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Things don't always go the way we intend. It's easy to feel discouraged because what we hope for is badly thwarted, or because people make life difficult. Paul, writing to the Philippians from prison, certainly knew what it was like to have plansinterrupted. But he maintains robust confidence in God's overruling power, even when everything seems to be going wrong. These eight studies will help us ...
Number of Studies: 8
Living Out Real Faith in the Book of James with N. T. Wright
In every generation of the church, there are people who just glide along, seeming to enjoy what they hear in church but without it making any real difference in their lives. James faced exactly the same problem in the very first generation. It's not surprising that making sure faith is the real thing by translating ...
Number of Studies: 9
Have you ever felt like you can't make sense out of the Bible but wished you could? Then this book is for you.
Starting from scratch, Norton Sterrett presents the general rules for reading the Bible's ordinary language andmoves on to specific principles that apply to special types of language such as parables, figures of speech, Hebrew poetry and symbols.
Richard Schultz ...
Christianity Today Biblical Studies Award of Merit
For centuries the story of Adam and Eve has resonated richly through the corridors of art, literature and theology. But for most moderns, taking it at face value is incongruous. And even for many thinking Christians today who want to take seriously the authority of Scripture, insisting on a "literal" understanding ...
Christian parents have a daunting task: helping their kids to love and follow Jesus in a world that doesn’t. But with the right tools, perspectives, and practices, discipling the next generation can be a creative, joyful, and faith-building adventure. Join Sarah Cowan Johnson, award-winning author of Teach Your Children Well, as she and her guests examine how the biblical story offers wisdom and good news for the twenty-first century parent.
Can the phenomena of the human mind be separated from the practices of spiritual formation—of growing to have the mind of Christ?Research into the nature of moral and spiritual change has revived in recent years in the worlds of psychology on one hand and theology and philosophy on the other. But psychology and spiritual formation draw upon distinct bodies of research and theory ...
InterVarsity Press (IVP) is pleased to announce the recognition of Don't Despise Our Youth: Renewing Hope for Urban Youth Ministry in the 2025 Rooted Book Awards. The book tied for first place in the Best New Books for Youth Ministers category.
Can Christians take seriously the claims of modern science without compromising their theological integrity? Can theology contribute to our understanding of the natural world without reducing the doctrine of creation to a few flashpoint issues? While there is no shortage of works that treat the intersection between science and religion, little attention has been paid to the theological ...