How People Change

What does it take for lasting change to take root in your life?

If you’ve ever tried, failed, and wondered why, you need How People Change. This book explains the biblical pattern for change in a clear, practical way you can apply to the challenges of daily life. But change involves more than a biblical formula. It relies on bringing your heart directly to the foot of the cross and allowing Jesus to change not just your behavior but your core desires and motivations. In this updated edition, insightful discussion questions help you see how God is at work to make you the person you were created to be. That powerful, loving, redemptive relationship is at the heart of all positive change you experience.

• Updated edition features practical, heart-focused discussion questions for each chapter.
• Applies a biblical model for lasting change through Christ.
• For individual use, counseling, or in a small group setting.

A changed heart is the bright promise of the gospel. When the Bible talks about the gift of a new heart, it doesn't mean a heart that is immediately perfected, but a heart that is capable of being changed. Jesus' work on the cross targets our hearts, our core desires and motivations, and when our hearts change, our behaviour changes.

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"Change does not happen overnight for the Christian. It's a lifelong journey. Paul Tripp and Tim Lane masterfully guide us along the biblical path that points us to the cross and a lifestyle of faith and repentance."?
- Tremper Longman III, Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies, Westmont College

"In sixteen short and well-illustrated chapters, the wonderful prospect of change for the good is held out for the reader. We are called to consider our circumstances and our responses to them, and beneath that to examine our hearts desires and to turn afresh to Christ's cross."?
- Mark Dever, Pastor, Capitol Hill Baptist Church, Washington, D.C