Books list 47 from Ivp imprint

Story-Shaped Worship

Following Patterns from the Bible and History

by Robbie Fox Castleman
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2013

What is the right way to worship? Right worship does not require a return to the identical forms found in the early church or later in Rome or after that in Westminster. What it calls for is a faithful response today to the God of our salvation in light of those biblically ordered and historically...

The Church in Exile

Living in Hope After Christendom

by Lee Beach
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015

The Church in Exile

Rediscovering Jesus

An Introduction to Biblical, Religious and Cultural Perspectives on Christ

by David B. Capes, Rodney Reeves, E. Randolph Richards
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2015

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Hesed and the Mystery of God's Lovingkindness

by Michael Card
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2018

God's identity is beyond what we could ever fully express in human words. But Scripture uses one particular word to describe the distinctiveness of God's character: the Hebrew word hesed. Hesed is a concept so rich in meaning that it doesn't translate well into any single English word or phrase. Michael...

Discipleship Essentials

A Guide to Building Your Life in Christ

by Greg Ogden
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2009

Discipleship Essentials a core truth presented in question/answer format a memory verse and application study a field-tested inductive Bible study a reading on the theme for the week questions to draw out key principles from the reading Discipleship Essentials

Living Gently in a Violent World

The Prophetic Witness of Weakness

by Stanley Hauerwas, Jean Vanier
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018

How are Christians to live in a violent and wounded world? Rather than contending for privilege by wielding power and authority, we can witness prophetically from a position of weakness. The church has much to learn from an often-overlooked community—those with disabilities. In this fascinating...

The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus

Luke's Account of God's Unfolding Plan

by Alan J. Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013

Instead of using Acts as a prooftext for contemporary debates about speaking in tongues or church government, this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume offers a biblical-theological framework meant to expose Luke's own purposes and themes. We find that Luke wanted to be read in light of both the Old Testament promises and the reign of Christ in the inaugurated kingdom of God.

The Message of the Church

by Christopher Green
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014

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Come, Lord Jesus!

A Biblical Theology of the Second Coming of Christ

by Stephen Motyer
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016

‘The second coming of Jesus Christ is the core of the biblical worldview, the climax of the biblical message, the cornerstone of biblical theology, and the centrepiece of authentic biblical faith for the twenty-first century.’ At the heart of this bold opening statement by Stephen Motyer is the...

Faithful Presence

Seven Disciplines That Shape the Church for Mission

by David E. Fitch
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016

Missio Alliance Essential Reading List of 2016 In our quest to renew the church, Christians have walked through seeker-friendly, emergent, missional, and other movements to develop new expressions of the body of Christ. Now in the post-Christian world in North America we're asking the question again:...