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paperbackBlack Fire
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.Black ...
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paperbackIs Belief in God Good, Bad or Irrelevant?
A Professor and a Punk Rocker Discuss Science, Religion, Naturalism Christianity
Edited by Preston Jones
Greg Graffin is frontman, singer and songwriter for the punk band Bad Religion. He also happens to have a Ph.D. in zoology and wrote his dissertation on evolution, atheism and naturalism. Preston Jones is a history professor at a Christian college and a fan of Bad Religion's music. One day, on a whim, Preston sent Greg an appreciative e-mail. That was the start of an extraordinary correspondence.For ...
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paperbackBeyond Colorblind
Redeeming Our Ethnic Journey
by Sarah Shin
Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year
Foreword INDIES Award FinalistFor a generation or so, society has tried to be colorblind. People say they don’t see race. But this approach has limitations. In our broken world, ethnicity and racial identity are often points of pain and injustice. We can’t ignore that God created us with our ethnic identities. ...
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paperbackMeeting God in Scripture
A Hands-On Guide to Lectio Divina
by Jan Johnson
Dallas Willard Center Book Award Finalist
Jesus is speaking to us here and now.
Lectio divina is a practice of Scripture reading that treats the Bible not only as a text to be examined, but also as theliving Word of God spoken anew to us. Experienced Bible teacher Jan Johnson gives us forty Scripture meditations, organized topically, giving ...
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hardcoverWe Believe in One God
Ancient Christian Doctrine Series
Edited by Gerald Bray
"We believe in one God, the Father." The opening clause of the Nicene Creed can be summed up in a single word—monotheism. In the early centuries of the church, this striking doctrine stood starkly against a cultural background of multiple deities and spiritual powers. While it clearly builds on its Jewish heritage, calling God "Father" anticipates the Father-Son relationship ...
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paperbackJob
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries
by W. Dennis Tucker Jr.
Series edited by David G Firth
Consulting Editor Tremper Longman IIIUnderstanding Suffering and Faith: A Scholarly Examination of the Book of Job
The book of Job is all about human suffering. Its portrayal of one man's anguish, the ineffective responses of his friends and his struggle for faith and understanding mirrors our own experiences in the world, resonating with the universal questions and challenges we face in a world marked by pain ...
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caseboundJob
An Introduction and Commentary
Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries
by W. Dennis Tucker Jr.
Series edited by David G Firth
Consulting Editor Tremper Longman IIIUnderstanding Suffering and Faith: A Scholarly Examination of the Book of Job
The book of Job is all about human suffering. Its portrayal of one man's anguish, the ineffective responses of his friends and his struggle for faith and understanding mirrors our own experiences in the world, resonating with the universal questions and challenges we face in a world marked by pain ...
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InterVarsity Press is pleased to announce Anna Moseley Gissing as the new associate editor for IVP Books.
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After nineteen years as director of production and fulfillment for InterVarsity Press, Anne Gerth will be retiring on December 8, 2017. Gerth's work will be picked up by Ben McCoy, IVP's current production manager and managing editor, and by Terumi Echols, who has been hired as director of finance and fulfillment operations, a combination of two roles vacated by retirement over the past fifteen months.
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InterVarsity Press is pleased to announce that the second edition of the Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels was awarded book of the year in the category of Bible Reference for the 2014 ECPA Christian Book Awards. The announcement was made on the opening evening of the ECPA Leadership Summit on Monday, April 28, as a part of the ECPA Awards and Anniversary banquet.
