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paperbackThe Mission of the Body of Christ
Retelling the Story Series
by Russ Ramsey
"God had not just sent his Messiah into the world. He had sent him to them. They were known. In all their guilt—intended and unintended—they were known and invited to find refuge in the grace of God, accomplished through the life, death, and resurrection of his Son. And the church continued to grow." Jesus sent his followers into the world. Russ Ramsey's dynamic narrative traces the journey ...
Number of Studies: 31
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paperbackThe Heart of Racial Justice
How Soul Change Leads to Social Change
The IVP Signature Collection
by Rick Richardson and Brenda Salter McNeil
Foreword by John M. PerkinsRacial and ethnic hostility is one of the most pervasive problems the church faces. It hinders our effectiveness as one body of believers. It damages our witness. Why won't this problem just go away? Because it is a spiritual battle. In response, we must employ spiritual weapons—prayer, repentance, forgiveness. In this book Brenda Salter McNeil and Rick Richardson provide a model ...
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Gerald L. Hiestand
Gerald L. Hiestand (PhD, University of Reading) is the senior pastor at Calvary Memorial Church in Oak Park, Illinois, and the cofounder and director of the Center for Pastor Theologians. He is coauthor of The Pastor Theologian: Resurrecting an Ancient Vision and coeditor of Becoming a Pastor Theologian; Beauty, Order, and Mystery; and Creation and Doxology.
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Christianity Today has released the winners of its 2019 Book Awards, and InterVarsity Press is pleased to announce that it received top honors in four categories: Church/Pastoral Leadership, Fiction, Missions/Global Church, and Politics and Public Life. IVP also received the Award of Merit in the Apologetics/Evangelism category.
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paperbackThe Message of Ephesians
The Bible Speaks Today Series
by John Stott
A common blind spot for evangelical Christians is to overlook the central importance of the church, emphasizing individual salvation more than the saved community. Yet no one can come away from a careful reading of Ephesians with a privatized gospel. Paul's letter to the Ephesians clearly sets forth God's eternal purpose to create the church—God's new society.
In this revised ...
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paperbackMore Than Enchanting
Breaking Through Barriers to Influence Your World
Forge Partnership Books
by Jo Saxton
Foreword by Jenni CatronWomen have always been central to the life of the church. From the early hours of the first Easter, when women were charged to announce the resurrection of Jesus, to the state of the contemporary church, where women outnumber men in pews and positions of service.
But as central as women have been, they've also found themselves regularly marginalized--and not only in the church but in the neighborhoods, ...
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hardcoverExodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Volume 3
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Joseph T. Lienhard
General Editor Thomas C. OdenFrom its inception the church has always had a Bible—the Jewish Scriptures. But Christians have not read these Scriptures in the same way the Jews did. They have read them in the light of what God did in Jesus the Christ. Thus the Jewish Scriptures became for Christian readers the Old Testament.
This Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume on Exodus through Deuteronomy ...
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paperbackExodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Volume 3
Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture
Edited by Joseph T. Lienhard
General Editor Thomas C. OdenFrom its inception the church has always had a Bible—the Jewish Scriptures. But Christians have not read these Scriptures in the same way the Jews did. They have read them in the light of what God did in Jesus the Christ. Thus the Jewish Scriptures became for Christian readers the Old Testament. This Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture volume on Exodus through Deuteronomy ...
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Abraham George
Abraham George is director of international church mobilization at International Justice Mission (IJM). He travels internationally preaching at churches, leading conferences, facilitating pastoral trainings and connecting church leaders around the world to engage in the biblical work of justice. Before joining IJM, George was an Assemblies of God pastor and a theology lecturer in India. After immigrating to the United States in 2002, he conducted policy research for a think tank in Washington, DC, and managed the US office of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Mission Theologians, an Oxford-based organization. He received a master of divinity from Southern Asia Bible College in Bangalore, India, and a master of theology in historical theology, with distinction, from Trinity Theological College in Singapore. He and his wife Florence have two children and live near Annapolis, Maryland.
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W. David O. Taylor
W. David O. Taylor (ThD, Duke Divinity School) is Associate Professor of Theology and Culture at Fuller Theological Seminary and the author of several books, including A Body of Praise, Open and Unafraid, and Glimpses of the New Creation; he is also the editor of For the Beauty of the Church as well as co-editor of Contemporary Art and the Church and of The Art of New Creation. He has written for The Washington Post, Image Journal, Religion News Service, and Christianity Today, among others. He serves on the advisory board for Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts as well as IVP Academic's series, "Studies in Theology and the Arts." An Anglican priest, he has lectured widely on the arts, from Thailand to South Africa. In 2016 he produced a short film on the psalms with Bono and Eugene Peterson. He lives with his family in Austin, Texas.
