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Inspired by their IVP Kids book Zion Learns to See, the father-daughter writing team of Terence and Zion Lester are turning their written words into action with Zion's Closet, a resource to students whose families are experiencing homelessness or in transient housing and parents trying to make ends meet.
PaperbackThe Transforming Vision
Shaping a Christian World View
by Brian J. Walsh and J. Richard Middleton
Science, technology and economic growth motivate our society. Each is carried on with little regard for Christian concerns.
Brian Walsh and Richard Middleton yearn for change. They long to see Christianity penetrate the structures of society, reforming and remolding our culture. From scholarship in the universities to politics, business and family life, the Christian vision can transform our ...
PaperbackHard Sayings of Jesus
The Hard Sayings Series
by F. F. Bruce
Like his original hearers many people today find Jesus' sayings hard. Some sayings are hard because they are difficult to understand, others because the demands they make on us are only too clear.
F. F. Bruce examines seventy of the hard sayings of Jesus to clear away the cultural and historical difficulties which keep us from grappling with the real challenge of Jesus' message. Evident in ...
PaperbackResting Place
A Personal Guide to Spiritual Retreats
by Jane A. Rubietta
A personal retreat.We've never needed it more. We run from one place to the next--from meetings and appointments to our kid's soccer practice, from class to work to choir rehearsal, from the grocery store to small group--and then drop into bed later than we hoped, exhausted and dreading the morning. We want to slow down but don't know how and don't really believe that we can. And often, the idea ...
Hardback1 Corinthians
New Testament Volume 9A
Reformation Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Scott M. Manetsch
In his first letter to the church in Corinth, Paul writes, "I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures" (1 Cor 15:3-4 ESV). Reflecting on Paul's summary of the gospel, sixteenth-century biblical commentator, theologian, and ...
PaperbackThe Royal Priest
Psalm 110 in Biblical Theology
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Matthew Emadi
Series edited by D. A. CarsonDespite its importance in the New Testament and the priestly messianic promise identified by King David, relatively little has been written on Psalm 110 from a biblical-theological perspective.
By considering David's biblical warrant for bringing together priesthood and kingship in a single figure, Matthew Emadi shows how we are able to uncover the theological foundation on ...
PaperbackGaal the Conqueror
The Archives of Anthropos
by John White
- Recipient of a 1989 Christian Home School C.S. Lewis Gold Medal award
Eleanor McFarland and John Wilson join Gaal, the Son of the High Emperor, in a battle to thwart the evil plans of Lord Lunacy. Book Two in John White's Archives of Anthropos. Winner of the 1989 C. S. Lewis Gold Medal from Christian Home School.
PaperbackThe Art of Pastoring
Ministry Without All the Answers
by David Hansen
- Named one of the Top Ten Books of 1994 by the Academy of Parish Clergy
What should a pastor do?
What makes a pastor good or effective?
What is a pastor, after all?
Hundreds of books, tapes, workshops and seminars promise to answer these impossible questions. Some offer a set of practical guidelines; others suggest a system or pattern to follow. Some ...
PaperbackMegachurch Christianity Reconsidered
Millennials and Social Change in African Perspective
Missiological Engagements
by Wanjiru M. Gitau
Foreword by Mark ShawChristianity Today 2019 Book of the Year Award, Missions/Global Church
Building from a behind-the-scenes case study of Kenya's Nairobi Chapel and its "daughter" Mavuno Church, Wanjiru M. Gitau expands their story into a narrative that offers analysis of the rise, growth, and place of megachurches worldwide in the new millennium. In contexts experienced as deeply volatile, ...
