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Do you ever find it hard to hope? Though we may feel weighed down by guilt, failure, or feelings of inferiority, the Bible offers encouragement from stories of those who have gone before. Through the goodness of the God who loves and restores misfits, outsiders, and failures, you can discover the blessing of hope as a way of life.

Being close to God means telling him what is on our hearts and understanding what he is saying to us. But how do we hear God? In these daily devotionals Dallas Willard helps us understand how we can know the voice of God and act on it, with daily Scripture readings and suggestions for prayer, journaling, and reflection.

We all long for a rich, satisfying life. But how do we fill up the empty places in our souls? In this thirteen-session LifeGuide(R) Bible Study on John, Douglas Connelly urges you to take a fresh look at Jesus. Here is the opportunity to establish--or renew--your faith in the One who offers true meaning, true belonging and true life.

Stephen S. Smalley demonstrates the fruitfulness of reading John's Apocalypse like a two-act drama with a "marked sevenfold patterning." His theological and literary analysis of the Greek text puts Revelation squarely in the hands of contemporary readers, demonstrating its power to transcend barriers of culture and history. Now in paperback.

Over 100,000 Copies Sold Worldwide!Preaching Survey of the Year's Best Books for PreachersWhy is God love? Because God is a Trinity.Why can we be saved? Because God is a Trinity.How are we able to live the Christian life? Through the Trinity.In this lively book, we find an introduction to Christianity and the Christian life that is from start to finish rooted in our triune God-Father, Son and Spirit. Not only do we understand the person and work of Christ through the Trinity, but also prayer, the church and every aspect of our faith.With wit and clarity, Reeves draws from church history down to the present referencing a wide range of notable teachers and preachers. Here is a rich and enjoyable portrayal of the basic beliefs of Christianity that opens up the profound and life-changing truths of our faith.

A Collection of Lenten Devotions from IVP Authors Injustice is rampant around us. It is also present within us. To better confront oppression in the world, we must own that reality and look to Christ our liberator. Lent is the opportune time for this as we contemplate his suffering together.With selections from a diverse range of IVP books, A Just Passion has been curated to hold in tension the immense weight and hope of the Lenten season. This collection of short readings, breath prayers, and Scripture passages from the First Nations Version guides readers through a six-week journey of repentance, lament, worship, and healing.

Now a part of the IVP Signature Collection, this book explores daily life through the lens of liturgy--small practices and habits that form us. In each chapter, Tish Harrison Warren considers a common daily experience like making the bed, brushing her teeth, and losing her keys, and relates it to both spiritual practice and Sunday worship.

The people of the early church discovered what true power looks like. Jesus transformed their lives--and they changed the world! The power that you see in action in Acts is the same power that can transform your life. As Phyllis J. Le Peau leads you through the second half of Acts in this twelve-session LifeGuide(R) Bible Study, you will begin to understand what the Holy Spirit can do in you and in the world.

Find out how God is changing the lives of families everywhere through prayer--from the frozen Arctic to the hottest desert, on the highest mountains and in crowded cities. "Window on the World" brings alive the culture, history, and traditions of all sorts of different people that adults and young people alike can pray for. for.

In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Richard Lints argues that "idol" language in the Bible is a conceptual inversion of the "image" language of Genesis 1. He shows how the narrative of human identity runs from creation to fall to redemption in Christ, and examines the recent renaissance of interest in idolatry with its conceptual power to explain the "culture of desire."

The book of Psalms is the heart of the Old Testament. It also anticipates Jesus Christ. In this Tyndale Old Testament Commentary, Tremper Longman interprets each psalm in its Old Testament setting, summarizing its overall message and reflecting on its significance from a New Testament perspective.

We like the idea of community, but where do we start? This complete church resource brings together people of all ages and stages of faith, allowing them to experience a creative and fun-filled Christian community. Using creativity, celebration, and hospitality, this fifteen-session tool helps you create a unique, come-as-you-are church experience.

In his New Testament letters to Timothy and Titus, the apostle Paul is concerned with church order, defending correct doctrine, and passing on the faith. This Tyndale commentary from Osvaldo Padilla explores the pastoral epistles' historical background, providing a detailed commentary on their content and unpacking their theology.

How can you know God's love? How can you trust Jesus? These six studies, based on John Stott's bestselling book Basic Christianity, explore who Christ is and what he has done for us. Each session includes quotations from the book matched with Scripture passages, study questions, and application ideas that draw readers to discover the person of Christ in new ways.

Christians often wrestle with their role in this fallen, physical world. But Jesus, the Incarnate One, offers a radical model for living as he teaches us how to dwell in the world for the sake of the world. If we are to become like him, we must learn what it means to live out this missional spirituality in the places we dwell.

Showcasing the work of a new generation of scholars, this volume surveys scholarship and method in historical Jesus studies, New Testament textual criticism and more. Nearly all 175 articles have been reconceived and rewritten to reflect developments in the field since the 1992 edition.

Anxiety is that vague feeling that something isn't right, that something bad may happen. In this eight-session LifeGuide(R) Bible Study, nurse and Bible study writer Skip McDonald looks at a variety of Old Testament and New Testament Scripture passages that cover experiences of general anxiety, worry, and panic.

This nine-session LifeGuide(R) Bible Study explores not only the question, "What must I do to be saved?" but also will help groups understand the meaning of the good news: that is, the incredibly broad scope of what God has done, is doing, and will do in the future to reconcile all things to himself through Jesus Christ.

Jesus' words from the cross are not Jesus' last words on earth. After his resurrection from the dead, Jesus appeared to his fearful and questioning disciples, encouraged them, and gave them his final instructions. In this eight-session session LifeGuide(R) Bible Study, you will meet the risen Jesus Christ and hear his words. May he encourage your faith and excite you about engaging others in discussions about him.

In his letters, John expresses delight at believers who are "walking in the truth" behaving with that integrity which reflects the gospel. These nine studies from Tom Wright help us become believers who are "walking in the truth" in our own day--people in whom the very life of God is at work for all to see.

How does a Christian behave when surrounded by a hostile world that doesn't understand who we are or why we do what we do? In three letters, Peter and Jude provide some powerful answers. These nine studies from Tom Wright show you the wisdom of their words for us today.

With a scholar's mind and a pastor's heart, N. T. Wright guides you through James to help you understand what it means to have the kind of faith that translates belief into action. That kind of faith, he explains, is the faith that matters, the faith that justifies, the faith that saves. Includes nine sessions for group or personal study.

Students, pastors and thoughtful Christians will benefit from this rich resource. The first in a three-volume work, Brown's easy-to-read, hard-to-put-down introduction to Christianity and Western thought focuses on developments from the ancient world to the Age of Enlightenment.

In this commentary, Robert W. Wall explores two letters of Paul, showing how Colossians offers an antidote to a privatized and intellectualized faith and Philemon offers a vital model for conflict resolution and community building. Including background material and passage-by-passage exposition of the texts, Wall stresses throughout the lessons that today's church can draw from Paul's teaching.

In this third book in the Apprentice Series, Smith shows how to bring spiritual formation and community engagement together, and then once again offers spiritual practices that root new, true narratives about God and the world in believers' souls.