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PaperbackThe Nature of the Atonement
Four Views
Spectrum Multiview Book Series
Contributions by Gregory A. Boyd, Joel B. Green, Bruce Reichenbach, and Thomas R. Schreiner
Edited by James K. Beilby and Paul R. EddyA long history of biblical exegesis and theological reflection has shaped our understanding of the atonement today. The more prominent highlights of this history have acquired familiar names for the household of faith: Christus Victor, penal substitutionary, subjective, and governmental.
Recently the penal substitutionary view, and particularly its misappropriations, ...
PaperbackThe Atonement
Its Meaning and Significance
by Leon L. Morris
Why is the cross the crux of Christianity? What are the meaning and significance of the atomement? The Bible uses a host of terms to illuminate the answers to these questions: covenant, sacrifice, the Day of Atonement, Passover, redemption, reconciliation, propitiation, justification. In plain English Leon Morris explains each of these words, thus opening up for students, pastors and teachers the ...
PaperbackThe Legacy of John Paul II
An Evangelical Assessment
Edited by Tim Perry
The papacy of John Paul II was phenomenal, and not least for the fact that many evangelicals came to honor and respect him. Running parallel with this pope's ministry was an unprecedented level of conversation between Protestant evangelicals and Roman Catholics. In the West, at least, there was a growing sense that in a post-Christian society it was time for Christians of orthodox faith to explore ...
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The New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Norris has signed a second contract with IVP Formatio for the fall 2027 release of Finding God in the Desert: How Monastic Spirituality Revived My Faith.
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I. Howard Marshall
I. Howard Marshall (1934–2015) was a world-renowned New Testament scholar and the author or editor of dozens of books. He taught New Testament at the University of Aberdeen for thirty-five years and was a professor emeritus for sixteen years.
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Kevin Giles
Kevin Giles (Th.D., Australian College of Theology) is an ordained Anglican minister who was in parish ministry for forty years. Giles has contributed numerous articles to scholarly journals and to IVP's Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels and Dictionary of the Later New Testament and Its Development. Among his books are What on Earth Is the Church? and Patterns of Ministry Among the First Christians.
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Paul Sparks
Paul Sparks is a Parish Organizer and Social Entrepreneur. His place-based expertise and trusted friendship in neighborhoods across North America make him an indispensable consultant to faith communities, academic institutions, and community organizations. Paul speaks for strong resilient relationships within the parish, and brave collaborative links across places.Paul is the co-founder of Local Life: Coalition for Livable Communities, the Parish Collective: Rooted and Linked for Parish Renewal, and Urban Landscaping: Rapid Placeshaking Collaborations. He is also an instructor for the Leadership in the New Parish at the Seattle School of Psychology and Theology and is the co-founder of the Inhabit Conference.Paul lives in an urban neighborhood at the heart of Downtown Tacoma, Washington with his co-conspiring wife Elizabeth. They pastor a growing faith community comprised of friends, artists and entrepreneurs seeking a common life together with their neighbors.
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Keith Meyer
Keith Meyer (D.Min., M.Div.) is a speaker, teacher and retreat leader through his organization, Becoming the Change Ministries. Having served as a pastor for many years, most recently at Church of the Open Door, he is also a senior teaching fellow with the Renovaré Spiritual Formation Institute and an adjunct professor at Denver Seminary. His books include Whole Life Transformation: Becoming the Change Your Church Needs. Visit his website at www.keithmeyer.org.
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Tim McConnell
Tim McConnell is senior pastor of Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Marietta, Georgia, and holds a PhD in early Christian theology from the University of Virginia. He and his wife, Abigail, have one daughter, three sons and one (mostly) happy dog.
PaperbackDisaster Ministry Handbook
by Jamie D. Aten and David M. Boan
FEMA Community Preparedness Award
When disasters happen, people turn to local churches as centers for response and assistance. When floods or tornadoes devastate an area, or when shootings and violence shock a community, knowing what to do can be the difference between calm and chaos, courage and fear, life and death. But few churches plan in advance for what they should do—until ...
