Ivp: 1035 books
by Laszlo Gallusz
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Millions of Christians believe that prayer is the breath of the soul, on which depends the quality of their spiritual life. The reality, however, is that genuine prayer is something we need to learn repeatedly. We share the helplessness of the disciples who asked Jesus, ‘Lord, teach us to pray’...
Borderlands
Navigating The Adventure Of Spiritual Growth
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Change carries us into uncharted territory. We can often feel adrift in such borderlands. Scripture, however, offers rich resources for navigating these times. The biblical narrative of the great fifty days from Easter to Pentecost, forms a map for the adventure of spiritual growth.
Tracking...
Serving the Church, Reaching the World
Essays in honour of Don Carson
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2017
A Festschrift in honour of Don Carson's 70th birthday. One of Don's greatest gifts has been his focus on mission. This collection edited by Richard Cunningham features some of the top theologians writing at their best about mission and the challenges facing the church. The chapters include... Foreword:...
Psychology and Spiritual Formation in Dialogue
Moral and Spiritual Change in Christian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Can the phenomena of the human mind be separated from the practices of spiritual formation—of growing to have the mind of Christ? Research into the nature of moral and spiritual change has revived in recent years in the worlds of psychology on one hand and theology and philosophy on the other. But...
Sinai and the Saints
Reading Old Covenant Laws for the New Covenant Community
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
What should Christians do with all the laws in the Old Testament? The Old Testament tells the story of the beginnings of God's salvation history, and it is part of the authoritative canon of Scripture affirmed by the church. But what role should the laws of the old covenant play in the lives of those...
Live the Questions
How Searching Shapes Our Convictions and Commitments
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2019
"Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer." —Rainer Maria Rilke Life is full of questions: questions about our identity, our relationships, our faith. Sometimes it seems like there are no easy answers. But...
Just Spirituality
How Faith Practices Fuel Social Action
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
Mother Teresa's practice of silence compelled her to service.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's prayer life equipped his discipleship.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s beloved community empowered his proclamation.
Oscar Romero's discipline of submission prepared him to face martyrdom.
The Face of Forgiveness
A Pastoral Theology of Shame and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2016
The Face of Forgiveness
Honest Worship
From False Self to True Praise
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
When asked by his son why some churches have smoke machines, worship pastor Manuel Luz found himself responding, "Well, technically, you need smoke machines to see the lasers." But when you take down the smokescreen, what do you have left? Where do we encounter the Holy in the midst of all...
Unceasing Kindness
A Biblical Theology of Ruth
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2016
The Old Testament book of Ruth is understandably a firm favorite in the church for small-group study and preaching: a heart-warming story of loyalty and love, a satisfying tale of a journey from famine to fullness. In the academy, the book has been a testing ground for a variety of hermeneutical approaches,...
A Gracious and Compassionate God
Mission, Salvation and Spirituality in the Book of Jonah
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
The book of Jonah is arguably just as jarring for us as it was for the ancients. Ninevah's repentance, Jonah's estrangement from God and the book's bracing moral conclusion all pose unsettling questions for today's readers. For biblical theologians, Jonah also raises tough questions regarding mission...
by Stephen P. Greggo
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
Assessment in counseling—like its biblical counterpart, discernment—is an ongoing and dynamic routine to encourage movement in a productive direction toward what is truly best. In Assessment for Counseling in Christian Perspective, Stephen P. Greggo equips counselors to put assessment techniques...
Crossing Cultures in Scripture
Biblical Principles for Mission Practice
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2016
From Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is a crosscultural book. Scripture is full of narratives of God's people crossing cultures in pursuit of God's mission. Biblical texts shed light on mission dynamics: Sarah and Hagar functioning in an honor-shame culture, Moses as a multicultural leader, Ruth...
After College
Navigating Transitions, Relationships and Faith
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2016
"The first year out was one of the hardest years of my life." —Curt*"It's much rougher than I thought. I thought things would just play out, and they didn't. I don't have friends, I don't have a job and I hang out with my parents every night." —Kate*