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PaperbackDaring to Draw Near
People in Prayer
IVP Classics
by John White
Prayers are windows--windows on eternity. Through the prayers in the Bible we look into the profoundest issues of life and death, and the deepest longings of our own hearts. And we learn about the God to whom we pray, the one who wants to talk with us, the one who takes the initiative in our relationship with him.In this classic book on prayer, John White helps us listen to Abraham plead for Sodom ...
PaperbackGod's Whisper in a Mother's Chaos
Bringing Peace Home
by Keri Wyatt Kent
Mothering small children is exhausting and mind-numbing work. Just finding time to get dressed each day can be a challenge. So how can you possibly find time for God?Your need for God may be greatest at this time of life more than any other. You need God's wisdom, his guidance, and--most of all--his peace. You need to find ways to hear his still, small voice amid the whirlwind of diapers and feedings, ...
EbookNew Dictionary of Christian Ethics & Pastoral Theology
Edited by David J. Atkinson, David F. Field, Arthur F. Holmes, and Oliver O'Donovan
- Voted one of Christianity Today's 1996 Books of the Year
Especially in today's complicated world, moral practice and decision-making raise many hard questions. Dealing with those questions often requireswide-ranging understanding--in areas such as systematic and practical theology, psychology, economics, sociology and philosophy. For the first time, the ...
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A report in TIME magazine incorrectly stated that InterVarsity was firing employees who support gay marriage. This is not accurate. No InterVarsity employee will be fired for their views on gay marriage. The scope of InterVarsity’s reiteration of its position on biblical sexuality is primarily theological in nature.
EbookLatin American Theology from the Ground Up
A Study in the Lived Experiences of the Nicaraguan Church
by Norlan Josué Hernández Blandón
Building a theological framework requires not only careful and robust engagement with ideas, but also deep attention to the social, economic, and cultural contexts in which faith takes shape.
What happens when theology emerges not from academic ivory towers but from the struggles and triumphs of everyday faith communities?
In Latin American Theology from the ...
PaperbackBecoming God's Family
Why the Church Still Matters
by Carmen Joy Imes
Foreword by Esau McCaulleyChristianity Today Book Awards—Theology (Popular), Award of Merit
Hope for When the Church Feels Broken
Does the church still matter in our modern world?
After waves of disillusionment, #churchtoo movements, and political divides, it’s easy to question the value of investing in the church.
Trusted biblical scholar ...
PaperbackChristian Meditation in Clinical Practice
A Four-Step Model and Workbook for Therapists and Clients
Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
by Joshua J Knabb
Christians are hungry for a return to their own tradition to cultivate meditation practices that are both psychologically and spiritually fruitful. In recent decades, mindfulness meditation, which originates from the Buddhist tradition, has been embraced in many settings as a method for addressing a plethora of symptoms. What would it look like to turn instead to the Christian faith ...
PaperbackGod on Campus
Sacred Causes Global Effects
by Trent Sheppard
Afterword by Pete Greig"Let every student be plainly instructed . . . to consider well the main end of . . . life and studies is to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternal life . . . and therefore to lay Christ in the bottom, as the only foundation of all sound knowledge and learning."-Harvard College Laws, 1642There was a time when Harvard was considered a holy place and Princeton trained prophets, when students and ...
PaperbackComfort Detox
Finding Freedom from Habits that Bind You
by Erin Straza
"For too long I have lived life on comfort mode, making choices for life engagement based on safety, ease, and convenience. It has left me very little wiggle room, just a small parcel of real estate upon which to live, move, and have my being. It's not quite the abundant life Jesus was offering."Whether we're aware of it or not, our minds, bodies, and souls often seek out what's comfortable. Erin ...
PaperbackCreation and Doxology
The Beginning and End of God's Good World
Center for Pastor Theologians Series
Edited by Gerald L. Hiestand and Todd A Wilson
The doctrine of creation is crucial to the Christian faith, but it has often been maligned, misinterpreted, or ignored.
Some, such as pagan philosophers and Gnostics, have tended to denigrate the goodness of the material world. More recently, new questions have emerged regarding human origins in light of the Darwinian account of evolution. What does it mean today to both affirm ...
