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With the year coming to a close, several organizations have announced their favorite books of 2016. InterVarsity Press made the honored lists for Missio Alliance, the Englewood Review of Books, The Gospel Coalition, Books & Culture, and Image.
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paperbackEphesians
Wholeness for a Broken World
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Andrew T. Le Peau and Phyllis J. Le Peau
Broken marriages, shattered friendships, racial divisions, war between nations--we live in a fractured world. How can the pieces be put back together? In this eleven-session LifeGuide® Bible Study on Ephesians, Paul lifts the veil from the future to allow us to see God's plan to unite everyone and everything in Christ. Studying this book will renew your hope. For over three decades ...
Number of Studies: 11
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paperbackThe Missional Quest
Becoming a Church of the Long Run
Forge Partnership Books
by Lance Ford and Brad Brisco
Foreword by Ed StetzerWhen Christ calls people, he invites them on a journey—a journey taken together in community. We have reached a point in history, however, when we think of the church as a fixed place where isolated individuals show up, consume a Christian message, drink some coffee, and get on with their lives. The times demand, and the gospel proclaims, that we recover our identity as a church that is a people ...
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WORLD Magazine included two IVP titles on its short lists of the Best Books of 2016, which includes books published between April and December 2016. WORLD also cited IVP best-selling classic Knowing God by J. I. Packer as one of the "better reading options than last year’s Christian bestsellers."
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hardcoverInvitation to Solitude and Silence
Experiencing God's Transforming Presence
Transforming Resources
by Ruth Haley Barton
Foreword by Dallas WillardChristianity Today Book Award
Will you accept God's invitation?
Much of our faith and practice is about words—preaching, teaching, talking with others. Yet all of these words are not enough to take us into the real presence of God where we can hear his voice. This book is an invitation to you to meet God deeply and fully outside the demands ...
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paperbackFixing the Moral Deficit
A Balanced Way to Balance the Budget
by Ronald J. Sider
The national deficit is certainly a crisis. But alongside it a moral deficit is exploding as well. Some want to unjustly thrust the burden of the debt on our grandchildren. Others want to balance the budget on the backs of the poor. But both plans are morally bankrupt. There is a way--a realistic way, a moral way--to fix the deficit. We can break political gridlock with solutions that stand on ...
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paperbackProvidence & Prayer
How Does God Work in the World?
by Terrance L. Tiessen
- Recipient of an Honourable Mention in the 2001 God Uses Ink Contest
"Lord, please give me a parking space!"
That prayer sounds right on your third time around the block, frustrated and late for an appointment. But is it consistent with how God works in the world?
Does prayer change God's mind or only our feelings? Does God do things because ...
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paperbackParenting
Loving Our Children with God's Love
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Richard Patterson Jr.
Parenting is hard work, full of tough choices and new situations. And many voices compete with ours for our children's attention. In a rapidly changing world, how can we parent in a way that will cause our children to love Christ deeply and live for him? These nine-session LifeGuide® Bible Study by Richard Patterson Jr. address nine parenting challenges, pointing us directly to time-tested ...
Number of Studies: 9
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paperbackRace and Place
How Urban Geography Shapes the Journey to Reconciliation
by David P. Leong
Foreword by Soong-Chan RahGeography matters. We long for diverse, thriving neighborhoods and churches, yet racial injustices persist. Why? Because geographic structures and systems create barriers to reconciliation and prevent the flourishing of our communities. Race and Place reveals the profound ways in which these geographic forces and structures sustain the divisions among us. Urban missiologist ...
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hardcoverRevolution of Values
Reclaiming Public Faith for the Common Good
by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
- 2019 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award - Political and Social Sciences
The religious Right taught America to misread the Bible. Christians have misused Scripture to consolidate power, stoke fears, and defend against enemies. But people who have been hurt by the attacks of Christian nationalism can help us rediscover God's vision for faith ...
