Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands: How to Help Others Change, Study Guide

by Paul David Tripp

Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF) biblical counseling expert Paul David Tripps best-selling Christian book, Instruments in the Redeemers Hands has launched a line of interactive, gospel-centered small group materials designed to transform the way that people think about helping others. These Instruments in the Redeemers Hands small group materials are part of CCEFs core curriculum. Formerly published as Helping Others Change, Tripp updated and reformatted Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands Study Guide and Instruments in the Redeemers Hands Facilitators Guide offer a comprehensive, hands-on overview of the process of biblical change that will transform the way your Christian church and ministry thinks about and helps others. Pastors, small group leaders, and church members are equipped to be part of the change process in others' lives through twelve lessons, homework discussion, and Make It Real life applications. The self-explanatory and easy-to-use Facilitator's Guide gives detailed instructions for leading an individual or a small group through the Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands Study Guide.   For an even more interactive small group experience, CCEF biblical counseling experts Tim Lane and Paul Tripp join forces with the Instruments in the Redeemers Hands How to Help Others Change. In the DVD seminar, Lane and Tripp outline biblical, gospel-centered principles that equip participants for personal ministry to others. The 12-session seminar applies the principles in the Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands Study Guide. The seminar is suitable for church-wide training, small group, Sunday school, youth groups, or one-on-one discipleship settings, and it includes bonus material for equipping leaders. The two discs One
Bonus Material for Leaders Introduction (2:00)
1. Do We Really Need Help? (24:14)
2. The Heart Is the Target (27:33)
3. Understanding Your Heart Struggle (29:26)
4. Following the Wonderful Counselor (20:06)
5. Love Building Relationships in Which Gods Work Will Thrive (25:50)
6. Love Building Relationships in Which Gods Work Will Thrive (23:10)
Disc Two
7. Know Getting to Know People; Discovering Where Change Is Needed (25:11)
8. Know Getting to Know People; Discovering Where Change Is Needed (25:00)
9. Speak Speaking the Truth in Love (23:04)
10. Speak Speaking the Truth in Love (26:47)
11. Do Applying Change to Everyday Life (19:11)
12. Do Applying Change to Everyday Life (36:13)
Conclusion (21:44) Take change to the next level in your church, ministry, small group or discipleship setting with the entire Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands Seminar DVD Training How to Help Others Change. This best-value training kit offers (1) Instruments in the Redeemers Hands How to Help Others Change, one (1) Instruments in the Redeemers Hands Facilitators Guide, and ten (10) Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands Study Guides.

Genres: Christian, Counselling, Christian Living, Theology

144 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2010

About the author

Paul was born in Toledo, Ohio to Bob and Fae Tripp on November 12, 1950. Paul spent all of his growing years in Toledo until his college years when his parents moved to Southern California.
At Columbia Bible College from 1968-1972, (now Columbia International University) Paul majored in Bible and Christian Education. Although he had planned to be there for only two years and then to study journalism, Paul more and more felt like there was so much of the theology of Scripture that he did not understand, so he decided to go to seminary. Paul met Luella Jackson at College and they married in 1971. In 1971, Paul took his first pastoral position and has had a heart for the local church ever since. After college, Paul completed his Master of Divinity degree at the Reformed Episcopal Seminary (now known as Philadelphia Theological Seminary) in Philadelphia (1972-1975). It was during these days that Paul’s commitment to ministry solidified. After seminary, Paul was involved in planting a church in Scranton, Pennsylvania (1977-1987) where he also founded a Christian School. During the years in Scranton, Paul became involved in music, traveling with a band and writing worship songs. In Scranton, Paul became interested in biblical counseling and decided to enroll in the D.Min program in Biblical Counseling at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. Paul then became a faculty member of the Christian Counseling and Education Foundation (CCEF) and a lecturer in biblical counseling at Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. Paul has also served as Visiting Professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
In 2009, Paul joined the faculty of Redeemer Seminary (daughter school of Westminster) in Dallas, Texas as Professor of Pastoral Life and Care.[1]
Beginning in June, 2006, Paul became the President of Paul Tripp Ministries, a non-profit organization, whose mission statement is "Connecting the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life." In addition to his current role as President of Paul Tripp Ministries, on January 1, 2007, Paul also became part of the pastoral staff at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, PA where he preached every Sunday evening and lead the Ministry to Center City through March, 2011 when he resigned due to the expanding time commitments needed at Paul Tripp Ministries.
Paul, Luella, and their four children moved to Philadelphia in 1987 and have lived there ever since. Paul is a prolific author and has written twelve books on Christian living which are sold internationally. Luella manages a large commercial art gallery in the city and Paul is very dedicated to painting as an avocation.[2] Paul’s driving passion is to help people understand how the gospel of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ really does speak with practical hope into all the things they will face in this broken world. Paul is a pastor with a pastor’s heart, a gifted speaker, his journey taking him all over the world, an author of numerous books on practical Christian living, and a man who is hopelessly in love with Luella.

Reviews

[Erika Weaver · Rating 5 out of 5]

really good book on how God uses his followers to implement change. taught me a lot about what it takes to love, know, speak, and do in student ministry!!

[Chloe Lawrence · Rating 3 out of 5]

Useful guide — most useful when a capable, experienced counselor can guide you through it and answer questions.

[Mark Donald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Workbook version of Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands.
Completed as a Core Class at Covenant Hope in Autumn 2020.

Good teaching tool for basic principles in biblical counseling/discipling.

[Michael Pagan · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's okay. The practical stuff is good advice for how any Christian ought to interact with one another.

The theoretical/foundational material in chapters 1-4 and 12 is sketchy. The attempt not to use secular psychology has been a swing-and-a-miss: this book actually highly psychologizes biblical passages and completely misses the point of them: passages such as Ezek. 14:1-5, Heb. 3, and Jesus' various discourses on trees and fruit are reinterpreted such that they no longer speak of apostasy and the reality of regeneration, but rather describe the Christian life as a whole. This will result in Christians losing assurance because they're constantly worried that they're "a bad tree" or hunting for "idols of the heart." In addition, categories such as "identity" and "emotion" are sprawled across this book's pages. So much for "biblical" as opposed to "psychological."

[Tyler Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my favorite curriculum on Christian counseling. It has given me so many tools for ministry!

That being said, this isn’t a great workbook. Questions are a little redundant, the videos are pretty dated and didn’t seem to be made for this curriculum and the page numbers never match. That being said, get this curriculum into your hands and head no matter how you do it!

[Abigail Westbrook · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really appreciated doing this study with a small group, taught by a woman with a lot of counseling experience. There are places where the book could be tweaked to better encompass women-specific ministry needs, and other places could be clarified somewhat. But regardless it is excellent material, very practical and convicting to me personally as well as to my ministry opportunities.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked "Relationships A Mess Worth Making" by the same authors, so this book was a bit of a disappointment. Perhaps it was because this one was a workbook, whereas the other one was a regular book.

[Monica Lit · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a wonderful resource reminding us that we are here to serve and help others gently pointing them to Jesus. Whatever rules our hearts rules our behaviors. And we need each other to see the brokeness and sinfulness in our lives.

[Jake · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are walking beside someone in faith and feel lost or unstructured in supporting them, read this book. Practical and rooted in scripture, I enjoyed this book and have found successes in ministering to others as a direct result of implementing some of what this book has to offer.

[Reid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really well done, easy to review the concepts of the book in a class setting.

[Mackenzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good. Especially first few chapter. Helpful for those interested in counseling of any type.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book and thought it had a lot of valuable info. But, I think I would have liked reading the book itself better instead of just going through the workbook.