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Is the lawyer's vocation considered a "servant" profession? Robert F. Cochran, author of "The Servant Lawyer," believes that lawyers can serve both humans and God with their work. Read this interview to hear how Cochran views the calling to the ordinary practice of law as experienced by ordinary lawyers.
PaperbackBulls, Bears and Golden Calves
Applying Christian Ethics in Economics
by John E. Stapleford
Self-interest, economic efficiency and private property rights are among the most basic assumptions of market economics. But can an economic theory built on these assumptions alone provide adequate insight into human nature, motivation and ultimate goals to guide our economic life?John Stapleford says no, along with those economists who recognize the limits of their discipline. He insightfully shows ...
PaperbackThe Surface of Water
A Novel
by Cynthia Beach
The only person who can uncover his secret has arrived.
Matthew Goodman is tired, and his one wish is for something he can't have. Instead he focuses on the demands of his work as pastor of Chicagoland's Calvary Community, including bringing a new administrative assistant onboard. New hire twenty-five-year-old Trish Card watches him with somber, lake-clear eyes. What he doesn't ...
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Read articles and interviews on the history, culture, and experiences of Latino and Latina people, brought to you by IVP Extra. You can also read more articles about race and ethnicity and articles written in Spanish.
PaperbackInalienable
How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church
by Eric Costanzo, Daniel Yang, and Matthew Soerens
Outreach Resource of the Year
The American church is at a critical crossroads. Our witness has been compromised, our numbers are down, and our reputation has been sullied, due largely to our own faults and fears. The church's ethnocentrism, consumerism, and syncretism have blurred the lines between discipleship and partisanship.
Pastor Eric Costanzo, ...
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Made for PAX (PAX), an organization that provides mentorship and vocational development for emerging Christians of color, has signed with InterVarsity Press (IVP) to publish four Bible studies centered around its key values: peace, justice, and contemplation.
PaperbackDisunity in Christ
Uncovering the Hidden Forces that Keep Us Apart
by Christena Cleveland
Leadership Journal Book Award
Readers' Choice Awards Honorable MentionDespite Jesus' prayer that all Christians "be one," divisions have been epidemic in the body of Christ from the beginning to the present. We cluster in theological groups, gender groups, age groups, ethnic groups, educational and economic groups. We criticize freely those who disagree with ...
PaperbackWhen We Stand
The Power of Seeking Justice Together
by Terence Lester
Foreword by Gregory BoyleIt's easy to feel overwhelmed by all of the injustices that we see in the world. We don't know what to do and might think that we don't have anything to offer. But by using our gifts in collaboration with others, we can do more together than we ever could on our own.
Activist Terence Lester knows it's hard to change the world. But mobilizing and acting together empowers us ...
EbookIs Christianity the White Man's Religion?
How the Bible Is Good News for People of Color
by Antipas L Harris
Among many young people of color, there is a growing wariness about organized religion and Christianity in particular. If Christianity is for everyone, why does the Bible seem to endorse slavery? Why do most popular images of Jesus feature a man with white skin and blue eyes? Is evangelical Christianity "good news" or a tool of white supremacy?As our society increases in ethnic ...
PaperbackDynamic Diversity
Bridging Class, Age, Race and Gender in the Church
by Bruce Milne
From the footpaths of our cities to the chatrooms of the Internet, people are connecting today as never before. As the planet shrinks through the multiple forces of immigration, travel, electronic communication and more fluid employment patterns,we will find ourselves increasingly forced into contact with those who are significantly different from ourselves. Sadly however, the stranger is often ...
