How People Grow : What the Bible Reveals about Personal Growth

by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend, Authors of Boundaries

• ISBN13: 9780310257370
• ISBN10: 0310257379
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: Zondervan

Summary

All growth is spiritual growth. Authors Drs. Cloud and Townsend unlock age-old keys to growth from Scripture to help people resolve issues of relationships, maturity, emotional problems, and overall spiritual growth. They shatter popular misconceptions about how God operates and show that growth is not about self-actualization, but about God's sanctification. In this theological foundation to their bestselling book Boundaries, they discuss: -?What the essential processes are that make people grow-?How those processes fit into a biblical understanding of spiritual growth and theology-?How spiritual growth and real-life issues are one and the same-?What the responsibilities are of pastors, counselors, and others who assist people in growing--and what your own responsibilities are in your personal growth

Author Biography

Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend are popular speakers, psychologists, cohosts of the nationally broadcast New Life Live! radio program, and cofounders of Cloud-Townsend Clinic and Cloud-Townsend Resources.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(6)
PART I. PARADISE LOST
1) Harder Than I Thought	15	(11)
2) Seeing the Big Picture	26	(15)
3) How the Big Picture Affects the Small	41	(22)
PART II. THE MASTER GARDENER: THE GOD OF GROWTH
4) The God of Grace	63	(16)
5) Jesus: Our Example for Living	79	(15)
6) The Holy Spirit	94	(23)
PART III. FINDING THE BEST CLIMATE
7) God's Plan A: People	117	(30)
8) Open Spaces: The Power of Acceptance	147	(14)
9) Getting to the Warmth of Forgiveness	161
PART IV. THE PATH OF GROWTH
10) The Gardener's Handbook: The Bible	189	(17)
11) No Pain, No Gain: The Role of Suffering and Grief	206	(29)
12) Growing Tasty Fruit: Becoming a Righteous Person	235	(14)
13) The Value of Pruning: Discipline	249	(15)
14) Water from a Deeper Well: Spiritual Poverty	264	(14)
15) Following the Gardener: Obedience	278	(15)
16) Pulling the Weeds: The Problem of Sin and Temptation	293	(24)
17) Facing Reality: How Truth Deepens Growth	317	(15)
18) Putting on the Gloves: The Importance of Activity	332	(14)
19) Waiting for the Harvest: Time	346	(15)
Conclusion. Growth for Life	361	(2)
Index	363