It has everything to do with facing the realities of your own internal life and letting God mold you into a person who is free to be honest, courageous, and loving.

"Only Christians have the capacity to never pretend about anything," says Larry Crabb.

You don’t have to pretend you’ve got it all together...when you don’t. You don’t have to pretend your best relationship deeply satisfies...when it doesn’t. You don’t have to pretend your struggle with sin is a thing of the past...when it isn’t.

Do you want a vital union with God, richer relationships with others, a deeper sense of personal wholeness? Then let Larry Crabb help you look inside yourself as you give God the opportunity to set you free from all that keeps you from living-by really loving-in an often disappointing world.

Introduction to Inside Out: Real Change is Possible–if You're Willing to Start from the Inside Out

THE PROMISE OF REAL CHANGE

"I’m not sure I like what’s inside me..."
"I don’t like to admit it - but I know something’s wrong in my life..."
"Even when I get what I want - it’s not what I want..."
"How can I make it - if I face all that’s going on inside?"

Down in the very core of our souls, the thirsts are many. Can we really face them? Should we?

In INSIDE OUT, author, teacher, and counselor Larry Crabb holds out the promise that an inside look will start us on a journey toward the wholeness, freedom, love, and profound internal change we all long for.

"Beneath much of our claim to orthodoxy," Larry says, "there is a moral cowardice that reflects poorly on our confidence in Christ. We trust Him to forgive our sins and to keep us more or less in line as a community of decent people, but is He enough to deal with things as they really are? Far too many Christians do not deal honestly with their lives. The pathway to change is more often discussed and debated than displayed."

INSIDE OUT delivers the effective motivation for taking an honest look within. You’ll be ready to let God set you free to experience a more genuine Christian life than you’ve ever known by embracing the confusion that produces solid faith, the disappointment that yields rich hope, and the conviction of sin that leads to a Christlike love for others.

Larry’s style is disarmingly warm, and he’s incredibly transparent-you’ll laugh with him as he laughs at himself, even as you gain deeper insights about your own need for change.

"The Lord has a radical message for us," Larry says, "a message that needs to be clearly stated and heard-a message for the thousands of people like me who so often wonder why things go so wrong when they’re trying so hard to be right..."

Real change is possible-if you’re willing to start from the INSIDE OUT.

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