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  • Church ministry is challenging, but the right resources can have a huge impact on the work pastors do day in and day out. This list highlights ten books from IVP written specifically for pastors, taking all types of ministry contexts into consideration. Whether you're a pastor yourself or you want to support the church leaders in your life, these books are the perfect place to start.

  • The Intimate Mystery: Creating Strength and Beauty in Your Marriage, By Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III
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    The Intimate Mystery

    Creating Strength and Beauty in Your Marriage

    by Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III

    What do you want out of your marriage? Do you simply want to get along and be happy? Or do you desire real intimacy--the kind of relationship that will challenge you to grow as an individual and satisfy you in a much deeper way than you have imagined? Contrary to what television and bridal magazines tell us, marriage is about much more than personal happiness. Marriage is about spiritual growth. ...

  • Old Testament Theology for Christians: From Ancient Context to Enduring Belief, By John H. Walton
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    Old Testament Theology for Christians

    From Ancient Context to Enduring Belief

    by John H. Walton

    Modern readers of the Bible often find the Old Testament difficult and even disturbing. What are we to do with obscure prophecies of long expired nations? Why should we read and study ancient laws that even the New Testament says are eclipsed by Christ? How can we reconcile Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount with the Old Testament’s graphic narratives of sex and violence? What does the Old Testament offer ...

  • Facing
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    Facing "The Talk"

    Conversations with My Four Daughters About Sex

    by Wendy Elizabeth Chapin

    What are we teaching our daughters about sex? Our girls are bombarded with sexual messages—at school, through social media, in movies, songs and advertising, and so on. How are we helping them process these messages? At what age should we start talking about sex? How do we protect them in this world of sexting and date rape? Most importantly, how do we empower them to make wise choices about their ...

  • Intimate Marriage Leader's Guide, By Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III
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    Intimate Marriage Leader's Guide

    by Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III

    The church should be the place where marriage is the strongest, but again and again both statistics and personal experience reveal that Christian marriages have all of the same problems faced by the rest of the world. How can churches redeem marriages and remake them so that they transform individual souls and reflect the glory of God? This leader's guide is for church leaders--small group leaders, ...

  • Emmanuel Kolini: The Unlikely Archbishop of Rwanda, By Mary Weeks Millard
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    Emmanuel Kolini

    The Unlikely Archbishop of Rwanda

    by Mary Weeks Millard

    Turbulent times of wars, oppression and adverse living conditions can break a man or forge him into a leader who inspires us. Such a man is Emmanuel Kolini, Archbishop of Rwanda and one of the leaders in the global Anglican Communion. He was born in a part of Africa that has had a long and troubling history of racial hatred and bloodshed. The author gives us a background and context for this hatred ...