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paperbackBasic Christian
The Inside Story of John Stott
by Roger Steer
Foreword by David Neff
Featuring John StottDid you know. . . . . . John Stott's father stood strongly against his desire to be ordained in the Church of England and his pacifist leanings during World War II? . . . John Stott once got lost following birds in the Amazon rainforest? . . . John Stott once dressed up as a street urchin, fashioned a "strong Cockney accent" and lived under a bridge near the Thames in London in order to see ...
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paperbackWhen Children Come Out
A Guide for Christian Parents
by Mark A. Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets
If you are a parent wrestling with God, you are not alone.
When a child comes out as LGBTQ+, Christian parents often find themselves navigating unfamiliar, unsettling terrain. Mark Yarhouse and Olya Zaporozhets, therapists and researchers with decades of experience, have written this book to provide perspective, insight, and the chance to learn from others who've shared a ...
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paperbackAuthentic Communication
Christian Speech Engaging Culture
Christian Worldview Integration Series
by Tim Muehlhoff and Todd Lewis
Part of the Christian Worldview Integration Series
Whether setting about to love our neighbor, to settle a dispute, to share in the suffering of others or to speak up on behalf of the marginalized, we inevitably must engage in communication. And what could be more natural, more human, than communication?
But we all learn quickly enough that good communication is not always natural. ...
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paperbackThe Urban Christian
by Raymond J. Bakke and Jim Hart
- An Eternity 1988 Book of the Year
There are millions of opportunities for the gospel. With half of the world's five billion people in cities, there is almost no end to the exciting challenges that await us. Ray Bakke has been there. For over twenty years he and his family have worked with and love the people of today's cities, bringing a message of ...
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InterVarsity Press (IVP) has been publishing thoughtful Christian books that shape both the lives of readers and the cultures they inhabit since 1947. IVP books and resources are timeless tools for spiritual growth, equipping Christians for a vibrant life of faith and serving the university, the church, and the world.
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paperbackPlacemaking and the Arts
Cultivating the Christian Life
Studies in Theology and the Arts Series
by Jennifer Allen Craft
We are, each one of us, situated in a particular place.
As embodied creatures, as members of local communities and churches, as people who live in a specific location in the world, we all experience the importance of place. But what role does place play in the Christian life and how might our theology of place be cultivated?
In this Studies in Theology and the Arts volume, ...
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paperbackHow Africa Shaped the Christian Mind
Rediscovering the African Seedbed of Western Christianity
Early African Christianity
by Thomas C. Oden
Africa has played a decisive role in the formation of Christian culture from its infancy. Some of the most decisive intellectual achievements of Christianity were explored and understood in Africa before they were in Europe. If this is so, why is Christianity so often perceived in Africa as a Western colonial import? How can Christians in Northern and sub-Saharan Africa, indeed how can Christians ...
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paperbackEarly Christian Readings of Genesis One
Patristic Exegesis and Literal Interpretation
BioLogos Books on Science and Christianity
by Craig D. Allert
Do the writings of the church fathers support a literalist interpretation of Genesis 1? Young earth creationists have maintained that they do. And it is sensible to look to the Fathers as a check against our modern biases. But before enlisting the Fathers as ammunition in our contemporary Christian debates over creation and evolution, some cautions are in order. Are we correctly representing the ...
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paperbackTranshumanism and the Image of God
Today's Technology and the Future of Christian Discipleship
by Jacob Shatzer
We're constantly invited to think about the future of technology as a progressive improvement of tools: our gadgets will continue to evolve, but we humans will stay basically the same. In the future, perhaps even alien species and intelligent robots will coexist alongside humans, who will grapple with challenges and emerge as the heroes. But the truth is that radical technological change has the ...
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paperbackFool's Talk
Recovering the Art of Christian Persuasion
by Os Guinness
- 2016 Christianity Today Book of the Year in Apologetics/Evangelism
- One of Desiring God's Top 15 Books of 2015
- Hearts Minds Bookstore's Best Books of 2015, Social Criticism and Cultural Engagement
In our post-Christian context, public life has become markedly more secular and private life infinitely more diverse. Yet many Christians still ...
