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paperbackThe Spirit, Ethics, and Eternal Life
Paul's Vision for the Christian Life in Galatians
by Jarvis J. Williams
What should the Christian life look like? What vision does Scripture cast for living as a follower of Christ?
The New Testament scholar Jarvis Williams considers how Paul's letter to the Galatians can inform our understanding of the Christian life here and now as well as into eternity. What emerges from this careful study is a multifaceted vision of God's saving action in ...
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paperbackParadoxology
Why Christianity Was Never Meant to Be Simple
by Krish Kandiah
It seems that the God of the Christian faith is full of paradoxes:
- a compassionate God who sanctions genocide
- an all-powerful God who allows horrific suffering
- a God who owns everything yet demands so much from his followers
- a God who is distant and yet present at the same time
Many of us have big questions about God that the Christian faith seems to ...
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paperbackInsider Jesus
Theological Reflections on New Christian Movements
by William A. Dyrness
- Christianity Today's 2017 Book of the Year Award of Merit - Missions/Global Church
Amidst the variegated spread of global Christianity, followers of Jesus are showing up in unexpected places. Today we hear of culturally embedded insider movements, Jesus followers in the folds and creases of Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and other cultural fabrics. They elude our conventional ...
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paperbackLiturgical Mission
The Work of the People for the Life of the World
by Winfield Bevins
Foreword by Justo L. GonzálezModern missional movements have often viewed the historic Christian traditions with suspicion. The old traditions may be beautiful, the thinking goes, but they’re too insular, focused primarily on worship and on the interior life of the church, and not looking outward to evangelism and good works.
In Liturgical Mission, Winfield Bevins argues that the church's liturgy ...
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paperbackHoly War in the Bible
Christian Morality and an Old Testament Problem
Edited by Heath A. Thomas, Jeremy A. Evans, and Paul Copan
The challenge of a seemingly genocidal God who commands ruthless warfare has bewildered Bible readers for generations. The theme of divine war is not limited to the Old Testament historical books, however. It is also prevalent in the prophets and wisdom literature as well. Still it doesn?t stop. The New Testament book of Revelation, too, is full of such imagery. Our questions multiply.
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paperbackTaking Pascal's Wager
Faith, Evidence and the Abundant Life
by Michael Rota
- WORLD Magazine’s Best Books of 2016 Short List
- Christianity Today's 2017 Book of the Year Award of Merit - Apologetics/Evangelism
Since we can't know with absolute certainty that God exists, each of us in a sense makes a bet. If we believe in God and are right, the benefits include eternal life. If we are wrong, the downside is limited. On the other hand, ...
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product setMade to Flourish Resources
Made to Flourish Resources are published in partnership with Made to Flourish, to help close the gap between Sunday and Monday and equip pastors and churches to integrate faith, work, and economic wisdom for the flourishing of their communities.
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Christian Resources Together (CRT) has released the finalists for its 2022 awards, and IVP is pleased to announce that Feathers of Hope by Sharon Garlough Brown is one of three books shortlisted for the CRT Fiction Book of the Year.
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paperbackGod in the Modern Wing
Viewing Art with Eyes of Faith
Studies in Theology and the Arts Series
Edited by Cameron J. Anderson and G. Walter Hansen
Should Christians even bother with the modern wing at the art museum? After all, modern art and artists are often caricatured as rabidly opposed to God, the church—indeed, to faith of any kind. But is that all there is to the story?
In this Studies in Theology and the Arts volume, coeditors Cameron J. Anderson and G. Walter Hansen gather the reflections of artists, art historians, ...
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paperbackRepresenting Christ
A Vision for the Priesthood of All Believers
by Uche Anizor and Hank Voss
The priesthood of all believers is a core Protestant belief. But what does it actually mean? Uche Anizor and Hank Voss set the record straight in this concise treatment of a doctrine that lies at the center of church life and Christian spirituality. The authors look at the priesthood of all believers in terms of the biblical witness, the contribution of Martin Luther and the doctrine of the Trinity. ...
