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Rev. Alexia Salvatierra
Alexia Salvatierra is an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. For over eleven years she was the executive director of Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE). She teaches and trains people throughout the United States in the principles and methods of faith-rooted organizing.
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Danielle Strickland
Danielle Strickland is currently based in Toronto, Canada, having previously served the Salvation Army in Los Angeles as the western territorial social justice secretary. Her books include The Ultimate Exodus, Just Imagine, The Liberating Truth, Boundless, and A Beautiful Mess. Danielle has spent over twenty years serving the marginalized in countries all over the world where she has embraced, learned, cared, evangelized, taught, and exhorted individuals and crowds to surrender to the boundless love of Jesus. She is an ambassador for Stop the Traffik (a global anti-human trafficking campaign) and Compassion International, and she is the cofounder of Infinitum, Amplify Peace, and The Brave Campaign. She is married and is the mother of three boys.
HardbackHebrews, James
New Testament Volume 13
Reformation Commentary on Scripture
by Ronald K. Rittgers
“Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen,” wrote the author of the epistle to the Hebrews. Reflecting on this verse and the epistle’s description of the high priestly and sacrificial ministry of Jesus Christ,Swiss Reformed theologian and exegete Heinrich Bullinger defined faith as “the most constant mental certainty, which rests on those things to which all ...
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In this interview, IVP authors Carmen Joy Imes, Dorina Lazo Gilmore-Young, E. K. Strawser, Nijay Gupta, Rob Dixon, and Sandra L. Glahn reflect on Women’s History Month and the importance of hearing women—and what we miss when we don’t. Gilmore-Young and Gupta are hosts of the IVP podcast Hear Women.
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Ruth Haley Barton
Ruth Haley Barton (DD, Northern Seminary) is founder of the Transforming Center, a ministry dedicated to strengthening the souls of pastors, leaders, and the communities they serve. Trained at the Shalem Institute and the Loyola University Chicago Institute of Pastoral Studies, she is a seasoned spiritual director, teacher, and retreat leader who has served on the pastoral staff of several churches. Ruth is the author of numerous books on the spiritual life, including Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership, Invitation to Solitude and Silence, Sacred Rhythms, and Embracing Rhythms of Work and Rest.
PaperbackChristian Mission in the Modern World
by John Stott
Revised by Christopher J. H. WrightJesus sends us into the world just as the Father sent him. And yet thousands of years later Christians continue to disagree on what this involves. Some believe that the focus of Christian mission is evangelizing and "saving souls." Others emphasize global justice issues or relief and development work. Is either view correct on its own?
John Stott's classic book presents an enduring and holistic ...
PaperbackThe Message of Malachi
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by Peter Adam
The book of Malachi fittingly sits in Christian Bibles as the last book of the Old Testament, which it assumes, summarizes, and applies. Yet it also looks forward to the New Testament with its promises of the coming reign of God.
A striking feature of the book is the people of God's inconsistent faithfulness. God's people neither serve God wholeheartedly nor turn entirely ...
PaperbackSin, Pride & Self-Acceptance
The Problem of Identity in Theology Psychology
by Terry D. Cooper
What is at the root of the problem of humanity? Is it pride or lack of self-esteem?Do we love ourselves too much or too little?The debate about the human condition has often been framed this way in both theological and psychological circles. Convictions about preaching, teaching, marriage and child rearing, as well as politics, social welfare, business management and the helping professions, more ...
PaperbackYou Welcomed Me
Loving Refugees and Immigrants Because God First Loved Us
by Kent Annan
"Wait, Dad. Are we for them or against them?"
Kent Annan was talking with his eight-year-old son about the immigrant and refugee crises around the world. His son's question, innocent enough in the moment, is writ large across our society today. How we answer it, Annan says, will reveal a lot about what kind of family, community, or country we want to be.
In ...
PaperbackTethered to the Cross
The Life and Preaching of Charles H. Spurgeon
by Thomas Andrew Breimaier
Foreword by Timothy LarsenTethered to the Cross unveils the deeply rooted philosophy of the “Price of Preachers," Charles H. Spurgeon. For nearly forty years, Spurgeon commanded the pulpit at London's bustling Metropolitan Tabernacle, where his sermons became legendary. But what made his scriptural insights so transformational?
Theologian and historian Thomas Breimaier takes us on an enlightening exploration ...
