of the Gospel on it with hope for REAL, LASTING change?
This study, right here! This is the one you want.
The authors' major premise is that you may not be able to change the inevitable hard circumstances in your life--but the Gospel has set you free so that you're not trapped responding to them in the same old ways. You CAN respond differently! You can produce fruit in the midst of pain instead of have your growth throttled or, worse, produce the thorns of sinful responses to the pain. The authors invite you to choose a specific besetting sin and work through the book with that particular project in mind. I chose my competitive comparison as my "project" and have seen more growth in that area from working through this book than from any topical study, verse memorization, or moment of conviction I've done in the past.
Sometimes, I'll admit, I didn't "get" the exegesis from the passages they brought up. I would read the passage and go, "I agree with the insight, but how did it come from THERE?" However, so much of what they wrote threw my life into a completely new light. The implications were so enormous that I would both underline in the book itself and journal through many pages as well. All is saturated with Scripture, so I would often take a day or two off from the book just to meditate or read a sermon on a particular passage they'd highlighted.
Do not skip the questions at the end of each chapter! These were some of the most insightful places in a plenty-insightful book. Imagine having two professional biblical counselors sit down across from you and guide you through thinking about your problem. They led me to much deeper understanding of my patterns of WHEN I'm tempted so that I am not as blindsided, WHY I'm tempted so I can deal with root issues, and WHAT specifically to "put on" instead. Some of the questions would take me several days to study and think through, and I would get antsy and want to move on to the next chapter, but those questions are really where the riches are. For example, there's one specific study they have you do of Philippians that seemed like a slog when I first read it (you have to read through the book several times, looking for a different thing each time), but that alone ended up being totally worth the price of whatever you spend to get the book.
Even if I hadn't read this book for myself, I would have given it 5 stars because of how often and effectively my husband has used it in his own life. I'm already considering going through just the questions again for another issue I've long wrestled with!
This study, right here! This is the one you want.
The authors' major premise is that you may not be able to change the inevitable hard circumstances in your life--but the Gospel has set you free so that you're not trapped responding to them in the same old ways. You CAN respond differently! You can produce fruit in the midst of pain instead of have your growth throttled or, worse, produce the thorns of sinful responses to the pain. The authors invite you to choose a specific besetting sin and work through the book with that particular project in mind. I chose my competitive comparison as my "project" and have seen more growth in that area from working through this book than from any topical study, verse memorization, or moment of conviction I've done in the past.
Sometimes, I'll admit, I didn't "get" the exegesis from the passages they brought up. I would read the passage and go, "I agree with the insight, but how did it come from THERE?" However, so much of what they wrote threw my life into a completely new light. The implications were so enormous that I would both underline in the book itself and journal through many pages as well. All is saturated with Scripture, so I would often take a day or two off from the book just to meditate or read a sermon on a particular passage they'd highlighted.
Do not skip the questions at the end of each chapter! These were some of the most insightful places in a plenty-insightful book. Imagine having two professional biblical counselors sit down across from you and guide you through thinking about your problem. They led me to much deeper understanding of my patterns of WHEN I'm tempted so that I am not as blindsided, WHY I'm tempted so I can deal with root issues, and WHAT specifically to "put on" instead. Some of the questions would take me several days to study and think through, and I would get antsy and want to move on to the next chapter, but those questions are really where the riches are. For example, there's one specific study they have you do of Philippians that seemed like a slog when I first read it (you have to read through the book several times, looking for a different thing each time), but that alone ended up being totally worth the price of whatever you spend to get the book.
Even if I hadn't read this book for myself, I would have given it 5 stars because of how often and effectively my husband has used it in his own life. I'm already considering going through just the questions again for another issue I've long wrestled with!
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