Search Results
Showing 11 - 20 of 829 results
-
Find out more about IVP's email newsletters and subscribe! We have weekly, monthly, and occasional email lists that you can join based on particular interest.
-
paperbackDon't Blow Up Your Ministry
Defuse the Underlying Issues That Take Pastors Down
by Michael MacKenzie
Foreword by Marshall ShelleyThere's a ticking time bomb in your ministry. Is it you? With vivid pictures of both self-destructive patterns and reconstructive grace, counselor Michael MacKenzie helps pastors avert moral failures and repair shipwrecked ministries. Addressing issues like shame, burnout, sexual misconduct, and more, this resource will help you become both the pastor and the person God intends you to be.
-
paperbackSeeing Jesus in East Harlem
What Happens When Churches Show Up and Stay Put
by José Humphreys
Church leaders need to show up, stay put, and see what God is doing in their midst. Pastor José Humphreys recognizes how deeply our faith is tied to our particular stories in our particular places. Combining spiritual formation with activism, vivid narrative with exhortation, and realism with hopefulness, Humphreys offers pastors and church planters a thoughtful look at discipleship in a complex world.
-
paperbackTrue Companions Study Guide
Five Sessions on How to Show Up in Your Most Important Relationships
by Kelly Flanagan
How do we cultivate the life-long relationships we are longing for, whether within marriage or friendship? In True Companions, psychologist Kelly Flanagan shows how each of us can enjoy the deeply satisfying, transformational love of companionship. In this five-session companion study guide, groups, couples, and individuals will learn how to show up in our most important relationships.
Number of Studies: 5
-
Getting old is weird, and the transition from young adult to full-blown adult can be brutal. Trying to navigate this very formative decade can just be straight up challenging. Sharing insights from her book The Gap Decade, author Katie Schnack gives five tips for twenty-somethings trying to be "real adults."
-
As a publishing house, IVP desires to speak thoughtfully and in a balanced but bold manner into questions on the integration of faith, discipleship, and politics. What constitutes the common good and building a just society—not only in election years, but every year? Books are vehicles for promoting liberty, for shedding light on darkness. In this article, former IVP publisher Jeff Crosby shows how in a time when many of us are distracted by clickbait and popular opinion, books still have a tremendous impact.
-
paperbackSimple Prayer
Learning to Speak to God with Ease
by Charlie Dawes
Foreword by Mark BattersonAre we making prayer more complicated than it needs to be? Helping us pare down our words to their most elemental level, Charlie Dawes has identified simple—yet far from simplistic—prayers that unlock the mystery of conversing with God. By focusing our prayers, we can find a new way of connecting with God at a heart level that cannot be mastered with words alone.
-
paperbackSummoned
Stepping Up to Live and Lead with Jesus
by Daniel Allen Jr.
Foreword by Hugh HalterIn this honest guide meant for young men and those who mentor them, leadership coach Daniel Allen shares how we can thrive in our faith, vocation and relationships. Including a four-session study guide, this book gives practical, real-life advice for shaping a godly view of manhood, building character and growing in spiritual practices and leadership.
Number of Studies: 4
-
paperbackA Little Primer on Humble Apologetics
by James W. Sire
We've all felt the tension. An opportunity to speak for Christ comes up, and either we jump in with both barrels blasting or we cower in the corner and say nothing. Is there a better way? Can we learn to speak boldly, yet humbly, about our faith in Christ? Jim Sire offers a little primer on understanding the nature and limits of apologetics.
-
paperbackThe Analogy of Faith
The Quest for God's Speakability
Strategic Initiatives in Evangelical Theology
by Archie J. Spencer
If God is transcendent, how can human beings speak meaningfully about him? The answer lies in analogy, which recognizes both similarity and dissimilarity between God and our God-talk. In his erudite study, Archie Spencer argues for a christological account of analogy as the answer to the problem of God's speakability.
