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EbookFrom Jerusalem to Timbuktu
A World Tour of the Spread of Christianity
by Brian C. Stiller
Christianity started in Jerusalem. For many centuries it was concentrated in the West, in Europe and North America. But in the past century the church expanded rapidly across Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Thus Christianity's geographic center of density is now in the West African country of Mali—in Timbuktu.What led to the church's vibrant growth throughout the Global South? Brian Stiller identifies ...
EbookFrom Topic to Thesis
A Guide to Theological Research
by Michael Kibbe
While courses in Bible and theology typically require research papers, particularly at the graduate level, very few include training in research. Professors have two options: use valuable class time to teach students as much as they can, or lowertheir standards with the understanding that students cannot be expected to complete tasks for which they have never been prepared.From Topic to Thesis: ...
EbookEscape from Reason
IVP Classics
by Francis A. Schaeffer
Foreword by J. P. MorelandOver 100,000 Copies Sold!
Truth used to be based on reason. No more. What we feel is now the truest source of reality. Despite our obsession with the emotive and the experiential, we still face anxiety, despair, and purposelessness.How did we get here? And where do we find a remedy?
In this modern classic, Francis A. Schaeffer traces trends in twentieth-century ...
EbookFrom Prisoner to Prince
The Joseph Story in Biblical Theology
New Studies in Biblical Theology
by Samuel Emadi
Series edited by D. A. CarsonThe story of Joseph is prominent in the book of Genesis and yet is rarely mentioned in the rest of Scripture. How then do we understand Joseph's significance in redemptive history? When Christians have addressed this question, theconversation has frequently turned toward typology: Is Joseph a type of the Messiah?
Messianic interpretations of the Joseph narrative have often ...
EbookFrom Pandemic to Renewal
Practices for a World Shaken by Crisis
by Chris Rice
The pandemic changed the world on a global scale. Not only was it devastating in terms of loss of life, it also revealed deep layers of anxiety and brokenness throughout society. Mental exhaustion, economic disparities, and escalating divisions now mark our times.
But award-winning author Chris Rice sees the challenges of our day as a historic opportunity for renewal and fresh ...
EbookSaving the Bible from Ourselves
Learning to Read and Live the Bible Well
by Glenn R. Paauw
ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist
Does the Bible need to be saved?Over the course of the centuries, Bible scholars and publishers have increasingly added "helps"—chapter divisions, verses, subheads, notes—to the Bible in aneffort to make it easier to study and understand. In the process, however, these have led to sampling Scripture rather than reading deeply. According to ...
EbookBlood From a Stone
A Memoir of How Wine Brought Me Back from the Dead
by Adam S. McHugh
Men's Journal Best Wine Books 2023 and André Simon Food and Drink Book Award Longlist
"This is the story of how wine brought me back from the dead."
Thus begins Adam McHugh's transition through the ending of one career—as a hospice chaplain and grief counselor—into the discovery of a new life in wine among the grapevines of the Santa Ynez Valley of California.
"This ...
EbookFrom Adam and Israel to the Church
A Biblical Theology of the People of God
Essential Studies in Biblical Theology
Series edited by Benjamin L. Gladd
Biblical Foundations Award Finalist
What does it mean to be created in God's image? How has the fall affected this image? Who are the people of God?
Addressing these core questions about spiritual identity, From Adam and Israel to the Church examines the nature of the people of God from Genesis to Revelation through the lens of being ...
EbookWorking from the Inside Out
A Brief Guide to Inner Work That Transforms Our Outer World
by Jeffrey Haanen
Many today are experiencing social isolation, deep anxieties about the future, and various difficulties in the workplace. For too many of us, work seems tedious, painful, or meaningless. And we don't know what to do about it.
Working from the Inside Out pulls back the veil on the deep emotional and vocational challenges faced by the majority of workers and shows how ...
EbookSongs from Scripture
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by James W. Reapsome
"Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is King of all the earth; sing ye praises with understanding," (Psalm 47:6-7).
Throughout the Bible there are songs. Some are songs of celebration and hope while others express despair or humility and still others recount God's redemption. "Songs lift our hearts and minds," writes James Reapsome. "They powerfully ...
