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PaperbackThe Lost World of the Israelite Conquest
Covenant, Retribution, and the Fate of the Canaanites
The Lost World Series
by John H. Walton and J. Harvey Walton
Biblical Foundations Award Winner
Holy warfare is the festering wound on the conscience of Bible-believing Christians. Of all the problems the Old Testament poses for our modern age, this is the one we want to avoid in mixed company.
But do the so-called holy war texts of the Old Testament portray a divinely inspired genocide? Did Israel slaughter Canaanites at God's ...
PaperbackFollowing Jesus in a Warming World
A Christian Call to Climate Action
by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap
Have you ever looked at the effects of climate change and the apathy of so many around you and wondered, "What are we missing here?"
Climate activist Kyle Meyaard-Schaap understands this feeling from personal experience. Butin his years of speaking to and equipping Christians to work for climate action, he's seen the trend begin to shift. More and more young Christians are ...
PaperbackThe Lost World of the Prophets
Old Testament Prophecy and Apocalyptic Literature in Ancient Context
The Lost World Series
by John H. Walton
Being responsive to God is at the heart of prophecy. But readers of ancient prophecies and apocalyptic literature—including those in the Old Testament—can come away thoroughly perplexed. Are the prophets speaking about their own times, about our present, or about some still-unrealized future?
It's common to study prophecy with a focus on the sole question of prediction and ...
PaperbackFollowing Jesus in the "Real World"
Discipleship for the Post-College Years
by Richard C. Lamb
What does it mean to follow Jesus after college?
If it was ever easy to graduate from college, choose a direction, and move on in life, it's not easy today. The terrain is unmapped, the destination uncertain, the stakes high.
To add to the pressure, Christians often find themselves looking back nostalgically on their school days. Then they knew genuine community, found time to pray, ...
PaperbackRecapturing an Enchanted World
Ritual and Sacrament in the Free Church Tradition
Dynamics of Christian Worship
by John D. Rempel
Foreword by Gordon T. SmithHow might our worship recapture and reflect the enchanted world of God's nearness in Jesus Christ?
In this first volume in IVP Academic's Dynamics of Christian Worship series, John D. Rempel offers a vision for this kind oftransformative worship. A theologian and minister in the Mennonite Church, Rempel considers the role of the sacraments and ritual within the Free Church ...
PaperbackDiscovering the Mission of God
Best Missional Practices for the 21st Century
Edited by Mike Barnett
Associate Editor Robin MartinBiblical Foundations Book Award
"God cannot lead you on the basis of information you do not have." --Ralph WinterWhat is God's mission in the world? For anyone passionate about discovering God's heart for the nations, Discovering the Mission of God will reveal his plans for you. Written by 21st-century field workers, scholars and church leaders, this book weaves together ...
PaperbackTrue Paradox
How Christianity Makes Sense of Our Complex World
Veritas Books
by David Skeel
Foreword Review's Annual INDIEFAB Book of the Year Finalist
How do we explain human consciousness? Where do we get our sense of beauty? Why do we recoil at suffering? Why do we have moral codes that none of us can meet? Why do we yearn for justice, yet seem incapable of establishing it?
Any philosophy or worldview must make sense of the world as we actually ...
AudiobookHealing Our Broken Humanity
Practices for Revitalizing the Church and Renewing the World
by Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Graham Hill
Foreword by Willie James Jennings
Read by Amanda DayOutreach Magazine Resource of the Year
We live in conflicted times. Our newsfeeds are filled with inequality, division, and fear. We want to make a difference and see justice restored because Jesus calls us to be a peacemaking and reconciling people. But how do we do this?
Based on their work with diverse churches, colleges, and other organizations, Grace Ji-Sun Kim ...
PaperbackFrom 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 ...
PaperbackBuddhism
A Christian Exploration and Appraisal
by Keith Yandell and Harold Netland
The disproportionate influence of Buddhist thought and philosophy found in cultural circles such as education, entertainment and the media coupled with the dramatic recent surge of asian immigrants, many of whom are Buddhist, has brought Buddhismto the forefront of Western culture. And more and more of those who have become disenfranchised from Christian spirituality are embracing Buddhism as a ...
