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The title really says it all with this book: we really do need to see ourselves and others with new eyes, with both an accurate paradigm and with individual insight that can only come from Scripture. In this challenging book Dr. David Powlison examines how our "old eyes" tend to see, both through our natural fallen selves and through the warped and inadequate psychological theories that permeate our current cultural (and often "Christian") milleau.

The book speaks to both the reader's personal walk with God and to how we can accurately see and minister to others. Each chapter is on a specific theme, from comfort to worry to God's love to "defense mechanisms." In each Dr. Powlison shares warm and rich insights that are both Scriptural and practical.

In many ways, the church today has more consumers than committed participants. We see church merely as an event we attend or an organization we belong to, rather than as a calling that shapes our entire life. Many of us would be relieved if God had place dour sanctification in the hands of trained professionals, but that simply is not the biblical model. God’s plan is that through the faithful ministry of every part, the whole body will grow to maturity in Christ. Tripp explains how his work follows an "all of my people, all of the time" model. If you followed the Lord for a thousand years, you would still need the ministry of the body of Christ as much as you did the day you first believed. This need will remain until our sanctification is complete in Glory. This is a comprehensive treatment of how God uses people as tools of change in the lives of others, people who themselves are in need of change.

This is a classic in the field of Christian counseling. It has helped thousands of pastors, students, laypersons, and Christian counselors develop both a general approach to Christian counseling and a specific response to particular problems. Using biblically directed discussion, nouthetic counseling works by means of the Holy Spirit to bring about change in the personality and behavior of the counselee. As the author points out in his introduction. "I have been engrossed in the project of developing biblical counseling and have uncovered what I consider to be a number if important scriptural principles. Immediate problems been resolved, but there have also been solutions to all sorts of long-term problems as well.

The purpose of this book is to expose and refute the prevalent influence of humanistic, worldly philosophies (originating from modern psychology schools of thought) on the thinking of Christians, and specifically counselors, today. Its purpose is to reiterate the complete sufficiency of Scripture to meet every human spiritual need and address every human problem. "The Bible PLUS" anything is not true Biblical counseling. The purpose of this text is also to familiarize pastors and laymen with the principles and methods of Biblical counseling that they might apply them both formally and informally in the local body of believers. The purpose of this book is to reaffirm the necessity of the Biblical counselor's commitment to the Person and sovereignty of God.

Welch has written a gem on the need for us to realize how great God really is and how we need to stop fearing other people so much! The focus of Welch's book is to have a greater healthy fear of God to the point that other people have less power and control over our lives. The points Welch describes in his book include:

1. The fear of God is the best treatment for the fear of man.

2. Jesus was not a people-pleaser.

3. Having more fear of man than God is idolatry.

4. When we fear God we think of ourselves less.

5. When we spend more time with God, opinions of ourselves and what others think of us matter less.

6. We should love people more and need them less (only God can truly provide for our needs).

7. We love others because God first loved us.

8. When God is reduced to our feelings, He becomes less awesome to us while people become larger.

The "fear of God" may be defined as having a healthy reverence for God - He loves us and does not want us to be so afraid of Him that we are scared of having a personal relationship with Him. Read the book and be encouraged to be more concerned about what God thinks and less concerned about what other people think!

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: you will 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.