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  • Images of Salvation in the New Testament, By Brenda B. Colijn
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    Images of Salvation in the New Testament

    by Brenda B. Colijn

    What does salvation in the New Testament look like?"The New Testament does not develop a systematic doctrine of salvation," writes Brenda Colijn. "Instead, it presents us with a variety of pictures taken from different perspectives. From one angle, the human predicament is rebellion against God. Salvation looks like living under God's universal reign. From another angle, the human predicament is ...

  • Freeing Congregational Mission: A Practical Vision for Companionship, Cultural Humility, and Co-Development, By B. Hunter Farrell
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    Freeing Congregational Mission

    A Practical Vision for Companionship, Cultural Humility, and Co-Development

    by B. Hunter Farrell
    With Shankur Balajiedlang Khyllep

    There is a deepening crisis in mission as practiced by North American congregations. Many mission activities are more effective at satisfying church members than making a lasting difference, producing what's too often consumer-oriented "selfie mission." Too much effort is based on colonial-era assumptions of mission launched from a position of power. These practices are not just ...

  • The Shape of Christian History: Continuity and Diversity in the Global Church, By Scott W. Sunquist
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    The Shape of Christian History

    Continuity and Diversity in the Global Church

    by Scott W. Sunquist

    While understanding history has always been an essential task for God's people, rapid changes within the past two generations of Christianity have challenged many of our assumptions and methods for studying the past. How should thoughtful Christians—and especially historians and missiologists—make sense of global Christianity as an unfolding historical movement?

    Scott Sunquist ...

  • Forty Days on Being an Eight, By Sandra Maria Van Opstal
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    Forty Days on Being an Eight

    Enneagram Daily Reflections

    by Sandra Maria Van Opstal
    Series edited by Suzanne Stabile

    What is it like to be an Enneagram Eight?

    "Fósforito! The explosion happened so quickly there was no stopping it. My mother called me 'tiny match' when she would see this fire exploding from me." This is how Latina pastor, activist, and worship leader, Sandra Maria Van Opstal, describes her experience as an Eight. There came a point in her life when she saw how her ...

    Number of Studies: 40

  • Revelation: An Introduction and Commentary, By Ian Paul
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    Revelation

    An Introduction and Commentary

    Tyndale New Testament Commentaries

    by Ian Paul
    Series edited by Eckhard J. Schnabel
    Consulting Editor Nicholas Perrin

    The Book of Revelation is a remarkable text. A fascinating piece of Scripture as well as an extraordinary piece of literature, its interpretation has affected our theology, art and worship, and even international politics. Yet it is widely neglected in the church and almost entirely avoided from the pulpit.In this Tyndale Commentary, Ian Paul takes a disciplined approach to the text, paying careful ...

  • Buried Talents: Overcoming Gendered Socialization to Answer God's Call, By Susan Harris Howell
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    Buried Talents

    Overcoming Gendered Socialization to Answer God's Call

    by Susan Carol Harris Howell
    Foreword by Mimi Haddad

    Reader's Choice Award Winner

    If God is calling women to lead, what's holding them back? Susan Harris Howell has spent years helping students investigate this question. In Buried Talents, she makes clear how gender disparity in leadership is directly connected to a larger, less overt issue: gendered socialization. Howell examines gendered messages ...

  • Is Your Lord Large Enough?: How C. S. Lewis Expands Our View of God, By Peter J. Schakel
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    Is Your Lord Large Enough?

    How C. S. Lewis Expands Our View of God

    by Peter J Schakel

    "Every year you grow, you will find me bigger."--Aslan to Lucy in Prince CaspianC. S. Lewis was, of course, a brilliant apologist, and his books contain much to feed your intellect. But Lewis was also very concerned about Christian formation and strongly desired to help believers deepen their faith and broaden their vision of God.In this book Peter Schakel opens to you the more practical ...

  • Christianity Today has released the winners of its 2023 Book Awards and InterVarsity Press is pleased to announce that it received top honors in three categories: Church and Pastoral Leadership, Marriage and Family, and Politics and Public Life.

  • Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry, By Ruth Haley Barton
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    Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership

    Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry

    Transforming Resources

    by Ruth Haley Barton
    Afterword by Leighton Ford
    Foreword by Gary A. Haugen

    Spiritual Practices for Burnt Out Leaders

    "I'm tired of helping others enjoy God—I just want to enjoy God for myself."

    With this painful admission, Ruth Haley Barton invites spiritual leaders into an honest exploration of what happens when they lose track of their souls. Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership weaves together contemporary illustrations ...