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PaperbackPeter
Learning to Be Like Jesus
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Robbie F. Castleman
Simon Peter was a follower like us--he wanted to be like Jesus, but he struggled with doubts and fears. At times he failed miserably. At other times he was used powerfully by God. This twelve-session LifeGuide® Bible Study on the greatapostle's life challenges and motivates us to continue to grow in Christlikeness.
For over three decades LifeGuide Bible Studies have provided solid ...
Number of Studies: 12
PaperbackGreat Commission, Great Compassion
Following Jesus and Loving the World
by Paul Borthwick
Foreword by Christopher J. H. WrightGo and do. Jesus commands it, and the world needs it. Word and deed go together. One without the other is not enough. We follow Jesus into all the world, and we follow his example in all we do.
Mission mobilizer Paul Borthwick shows how proclamation and demonstration of the gospel go hand in hand. God gives us the Great Commission, Matthew 28's call to go wherever Jesus sends us, making ...
PaperbackNew Testament Christological Hymns
Exploring Texts, Contexts, and Significance
by Matthew E. Gordley
We know that the earliest Christians sang hymns. Paul encourages believers to sing "psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs." And at the dawn of the second century the Roman official Pliny names a feature of Christian worship as "singing alternately a hymn to Christ as to God." But are some of these early Christian hymns preserved for us in the New Testament? Are they right before our eyes?New Testament ...
PaperbackThe Cross & the Prodigal
Luke 15 Through the Eyes of Middle Eastern Peasants
by Kenneth E. Bailey
Preaching Magazine Year's Best Book for Preachers
Where is the cross in the parable of the prodigal son?
For centuries, Muslims have called attention to the father's forgiveness in this parable in order to question the need for a Mediator between humanity and God. In The Cross and the Prodigal, Kenneth E. Bailey--New Testament scholar ...
PaperbackCan Evangelicals Learn from World Religions?
Jesus, Revelation Religious Traditions
by Gerald R. McDermott
Christianity Today Award of Merit
"Arguably, the church's greatest challenge in the next century will be the problem of the scandal of particularity. More than ever before, Christians will need to explain why they follow Jesus and not the Buddha or Confucius or Krishna or Muhammed. But if, while relating their faith to the faiths, Christians treat non-Christian ...
HardbackJohn 1-12
New Testament Volume 4
Reformation Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Craig S. Farmer
Preaching's Preacher's Guide to the Best Bible Reference
The first eighteen verses of the Gospel of John make some of the most profound statements about the character and work of Christ in all of Scripture: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (1:1); "all things were made through him" (1:3); "the Word became flesh and dwelt ...
PaperbackActs
Volume 5
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Francis Martin
General Editor Thomas C. OdenThe Acts of the Apostles—or more in keeping with the author's intent, the Acts of the Ascended Lord—is part two of Luke's story of "all that Jesus began to do and teach." In it he recounts the expansion of the church as its witness spread from Jerusalem to all of Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. While at least forty early church authors commented on Acts, the works ...
HardbackLuke
New Testament Volume 3
Reformation Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Beth Kreitzer
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord." Reflecting on this verse from the Gospel of Luke (2:11), Martin Luther declared it to be a summary of the gospel: "See here what the gospel is, namely, a joyful sermon about Christ our Savior. Whoever preaches him rightly preaches the gospel and pure joy."Reformation commentators meditated upon the significance ...
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Building on the June 24 release of the IVP Kids title Jesus Loves the Little Children, All the Children of the World, Tara Hackney has signed a second contract with InterVarsity Press (IVP) for the Spring 2027 release of the childrens devotional tentatively titled Jesus Loves the Little Children: A Journey from A to Z.
PaperbackIncarnation
The Person and Life of Christ
by Thomas F. Torrance
Edited by Robert T. WalkerThe late Thomas F. Torrance has been called "the greatest Reformed theologian since Karl Barth" and "the greatest British theologian of the twentieth century" by prominent voices in the academy. His work has profoundly shaped contemporary theologyin the English-speaking world.
This first of two volumes comprises Thomas Torrance's lectures delivered to students in Christian Dogmatics on Christology ...
