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  • How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society, By C. John Sommerville
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    How the News Makes Us Dumb

    The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society

    by C. John Sommerville

    We who live at the end of the twentieth century are better informed--and more quickly informed--than any people in history. So why do we also seem more confused, divided and foolish than ever before? Some pundits criticize the news media for political bias. Other analysts worry that up-to-the-minute news reports on radio and television oversimplify complex realities. Still more critics point out ...

  • The Good and Beautiful God: Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows, By James Bryan Smith
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    The Good and Beautiful God

    Falling in Love with the God Jesus Knows

    The Good and Beautiful Series

    by James Bryan Smith

    Train Your Soul to Know the God Jesus Knows

    "God wants me to try harder."
    "God blesses me when I'm good and punishes me when I'm bad."
    "God is angry with me."

    We all have ideas that we tell ourselves about God and how he works in our lives. Some are true—but many are false. James Bryan Smith believes those thoughts determine not only who we are, but how ...

  • Scribbling in the Sand: Christ and Creativity, By Michael Card
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    Scribbling in the Sand

    Christ and Creativity

    by Michael Card

    Publisher's Weekly Best Adult Religion Book of the Year

    "It was art and it was theater at the same time, but it was more. It was what he did not say that spoke most powerfully to the mob that morning. It was a cup of cold water for a thirsty adulteress and an ice-cold drenching in the face to a group of angry Pharisees.

    "To this day we have not the slightest ...

  • Heart. Soul. Mind. Strength.: A Narrative History of InterVarsity Press, 1947-2022, By Andrew T. Le Peau and Linda Doll
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    Heart. Soul. Mind. Strength.

    A Narrative History of InterVarsity Press, 1947-2022

    by Andrew T. Le Peau and Linda Doll
    Edited by Albert Y. Hsu
    Foreword by Jeff Crosby and Robert A. Fryling

    "Some publishers tell you what to believe. Other publishers tell you what you already believe. But InterVarsity Press helps you believe."

    J. I. Packer

    The history of evangelicalism cannot be understood apart from the authors and books that shaped it. Over the past century, leading figures such as pastor-scholar John Stott, apologist James W. Sire, evangelist ...

  • IVP author Jean Vanier has been awarded the Templeton Prize, valued at $1.7 million. Vanier is the author, with Stanley Hauerwas, of Living Gently in a Violent World: The Prophetic Witness of Weakness, and the founder of L'Arche, an international network of communities where people with and without learning disabilities experience life together as fellow human beings who share a mutuality of care and need. Started in 1964, L'Arche, French for "The Ark," now includes 147 communities in 35 nations and 1,500 Faith and Light support groups in 82 nations.

  • Amy Simpson, author of Troubled Minds: Mental Illness and the Church's Mission, will be a featured speaker at The Gathering on Mental Health and the Church at Saddleback Church on March 28. This daylong event will address a range of mental health issues, from bipolar disorder to suicide to more easily hidden issues such as anxiety, eating disorders and addiction.

  • Ed Stetzer, executive director of the Billy Graham Center and the Billy Graham Chair of Church, Mission, and Evangelism at Wheaton College, will publish two books with InterVarsity Press on the past, present, future, and trends of evangelicalism. The first book is set to release in the spring of 2019.

  • Want more context as you begin to study 1 Corinthians? This introduction will give you the background you need as you read the Daily Quiet Time Bible Study. We hope you continue to discover the riches of Scripture and draw closer to God as you join the millions who have used this free devotional resource.