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  • Want more context as you begin to study 2 Samuel? This introduction will give you the background you need as you read the Daily Quiet Time Bible Study. We hope you continue to discover the riches of Scripture and draw closer to God as you join the millions who have used this free devotional resource.

  • Authors of color bring important perspectives to their work, with insights and wisdom for every reader on the most important conversations happening today. On this page, you'll learn more about our authors of color and their books. You'll also find articles, videos, and podcasts where you can hear directly from these diverse voices as they share more about their books and the impact that they are having in the church and the world.

  • After thirty-six years of recommending resources to pastors and church leaders, Leadership Journal released its final list of the Best Ministry Books of the Year in its Winter 2016 issue, the last issue of Leadership Journal. Two IVP titles, The Vulnerable Pastor and Same-Sex Attraction and the Church, made the list of the Best Ministry Books of 2015.

  • The Attentive Life: Discerning God's Presence in All Things, By Leighton Ford
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    The Attentive Life

    Discerning God's Presence in All Things

    by Leighton Ford

    Your attention, please.That's what God wants, Leighton Ford discovered. It's the path to becoming like Christ.Distractions, fear and busyness were keeping Ford from seeing God's work in and around him. He was missing God. So he began a journey oflonging and looking for God. And it started with paying attention.In these pages, he invites you to journey with him. Using the rich monastic tradition ...

  • Daring to Draw Near: People in Prayer, By John White
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    Daring 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 ...

  • Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament, By Christopher J. H. Wright
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    Knowing the Holy Spirit Through the Old Testament

    Knowing God Through the Old Testament Set

    by Christopher J. H. Wright

    We tend to think of the Holy Spirit as the straggler of the Trinity, a latecomer in God's interaction with the world. But our first introduction to the Holy Spirit is not the drama of Pentecost in the second chapter of Acts. We first meet the HolySpirit in the second verse of the Bible, hovering there, speaking the world into existence.

    Christopher Wright begins here and traces the Holy Spirit ...

  • Making Neighborhoods Whole: A Handbook for Christian Community Development, By Wayne Gordon and John M. Perkins
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    Making Neighborhoods Whole

    A Handbook for Christian Community Development

    by Wayne Gordon and John M. Perkins
    Foreword by Shane Claiborne

    Already with decades of experience speaking prophetically into the charged racial climate of the American south, John Perkins began to see a need for organized thinking and collaborative imagination about how the church engages urban ministry. And so the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) was born, with Wayne Gordon an immediate and enthusiastic participant. Nearly thirty years later ...

  • Becoming an Ordinary Mystic: Spirituality for the Rest of Us, By Albert Haase OFM
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    Becoming an Ordinary Mystic

    Spirituality for the Rest of Us

    by Albert Haase OFM

    I should be further along on the spiritual journey. Why don't I see any progress? What am I doing wrong?

    Do you ever feel like you are walking in spiritual circles? While we might think it would be different for aFranciscan priest, Father Albert Haase shares the same struggles. And yet he also affirms that we are all called to be ordinary mystics, who, in the words ...

  • Embracing the Body: Finding God in Our Flesh and Bone, By Tara M. Owens
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    Embracing the Body

    Finding God in Our Flesh and Bone

    by Tara M. Owens

    • Foreword Reviews' 18th Annual INDIEFAB Book of the Year for Body, Mind and Spirit
    • 2015 Readers' Choice Awards Honorable Mention

    Our bodies teach us about God, and God communicates to us through our bodies. Our bodies are more good than we can possibly imagine them to be. And yet at times we may struggle with feelings of shame and guilt or even pride in ...

  • James, By George M. Stulac
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    James

    A Commentary on the New Testament

    The IVP New Testament Commentary Series

    by George M. Stulac

    • Recipient of a Christianity Today 1994 Critics Choice Award

    What is the proper relationship between faith and deeds? How do Christians mature in the faith? What hope can we offer to those who face trials of various sorts? How do we learn to control our tongues and not get bogged down with riches?

    The apostle James faced these questions in profound ways and offered ...