A spirit-stirring debut about basketball, family, and an unlikely underdog who overcomes adversity to become a legend Basketball prodigy Jimmy “Kamikaze” Kirkus is destined for the NBA. But before he can sail off into a golden future, Jimmy must reckon with a tragic past and with a curse that has haunted his family for generations. His father had been a basketball great himself, but his dreams of stardom were traded in for a hasty marriage and parenthood. Born into a house haunted by wasted talent, alcoholism, and death, will Jimmy fall victim to the Kirkus Curse or break it once and for all? In the same vein as the wildly popular Friday Night Lights, Rules for Becoming a Legend uses sports as a lens through which to understand family, community, catastrophe, and hope. This spirit-igniting debut announces Lane as an extraordinary young writer to watch.

Rules for Becoming a Legend: A Novel

Literature & Fiction

Lane, Timothy S.

United States

Penguin??Books

A spirited debut of a rising basketball star wrestling with his town’s outsized expectations and his family’s complicated legacy Jimmy “Kamikaze” Kirkus is a basketball star, destined for a legendary future in the NBA. At the age of five, he can make nine shots in a row. By high school, he’s got his own Sports Illustrated profile. To the citizens of Columbia City, it seems like he was born for the sport. But Jimmy soon confronts the “Kirkus curse” when tragedies begin to emerge. Not even basketball can save him from his family’s sorrow-filled past.. His eventual defeat on the court echoes another disastrous legacy: Jimmy’s father, Todd “Freight Train” Kirkus—who had also dreamed of basketball stardom—was forced to give up his dream for a life defined by the curse of his name. Can Jimmy find a way to end this cycle of tragedy? Like Chad Harbach’s The Art of Fielding and Friday Night Lights (the book and cult television show), Timothy Lane’s debut novel uses the lens of basketball to understand family, community, and—ultimately—hope. Populated with complex, compelling characters, Rules for Becoming a Legend is proof that every hero is human, and sometimes triumph is borne from tragedy.

VIKING

If youve ever tried, failed, and wondered why, you need How People Change! When the Bible talks about the gift of a new heart, it doesn't mean a heart that is immediately perfected, but a heart that is capable of being changed. Jesus' work on the cross targets our hearts, our core desires and motivations, and when our hearts change, our behavior changes. A changed heart is the bright promise of the gospel and the goal of CCEFs How People Change by biblical counseling experts Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp. How People Change 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. Based on principles from the book, Lane and Tripp now offer the How People Change Study Guide for use in church-wide training, small group, Sunday school, youth group, or one-on-one discipleship settings. These materials help participants to understand the underlying motivations for their actions and give them specific, practical help in changing long-standing patterns of behavior, so they grow in love for God and others. Each of the twelve lessons includes teaching, homework discussion, CPR, Central truthPersonal applicationRelational application, detailed illustrations, group discussion guide, and ""Make It Real"" life applications. A self-explanatory Facilitator's Guide provides twelve lessons, directions on how to guide a small group through the Study Guide, extra content, homework discussion, detailed illustrations, and ""Make It Real"" life applications. Both the study guide and the facilitators guide are also available in Spanish as How People Change Workbook (study guide) and How People Change Leaders Guide (facilitators guide).In the How People Change Seminar (DVD) Paul Tripp and Tim Lane guide people in understanding how Christ's life, death, and resurrection bring lasting change. Through the introduction, twelve sessions, and conclusion participants will be challenged to experience the deep-down change that the gospel of Jesus Christ brings and given the tools to understand the basic principles in the How People Change Study Guide. Like the study guide, the seminar is designed for church-wide training, small group, Sunday school, youth group, or one-on-one discipleship settings and includes bonus material for equipping leaders to facilitate the seminar. This 2 DVD set includes the following sessions: Bonus Material for Leaders (21:01)Introduction (28:10)1. Here's Where God Is Taking You (13:40)2. So, You're Married to Christ (17:38)3. Change Is a Community Project (26:02)4. Life as God Sees It, Change as God Does It (17:29)5. HEAT 1: The Real God in the Real World (16:26)6. HEAT 2: The Real You in the Real World (14:47) 7. THORNS 1: What Entangles You? (25:35) 8. THORNS 2: Why Do You Get Entangled? (21:07)9. CROSS 1: New Identity and New Potential (15:12)10. CROSS 2: The Cross and Daily Living (21:31)11. FRUIT 1: Real Heart Change (29:34)12. FRUIT 2: New and Surprising Fruit (25:45) Conclusion (14:35) The How People Change small group materials are part of CCEFs core curriculum.

Como Cambia la Gente: Como Cristo Nos Cambia Por Su Gracia Cuaderno de Estudios (Spanish Edition)

Religion & Spirituality

Tripp, Paul David

Christian Books & Bibles

New Growth Press

Como Cambia La Gente Guia del Lider: Como Cristo Nos Cambia Por Su Gracia Guia de Lider (Spanish Edition)

Powlison, David

How many times have you tried to change a behavior only to find yourself doing the same thing again? Do these phrases sound familiar? ""There I go again!"" ""I've had this struggle for years, and I just can't seem to win."" ""I do okay for awhile, but then I get caught in the same old sin."" It""s easy to be discouraged when we fall into the same old sins, but God, in the Bible, offers hope to repeat offenders.In CCEFs Temptation: Fighting the Urge, Timothy S. Lane, a pastor, counselor, father, and husband helps you fight the daily, small battles with temptation by looking at the desires that underlie your behaviors, the different stages of temptation, and how honestly going to Christ in repentance and faith will change your desire life. You will learn that you and your sin are no match for God's goodness, power, and grace.  All the minibooks in our Christian bookstore offer gospel-centered hope for everyday issues like parenting, marriage, and personal change. These easy-to-read discipleship and biblical counseling resources tackle lifes toughest issues in 30 minutes or less. Minibooks are frequently used by pastors and ministry leaders to help others apply biblical wisdom to specific life issues. Churches, biblical counseling ministries, and missional organizations make the minibooks available in their acrylic display cases to further discipleship and gospel-centered living.

Temptation: Fighting the Urge

Do You Want to Change But Don't Know How? In the How People Change Seminar (DVD) Paul Tripp and Tim Lane guide people in understanding how Christ's life, death, and resurrection bring lasting change. Through the introduction, twelve sessions, and conclusion participants will be challenged to experience the deep-down change that the gospel of Jesus Christ brings and given the tools to understand the basic principles in the How People Change Study Guide. The seminar is for church-wide training sessions, small groups, Sunday schools, youth groups, or one-on-one discipleship and includes bonus material for equipping leaders to facilitate the seminar. Sessions (2 Disc DVD Set): Bonus Material for Leaders (21:01) Introduction (28:10) 1. Here's Where God Is Taking You (13:40) 2. So, You're Married to Christ (17:38) 3. Change Is a Community Project (26:02) 4. Life as God Sees It, Change as God Does It (17:29) 5. HEAT 1: The Real God in the Real World (16:26) 6. HEAT 2: The Real You in the Real World (14:47) 7. THORNS 1: What Entangles You? (25:35) 8. THORNS 2: Why Do You Get Entangled? (21:07) 9. CROSS 1: New Identity and New Potential (15:12) 10. CROSS 2: The Cross and Daily Living (21:31) 11. FRUIT 1: Real Heart Change (29:34) 12. FRUIT 2: New and Surprising Fruit (25:45) Conclusion (14:35) Leaders Helps are available on You Tube. Search Leaders Helps: CCEF Core Curriculum

How People Change Seminar: How Christ Changes Us by His Grace

Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands Seminar: How to Help Others Change

Practical Help for Strengthening Relationships in a Broken World Timothy S. Lane and Paul David Tripp skillfully help individuals and small groups identify the deeper issues that keep relationships less than they are designed to be. They give practical direction on how to resolve conflicts, have difficult conversations, grant forgiveness, overlook weaknesses, celebrate strengths, and grow casual relationships into deep friendships. Based on principles from the book, Relationships: A Mess Worth Making, this new addition to CCEF's curriculum series focuses on the basic character qualities needed for strong relationships that can only be formed by knowing and applying the gospel of grace. The curriculum provides twelve lessons, activities, homework discussion, and Make It Real life applications. The self-explanatory leader's notes in the back give detailed directions for leading an individual or a small group through the Christian study of relationships. 
 The gospel is all about reconciled relationships first with God, then with one another. But living out the core Christian values by genuinely loving and living at peace with one another can be hard, sometimes painful, often messy work. In this study guide, Tim and Paul help us confront the messiness of relationships head on and find the joy and life and hope that comes from really knowing and being known by others.

Change and Your Relationships: Study Guide with Leader's Notes

Nos relations (Relationships: A Mess Worth Making): Des bénédictions compliquées (French Edition)

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Rules for Becoming a Legend: A Novel

Rules for Becoming a Legend: A Novel

Como Cambia la Gente: Como Cristo Nos Cambia Por Su Gracia Cuaderno de Estudios (Spanish Edition)

Como Cambia La Gente Guia del Lider: Como Cristo Nos Cambia Por Su Gracia Guia de Lider (Spanish Edition)

Temptation: Fighting the Urge

How People Change Seminar: How Christ Changes Us by His Grace

Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands Seminar: How to Help Others Change

Change and Your Relationships: Study Guide with Leader's Notes

Nos relations (Relationships: A Mess Worth Making): Des bénédictions compliquées (French Edition)