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  • 2 Corinthians: Finding Strength in Weakness, By Paul Stevens
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    2 Corinthians

    Finding Strength in Weakness

    LifeGuide Bible Studies

    by Paul Stevens

    Do you despise your weaknesses? Do you hate hardships? Do you beg God to remove obstacles from your life? The apostle Paul delighted in his weaknesses, welcomed hardship as a friend and thanked God for obstacles that offered opportunities to experience God's power. Was he crazy? In this eleven-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, Paul Stevens shows you how this foundational Christian disciple ...

    Number of Studies: 11

  • Discovering Church Planting: An Introduction to the Whats, Whys, and Hows of Global Church Planting, By J. D. Payne
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    Discovering Church Planting

    An Introduction to the Whats, Whys, and Hows of Global Church Planting

    by J. D. Payne
    Foreword by David J. Hesselgrave

    In Discovering Church Planting, J. D. Payne explores the biblical, historical and missiological principles of global church planting as well as unfolding practical strategies for confronting contemporary challenges to our vital task in reaching a lost world. This comprehensive introduction to church planting shows the reader how to apply effective, international church planting practices ...

  • In Defense of Miracles: A Comprehensive Case for God's Action in History, Edited by R. Douglas Geivett and Gary R. Habermas
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    In Defense of Miracles

    A Comprehensive Case for God's Action in History

    Edited by R. Douglas Geivett and Gary R. Habermas

    Rumors of deception have surrounded claims of Jesus' resurrection ever since the soldiers appointed to guard his tomb made their report to the Jewish authorities. But no one has led the philosophic charge against miracles quite as influentially as David Hume with his 1748 essay "Of Miracles." Refined, revised, restated, his arguments still affect philosophic discussions of miracles today.

    During ...

  • Black Fire: One Hundred Years of African American Pentecostalism, By Estrelda Y. Alexander
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    Black Fire

    One Hundred Years of African American Pentecostalism

    by Estrelda Y. Alexander

    Estrelda Alexander was raised in an urban, black, working-class, oneness Pentecostal congregation in the 1950s and 1960s, but she knew little of her heritage and thought that all Christians worshiped and believed as she did. Much later she discovered that many Christians not only knew little of her heritage but considered it strange. Even today, most North Americans remain ignorant of black Pentecostalism. ...

  • Ownership: The Evangelical Legacy of Slavery in Edwards, Wesley, and Whitefield, By Sean McGever
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    Ownership

    The Evangelical Legacy of Slavery in Edwards, Wesley, and Whitefield

    by Sean McGever
    Foreword by Vincent E. Bacote

    Men of their time?

    Jonathan Edwards, John Wesley, and George Whitefield were the three most prominent early evangelicals—and all three were deeply compromised on the issue of slavery. Edwards and Whitefield both kept slaves themselves, and Wesley failed to speak out against slavery until near the end of his life.

    In Ownership, Sean McGever tells the true story ...

  • InterVarsity Press (IVP) has announced the expansion of its international reach with the signing of two contracts. IVP has entered into an arrangement with Ingram Publishing Services UK (IPS UK) for the warehousing and fulfillment of IVP's titles in the United Kingdom (UK) and Europe. The press has also signed a new agreement with the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK) for its sales representation in the UK.

  • We're all facing disruption right now as the coronavirus and COVID-19 have radically altered our daily lives. But one thing is certain—we're coming together even as we practice social distancing, whether it's in virtual spaces, in our homes, or as a world community. Christian community is just as important now as ever, so use these tips and resources to stay hopeful while we're together at home.