Books - How People Grow: What the Bible Reveals about Personal Growth
How People Grow: What the Bible Reveals about Personal Growth
by Henry Cloud
Publisher: Zondervan
Price: S$ 19.90, Special Price: S$ 18.00
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by Henry Cloud
Publisher: Zondervan
Price: S$ 19.90, Special Price: S$ 18.00
12 ratings
Synopsis
How People Grow reveals why all growth is spiritual growth and how you can grow in ways you never thought possible. Unpacking the practical and passionate theology that forms the backbone of their counseling, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend shatter popular misconceptions about how God operates to reveal how growth really happens.
Table of Contents
| Preface | 9 | |
| Part I. | Paradise Lost | |
| 1) | Harder Than I Thought | 15 |
| 2) | Seeing the Big Picture | 26 |
| 3) | How the Big Picture Affects the Small | 41 |
| Part II. | The Master Gardener: The God of Growth | |
| 4) | The God of Grace | 63 |
| 5) | Jesus: Our Example for Living | 79 |
| 6) | The Holy Spirit | 94 |
| Part III. | Finding the Best Climate | |
| 7) | God's Plan A: People | 117 |
| 8) | Open Spaces: The Power of Acceptance | 147 |
| 9) | Getting to the Warmth of Forgiveness | 161 |
| Part IV. | The Path of Growth | |
| 10) | The Gardener's Handbook: The Bible | 189 |
| 11) | No Pain, No Gain: The Role of Suffering and Grief | 206 |
| 12) | Growing Tasty Fruit: Becoming a Righteous Person | 235 |
| 13) | The Value of Pruning: Discipline | 249 |
| 14) | Water from a Deeper Well: Spiritual Poverty | 264 |
| 15) | Following the Gardener: Obedience | 278 |
| 16) | Pulling the Weeds: The Problem of Sin and Temptation | 293 |
| 17) | Facing Reality: How Truth Deepens Growth | 317 |
| 18) | Putting on the Gloves: The Importance of Activity | 332 |
| 19) | Waiting for the Harvest: Time | 346 |
| Conclusion: Growth for Life | 361 | |
| Index | 363 |

