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Resources for Changing Lives Books in Order

Resources for Changing Lives contains 10 books, published between 1999 and 2010. The first book is A.D.D.: Wandering Minds and Wired Bodies (1999) and the newest is Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Help for Extreme Mood Swings (2010). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1999–2010
Pages on record
183 in 6 of 10 books
Reading time
3.0–4.6 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 183 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

See all 10 books in order Printable Resources for Changing Lives checklist

Resources for Changing Lives is a series of short Christian counselling booklets, 10 of them published between 1999 and 2010. Edward T. Welch is credited on seven, David A. Powlison on two and Paul David Tripp on one. The titles take on A.D.D., depression, anger, homosexuality, suffering, stress and bipolar disorder, and subject headings place the treatment in pastoral counselling and Christian living. Booklets run to a median of 29 pages, and the series ends with Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Help for Extreme Mood Swings (2010).

How many Resources for Changing Lives books are there?

Resources for Changing Lives has 10 books, released between 1999 and 2010.

Resources for Changing Lives Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Resources for Changing Lives books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Anger: Escaping the Maze by David A. Powlison, book 3 of the Resources for Changing Lives series (2000)
  2. Cover of Homosexuality: Speaking the Truth in Love by Edward T. Welch, book 4 of the Resources for Changing Lives series
  3. Cover of Suffering: Eternity Makes a Difference by Paul David Tripp, book 5 of the Resources for Changing Lives series (2001)
  4. Cover of Just One More: When Desires Don't Take No for an Answer by Edward T. Welch (2002)
  5. Cover of Motives: "Why Do I Do the Things I Do?" by Edward T. Welch, book 7 of the Resources for Changing Lives series (2003)
  6. Cover of Stress: Peace amid Pressure by David A. Powlison, book 8 of the Resources for Changing Lives series (2004)
  1. 1
    A.D.D.: Wandering Minds and Wired Bodies1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
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  2. 2
    Depression: A Stubborn Darkness–Light for the Path2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
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  3. 3
    Anger: Escaping the Maze2000 · 28 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200028
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  4. 4
    Homosexuality: Speaking the Truth in Love2000 · 40 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200040
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  5. 5
    Suffering: Eternity Makes a Difference2001 · 31 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200131
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  6. 6
    Just One More: When Desires Don't Take No for an Answer2002 · 26 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200226
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  7. 7
    Motives: "Why Do I Do the Things I Do?"2003 · 30 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200330
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  8. 8
    Stress: Peace amid Pressure2004 · 28 pages · confirmed 1/4
    200428
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  9. 9
    Pastoral Imperatives: Helping The Suffering2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
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  10. 10
    Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Help for Extreme Mood Swings2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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Do you have to read Resources for Changing Lives books in order?

You should read the Resources for Changing Lives books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Resources for Changing Lives book also stands alone.

Where to start with Resources for Changing Lives

Start with A.D.D.: Wandering Minds and Wired Bodies (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Resources for Changing Lives book?

Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Help for Extreme Mood Swings (2010) is the newest Resources for Changing Lives book released so far.

Is there a new Resources for Changing Lives book coming?

No next Resources for Changing Lives book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Resources for Changing Lives at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Resources for Changing Lives title on record dates from 2010, 16 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Resources for Changing Lives books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
183 pages across the 6 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 29 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Resources for Changing Lives books, 8 of 10, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 10 titles, 7 are credited to Edward T. Welch, 2 to David A. Powlison and 1 to Paul David Tripp.

What the Resources for Changing Lives books are about

5 of the 10 Resources for Changing Lives books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: christianity is tagged on 4 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Christianity 4 of 5 books
  • Pastoral counseling 2 of 5 books
  • Addicts 1 of 5 books
  • Anger 1 of 5 books
  • Bible 1 of 5 books
  • Christian life 1 of 5 books
  • Church work with gays 1 of 5 books
  • Criticism, interpretation 1 of 5 books
  • Homosexuality 1 of 5 books
  • Homosexuality in the Bible 1 of 5 books
  • Motivation (Psychology) 1 of 5 books
  • Religious aspects 1 of 5 books

Other series by Edward T. Welch

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.