How People Grow: What the Bible Reveals about Personal Growth | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dr. Henry Cloud, Dr. John Townsend
Publisher: Zondervan
Category: Book
Used (7) from $4.99
Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 1347052
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0310240654
Dewey Decimal Number: 291
UPC: 025986240653
EAN: 9780310240655
ASIN: 0310240654
Publication Date: November 1, 2002
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Amazon.com Review
Whether you're hoping to achieve personal and spiritual growth or are looking for guidance to help others, you'll find practical and proven wisdom in Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend's How People Grow: What the Bible Reveals About Personal Growth. Starting with the premise that all growth is spiritual growth, the authors then expound on the concept. Cloud postulates that we spend too much time focusing on problems, rather than on root issues. "We are not just to help others 'feel better' or relate better or perform better," writes Cloud. Rather, he says, people must get back into a relationship with God. With this in mind, there's a brief lesson in theology ("the 'Big Picture'"), then a look at topics such as acceptance, forgiveness, obedience, and suffering. The authors have impressive credentials: they are cofounders of Cloud-Townsend Clinic, cohosts of the nationally broadcast New Life Live radio program, and Gold Medallion winners for the bestselling Boundaries. Boxed summaries of important concepts for growth facilitators, charts, counseling anecdotes, and lots of bullet-pointed text make the content accessible. Professional and lay readers will both find biblically based tools here for personal growth and guiding others. --Cindy Crosby
Product Description
This audio edition shows how the Bible relates to growth; how growth is not about actualization, but about sanctification; what has to happen for growth to occur; and what the Bible teaches about the responsibilities of the church and the responsibilities of the individual.This audio edition gives gatekeepers (pastors, recovery leaders, lay leaders, paraprofessionals) tools to help people resolve issues of relationships, maturity, emotional problems, and overall spiritual growth.Read by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend.
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 Great tools for growth! October 3, 2008
Everybody wants success but many often fail to grow a capacity to handle it. Right choices, introspection,
consistency, and determination contribute to the proper mind-set to steward good success. Being open
to the critics and remaining flexible to new ways to achieve equip from the inside out. The authors are able,
sensitive and committed to nurture the reader. It's a must to read and re-read the contents How People Grow: What the Bible Reveals About Personal Growth for fresh perspective, self-exam, and unlimited growth.
 4 & 1/2 or 5 September 21, 2008
It's been a while since I've read this book and I didn't finish it. However, I remember two things very clearly from this book (and from other of their books). One, they make good sense. Secondly their material is the testimony of what has actually WORKED.
Too many people stuck in "traditional" Christianity will call this book unbiblical. However my experience has been that although these people can quote much scripture, like the Pharisees didn't they too don't understand the heart behind the truth.
Like in Celebrate Recovery (a great Christian program for people who need any kind of healing) these authors don't just have theories. They have experience with people who have experienced REAL healing.
Many Christians who were destroying themselves and others in addictions and other destructive patterns have turned to this kind material after trying "traditional" Christianity.
Although the church still does much good, I believe a very large portion and perhaps even most of church "leadership" and consequently their followers have become just like the Pharisees were: dry, stagnate, judgmental, condemning and useless. That is not how Jesus' ministry or the apostle's ministries were.
This book is not perfect, but I would HIGHLY recommend this book and even other of their books such as "Boundaries" and "Changes That Heal."
how people grow January 9, 2008
I give this book 5 stars. This book took me by surprise. I purchase it to help someone else, but I end up helping myself. I enjoyed it and have recommended it to others.
Growing Up January 4, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It has been an excellent study for me. It raises questions I had not thought about and attitudes I didn't realize I could be harboring. It was an excellent study guide for me.
Important reference work July 20, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
How People Grow is an easily accessible, Biblically-centered, psychologically-deep, and thorough overview of the growth process. I have read through this book twice and refer to it sporadically to refresh my memory on various parts of the growth process and, in my work with college students, urge them to read the book. I have found that living out and sharing its insights has helped me in every area of life, from becoming a more effective evangelist to developing stronger work habits. My main challenge in reading it is owning up to how misguided my understanding of the growth process has been, how I have subsequently misled others, repenting of these mistakes, and seeking to think and live differently in the future. It is a book that speaks to deep issues in a grace-filled but challenging way.
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