Ivp Books: 515 books
Simple Prayer
Learning to Speak to God with Ease
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Sometimes our walk with God seems so difficult. We struggle to find the time to pray, the words to say, and the way to pray them. Are we making prayer more complicated than it needs to be? Charlie Dawes is a pastor and professor who understands both the desires and the challenges of deepening our...
Understanding Sexual Abuse
A Guide for Ministry Leaders and Survivors
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
“It is said that the true test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members.” As many as one in four girls and one in six boys experience sexual abuse during childhood, and it’s estimated that as many as half of the incidents are never reported. This means that countless millions...
Life Together in Christ
Experiencing Transformation in Community
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Life Together in Christ
Run with the Horses
The Quest for Life at Its Best
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2009
In Jeremiah 12:5 God says to the prophet, "If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?" We all long to live life at its best—to fuse freedom and spontaneity...
Imaginative Prayer
A Yearlong Guide for Your Child's Spiritual Formation
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
How do we help our kids connect with God?
Most parents want their kids to learn to love God. But most of us struggle to facilitate real spiritual experiences. It's hard enough to have a meaningful conversation with our kids about spiritual things, let alone help them experience true transformation...
by Jamie D. Aten, David M. Boan
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2016
When disasters happen, people turn to local churches as centers for response and assistance. When floods or tornadoes devastate an area, or when shootings and violence shock a community, knowing what to do can be the difference between calm and chaos, courage and fear, life and death. But few churches...
Worship in the Way of the Cross
Leading Worship for the Sake of Others
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Too often worship is seen as just the music, an onstage performance that puts the spotlight on the worship leader. But worship is fundamentally an other-centered, self-giving act of service. Worship properly directed to God for his glory also results in the Christlike formation and transformation...
Mending the Divides
Creative Love in a Conflicted World
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
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Being White
Finding Our Place in a Multiethnic World
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2009
So, what does it mean to be white?
How can you overcome the mistakes of the past?
How can you build authentic relationships with people from other races and ethnicities?
So what do I do?
You Found Me
New Research on How Unchurched Nones, Millennials, and Irreligious Are Surprisingly Open to Christian Faith
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2019
Many bemoan the decline of the church. We hear a steady stream of reports about how droves of people, especially younger generations, are abandoning Christianity. But new research shows that unchurched Americans are surprisingly more receptive and open to the Christian faith than is commonly assumed....
Beautiful Feet
Unleashing Women to Everyday Witness
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Can women be effective witnesses for Jesus? Sometimes women feel like they're not cut out for evangelism, but Jessica Fick shows how women can share their faith in normal, everyday ways. With specific aptitudes like empathy and vulnerability, God has created women with beautiful feet to bring the good news of Jesus to those around them.
Disabling Mission Enabling Witness
Exploring Missiology Through the Lens of Disability Studies
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
How would it look if we "disabled" Christian theology, discipleship, and theological education? Benjamin Conner initiates a new conversation between disability studies and Christian theology and missiology, imagining a church that fully incorporates persons with disabilities into its mission....
Walking Through Twilight
A Wife's Illness—A Philosopher's Lament
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
How do you continue to find God as dementia pulls your loved one into the darkness? Nothing is simple for a person suffering from dementia, and for those they love. When ordinary tasks of communication, such as using a phone, become complex, then difficult, and then impossible, isolation becomes inevitable....
The Zombie Gospel
The Walking Dead and What it Means to Be Human
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
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