Search Results
Showing 11 - 20 of 126 results
HardbackThe Freedom of Surrender
Forty Devotions for a Joyful Life in Christ
by Mary DeMuth
Find joy and freedom in surrender
Letting go is hard.
To surrender is to let go of what we tightly grip, the good and the bad. It’s a relinquishing of control, a recognition that God alone can meet our deepest needs. It’s a holy pause that entrusts each hope, each worry, and each pressing concern to the One whose love for us is beyond measure. And in this surrender, ...
PaperbackThe Pastor as Midwife
Life-Giving Leadership for the Healing of the Church
by Shawna Songer Gaines
Lessons from Midwives for Pastoral Leadership
We find ourselves in a moment in which the church is in great pain. Congregations are dwindling, denominations are fracturing, and church scandals have become all too common. We need a new imagination to capture the hopefulness of God birthing something new in the midst of the pain of the old creation.
In ...
HardbackPositive Psychology in Christian Perspective
Foundations, Concepts, and Applications
Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books
by Charles H. Hackney
"Some theories of [psychology] are based largely on the behavior of sick and anxious people or upon the antics of captive and desperate rats. Fewer theories have been derived from the study of healthy human beings, those who strive not so much to preserve life as to make it worth living. Thus we find . . . many studies of criminals, few of law-abiders; many of fear, few of courage; ...
-
Richard B. Steele
Richard B. Steele is Professor of Moral and Historical Theology and Associate Dean of the School of Theology at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA where he currently resides. He is the author of "Gracious Affection" and "True Virtue" According to Jonathan Edwards and John Wesley and the editor of "Heart Religion" in the Methodist Tradition and Related Movements. His articles have appeared in numerous theological magazines and reviews.
-
Jenell Williams Paris
Jenell Williams Paris (Ph.D., American University) is professor of anthropology at Messiah College in Grantham, Pennsylvania. She has written for such publications as Christianity Today, Books Culture and Christian Scholar's Review. Her books include Birth Control for Christians, Urban Disciples and Introducing Cultural Anthropology: A Christian Perspective.
-
InterVarsity Press is thrilled to announce the release of the long-awaited three-volume Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity.
This comprehensive set originated with the widely praised Italian edition: Nuovo dizionario patristico e di antichità cristiane (2006-2008). The English version—developed by a team of editors, translators, designers and typesetters—includes new articles and revisions that the previous Italian version did not publish, and is sure to be a major part of libraries and collections throughout the English-speaking world.
PaperbackHoly Is the Day
Living in the Gift of the Present
by Carolyn Weber
Life pulls us in many directions, sometimes even to the point of pulling our souls apart. We know rest and reflection are necessary for a healthy life—even Jesus took time to get away from the crowds, away from the demands of everyday life, to pray, to spend time with close friends, to sleep.
Carolyn Weber was emotionally and physically exhausted managing her career as a ...
-
Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity
Midwest Publishing Association Award of Excellence (Scholarly/Reference)
Explore Eight Centuries of Early Christian History
Explore a definitive resource for early Christian studies, spanning eight centuries and featuring 3,220 entries from 266 scholars across 26 countries. This three-volume encyclopedia offers unmatched coverage and draws from fields ...
PaperbackWhere the Cross Meets the Street
What Happens to the Neighborhood When God Is at the Center
by Noel Castellanos
Foreword by John M. Perkins and Wayne GordonMissio Alliance Essential Reading List
The cross means more than we've let it mean.
Proclaiming the gospel and forming the faithful: these are the most practiced disciplines of the evangelical church.As central as these disciplines are, however, they are only part of the story. And as Christian Community Development Association CEO Noel Castellanos has ...
PaperbackTruth Is Stranger Than It Used to Be
Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age
by J. Richard Middleton and Brian J. Walsh
- Voted one of Christianity Today's 1996 Books of the Year
The carnivalesque, pluralistic culture in which we live can be seen as a consequence of the breakdown of modernity (which touted itself as the greatest show on earth"), combined with a recognition of the socially constructed character of reality.
Since the old construction has been discredited and ...
