Book: You can change by Tim Chesterfield

You can change by Tim Chester
It's about heart change, not behaviour change. 
That's the conviction of Tim Chester as he seeks to help everyday Christians "connect the truth about God with our Monday-morning struggles." 
This interactive book, laid out in workbook fashion, is for newer Christians struggling with sin and for more mature Christians who have plateaued in their faith as they seek to find victory over sin.  
With a conviction that sanctification is God's work and the journey to holiness is joyful, Chester guides readers through a "change project"-beginning with the selection of one area of life they would like to modify. 
Each chapter includes a question (e.g., Why would you like to change? What truths do you need to turn to?) to guide readers as they deal with a specific sin or struggle, truths from God's word, and a reflection guide to help readers through their change project.

The book explores

• What would you like to change?
• Why would you like to change?
• How are you going to change?
• When do you struggle?
• What truths do you need to turn to?
• What desires do you need to turn from?
• What stops you from changing?
• What strategies will reinforce your faith and repentance?
• How can we support one another in changing?
• Are you ready for a lifetime of daily change?

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Book: The quest for holiness

The quest for holiness, originally written in 1928 by Adolf Koberele is not merely for theologians but for all who desire a sound, scriptural setting forth of the truths and the implications for each individual embodied in the steps of justification and sanctification.
For simplicity, clarity, and completeness on this subject, this book is unsurpassed.
It is written not merely with ink but with the lifeblood of the true believer striving daily for greater holiness and God-pleasing perfection.

Chapters

1. Man’s Attempts to Sanctify Himself in God’s Sight 
2. God’s Judgment on Man’s Self-Sanctification
3. Man’s Justification Before God Through the Word of Forgiveness
4. Sanctification as the Work of God in the Life of the Justified Sinner 
5. Sanctification as the Answer of the Justified Sinner 
6. The Significance of Sanctification in the Preservation or Loss of the State of Faith
7. The Relationship of Justification and Sanctification

About the author
Adolf Köberle was Professor of Systematic Theology in Basel.  He was head of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Seminary 1922-1926.   Köberle primarily wrote about Christian holiness as being motivated by the love of Christ and gratitude to God (rather than being motivated by obligation or fear).

Reader's guide is available here

Sanctification: resources from Just and Sinner

Just and Sinner offer the following discussion and resources relating to sanctification:

• PCR Conference Interview on Boars in the Vineyard
• “The Restoration of the Divine Image Through Christ” ~ A Sermon by C. F. W. Walther on Mark 7:31-37
• “Man’s Working Together With God After Conversion” 
• Sermon from Dr. Curtis Leins at the AALC National Convention
• Equipping the Saints: A Study by Rev. Richard Shields
• Sanctification in Conrad Lindberg’s “Christian Dogmatics”
• What exactly is the problem with Gerhard Forde and the “Radical Lutherans”
• What are the Two Kinds of Righteousness?
• Francis Pieper’s Doctrine of Sanctification and Good Works
• Sanctification as Progressive in Lutheran Orthodoxy
• Characteristics of Lutheran Antinomianism
• Luther on the Necessity of Preaching Sanctification
• Forde’s Article: “The Lutheran View of Sanctification”
• Progressive Sanctification: A Pauline Doctrines
• Sanctification in the Formula of Concord
• Progressive Sanctification: A Lutheran Doctrine
• The Priority of Justification over Sanctification
• Lutherans Deny the Third Use of the Law?
• A Response to Kevin DeYoung and Rick Philipps on Sanctification
• Why Should Christians Perform Good Works?

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