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To be fully human is to think.The apostle Paul calls us to "take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ" (2 Cor 10:5). But James Emery White fears that Western Christians are failing in this task. Because we have not developed good intellectual habits, our minds instead have been captured by our culture.A Mind for God is written to help us break free from this cultural ...
Some say Christianity is white man's religion. . . .And it is true that there is a long and ugly history of abuse of African-Americans at the hands of Anglo Christians. Afrocentric interpretations of history often point to slavery, lynchings and the like as proof that Christianity is inherently antiblack.But Craig Keener and Glen Usry contend that Christianity can be Afrocentric. In this massively ...
Open Your Understanding of the World of Scripture
The story of the Bible is inextricably linked to the land. To understand biblical history, we need to understand how the people, events, and geography interacted to form thatancient world.
Spanning three thousand years of biblical history, The IVP Atlas of Bible History reveals the many fascinating ways that ...
Attract kids to church, the logic often goes, and you get parents in the pews. All that's left, then, is to get the kids out of the way. Here children's ministers David Csinos and Ivy Beckwith draw on research in human development and spiritual formation to show how children become disciples and churches become centers of lifelong discipleship. For too long, the local church has focused primarily ...
En honor al Mes de la Herencia Hispana, los autores de IVP Natalia Kohn Rivera, Robert Chao Romero, Kristel Acevedo y Marlena Graves comparten sus perspectivas sobre la celebración de la historia, cultura e identidad hispana y latina y comparten palabras de aliento a estas comunidades para hoy.
Are you a children's ministry leader on the edge of burnout? Do you find yourself working harder and harder to tame the chaos?Mark DeVries and Annette Safstrom know how you feel. Flash and fizz can be effective at attracting young families, but without sustainable systems beneath the unforgettable moments, the impact is almost always short-lived. In this practical resource, you’ll learn how to recruit ...
Christianity Today Book Award—Church and Pastoral Leadership
The Gospel Coalition Book Awards Honorable Mention
Pastoral leadership is in crisis.
It's not just that many pastors feel overwhelmed and stressed out; many have lost their way. With the risk of burnout at an all-time high, what pastors need is not just a ...
Building a theological framework requires not only careful and robust engagement with ideas, but also deep attention to the social, economic, and cultural contexts in which faith takes shape.
What happens when theology emerges not from academic ivory towers but from the struggles and triumphs of everyday faith communities?
In Latin American Theology from the ...