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paperbackHoly Conversation
Talking About God in Everyday Life
by Richard Peace
Chicago Book Clinic Award of Excellence
God is back on the agenda.
Today people are fascinated by spirituality, and they have lots of questions. Who better to talk with them than Christians? Trouble is, many of us don't know how to talk about our faith or are uneasy about religious salesmanship and canned evangelistic formulas. We are afraid of button-holing ...
Number of Studies: 12
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paperbackAnxiety
Finding Comfort and Reassurance from God
LifeGuide Bible Studies
by Skip McDonald
Restlessness in our body. Constant negative thoughts. Inability to focus.
Most of us relate in some way to these feelings. Anxiety is that vague feeling that something isn't right, that something bad may happen. Worry becomes an all-consuming part of life.
In this eight-session LifeGuide® Bible Study, nurse and Bible study writer Skip McDonald looks at a variety ...
Number of Studies: 8
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paperbackWomen, Work, and Calling
Step into Your Place in God's World
by Joanna Meyer
Women now have professional opportunities beyond what previous generations ever imagined. But as our roles in public life have grown, the church's vision for women's work and calling has not grown with us, leaving us feeling isolated and under-resourced. Christian women face multiple tensions between home and work, navigating complex gender dynamics in the workplace and social pressure ...
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caseboundAn Introduction to Christian Worldview
Pursuing God's Perspective in a Pluralistic World
by Tawa J. Anderson, W. Michael Clark, and David K. Naugle
Everyone has a worldview. A worldview is the lens through which we interpret the cosmos and our lives in it. A worldview answers the big questions of life: What is our nature? What is our world? What is our problem? What is our end? As Anderson, Clark, and Naugle point out, our worldview cannot simply be reduced to a series of rational beliefs. We are creatures of story, and the kinds of stories ...
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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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paperbackWhen the Spirit Comes with Power
Signs Wonders Among God's People
by John White
John White has extensively interviewed many people, including those from John Wimber's Vineyard Christian Fellowship. His years of work as a psychiatrist and as a missionary in the Third World qualify him in a special way to analyze the experiences described in this book. In addition he has thoroughly studied revivals of the past, highlighting the differences and the similarities to what is happening ...
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paperbackThe Possibility of Prayer
Finding Stillness with God in a Restless World
by John Starke
The world clamors for efficiency and productivity.
But the life of prayer is neither efficient nor productive. Instead, as we learn in the psalms, prayer calls us to wait, to watch, to listen, to taste, and to see. These things are not productive by any modern measure—but they are transformative.
As a pastor in Manhattan, John Starke knows the bustle and busyness of ...
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InterVarsity Press (IVP) has announced that Nilwona Nowlin will serve as its new associate editor.
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Made for PAX (PAX), an organization that provides mentorship and vocational development for emerging Christians of color, has signed with InterVarsity Press (IVP) to publish four Bible studies centered around its key values: peace, justice, and contemplation.
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paperbackLoving the Church . . . Blessing the Nations
Pursuing the Role of Local Churches in Global Mission
by George Miley
Rediscovering the role God designed for the church in mission is a critical issue facing the missions movement today. That role is to glorify God by planting churches among every tongue, tribe, and nation. Planting churches amid unreached peoples is a complex process. It calls forth every ministry gift and the contribution of every believer. Imagine a businessman, a construction worker, a schoolteacher, ...
