You can change

Pilgrims can progress

YOU CAN CHANGE
God’s transforming power for our sinful behaviour & negative emotions
By Tim Chester
IVP. 196 pages. £7.99
ISBN 978-1-84474-303-2

When I first saw the title of this book I immediately thought of a person who could do with reading it. Shame on me! It only took a read through the first chapter to realise that this is a book for all of us, including hypocrites like myself.

Tim Chester’s easy, insightful and honest style cuts to the heart of our thought and behaviour processes. Using biblical principles and real examples, Chester reveals the process of forgiveness, grace and hope in personal transformation to be more Christ-like.

At the start of the book he encourages the reader to engage in a personal ‘change project’. Each chapter ends with a series of brutally honest questions to ask yourself and then apply biblical truth to your own issues. It encourages introspection in tandem with rigorous, practical theology to lift the reader’s eyes to Christ.

Jesus was the champion of change, encouraging people to believe in him and become more like him. So, if you can think of anyone who you think may need this book, while you buy them a copy, get one for yourself too.

Heather Stephens,
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey

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Main Articles

• Training: who pays?
• The Commentary
  Back to Bongo Bongo land?
• Arthur Stone, 1924-2008
  Obituary
• Faith in action
  Interview with Philippa Stroud
• Pastor Cool
• What you missed in church
  A report to an absent friend
• Carbon-free Christianity?
  A response to Paul Helm's article on climate change
• No conflict
  Why Melvin Tinker thinks evangelicals can differ over their approach to creation
• The semantics of inerrancy
• Monthly arts and media column
  Can a non-Christian lead a church?
• Letter from America
  When everyone does as they see fit
• Monthly youth leaders column
  Beyond the fringe
• The Music Exchange
  Best practice in rehearsals
• The Third Degree
  New year, same gospel
• Darwin's 'Black Box'
  Some more questions for Darwin in thi aniversary year
• When your partner isn't a Christian

Other articles

• Such a great salvation - The collected essays of Alan Stibbs
• Together for the Gospel Live
• Australia
• Finally alive - An extract from a new book by John Piper
• Simplest diet ever
• The Shack
• A gospel primer for Christians
• Fearless pilgrim - The life and times of John Bunyan
• Building bigger people - Success is more than numbers
• Love rules - The Ten Commandments for the 21st century
• Christ walks where evil reigned - Responding to the Rwanda genocide
• Quitting church
• Becoming a contagious church
• Great revivalists - 1700 to the present day
• Praying through the Scriptures
• You can change
• From guru to God - An experience of the ultimate truth
• Environment
• Did I hear the voice of God?
• A friendly dialogue between an atheist and a Christian
• Love one another - Becoming the church Jesus longs for
• The Baptists - Volume Three, The Modern Era
• The Prodigal God
• Metavista