Ivp imprint: 1197 books
Understanding Sexual Abuse
A Guide for Ministry Leaders and Survivors
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
“It is said that the true test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members.” As many as one in four girls and one in six boys experience sexual abuse during childhood, and it’s estimated that as many as half of the incidents are never reported. This means that countless millions...
Modern Psychopathologies
A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2016
Modern Psychopathologies is addressed to students and mental health professionals who want to sort through contemporary secular understandings of psychopathology in relation to a Christian worldview. Written by well-known and respected scholars, this book provides an introduction to a set of disorders...
Covenant and Commandment
Works, Obedience and Faithfulness in the Christian Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2014
From a close study of key Old and New Testament texts and interaction with historical and contemporary theologians, Bradley Green shows how different aspects of the Christian life are each God-elicited, real and necessary. Reaffirming the best Reformed voices, this New Studies in Biblical Theology...
Life Together in Christ
Experiencing Transformation in Community
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Life Together in Christ
Run with the Horses
The Quest for Life at Its Best
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2009
In Jeremiah 12:5 God says to the prophet, "If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compete with horses? If you stumble in safe country, how will you manage in the thickets by the Jordan?" We all long to live life at its best—to fuse freedom and spontaneity...
Pursuing Moral Faithfulness
Ethics and Christian Discipleship
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Pursuing Moral Faithfulness
by David Jackman
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2014
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Tackling Mental Illness Together
A Biblical And Practical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
· How do we deal wisely, intelligently and compassionately with those who suffer from mental illness?
· Can we really make a difference if we aren’t professionals?
· Is it possible to discern between bad behaviour due to illness and that caused by sin?
Discover how your church can become...
The Message of Discipleship
Authentic Followers Of Jesus In Today's World
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Soon after Jesus began his public ministry, he called his first ‘disciples’. He would teach and train them and then, after his death and resurrection, commission and empower them to go to the nations to make more ‘followers’. The risen Jesus is still calling and sending people today. If we...
Imaginative Prayer
A Yearlong Guide for Your Child's Spiritual Formation
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
How do we help our kids connect with God?
Most parents want their kids to learn to love God. But most of us struggle to facilitate real spiritual experiences. It's hard enough to have a meaningful conversation with our kids about spiritual things, let alone help them experience true transformation...
Skills for Effective Counseling
A Faith-Based Integration
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2016
Skills for Effective Counseling
multicultural counseling
biblical/theological applications
current and seminal research related to microskills
diagnostic and theoretical implications
clinical tips for using skills in "real world" counseling settings
the relevance of specific microskills to interpersonal relationships and broader ministry settings
Proverbs
An Introduction And Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
In many ways, Proverbs is similar to the wisdom literature of the wider Ancient Near East. However, while the book initially appears to consist primarily of practical advice, it demonstrates that wisdom is grounded in a relationship with God. Lindsay Wilson shows how the first nine chapters provide...
by Jamie D. Aten, David M. Boan
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2016
When disasters happen, people turn to local churches as centers for response and assistance. When floods or tornadoes devastate an area, or when shootings and violence shock a community, knowing what to do can be the difference between calm and chaos, courage and fear, life and death. But few churches...
The Reciprocating Self
Human Development in Theological Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
On the basis of a theologically grounded understanding of the nature of persons and the self, Jack O. Balswick, Pamela Ebstyne King and Kevin S. Reimer present a model of human development that ranges across all of life's stages: infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood and...