InterVarsity Press Books

Now more than ever, Christians need to be aware of the changing landscape before us. Missions expert David Sills charts the global challenges confronting Christian mission in the twenty-first century, identifying ways practitioners can help without hurting, reach oral learners, conduct short-term missions, engage in business as mission and more.

Whether we realize it or not, shame affects every aspect of our lives. But God is telling a different story. Curt Thompson unpacks the soul of shame, revealing its ubiquitous nature and neurobiological roots while providing the theological and practical tools necessary to dismantle shame. Embrace healing and wholeness as you find freedom from the negative messages that bind you.

Examining ten prayers recorded in the Bible, John White uncovers lessons about the discipline and privilege of prayer.

In the first volume of his three-volume Old Testament theology, John Goldingay is closely attentive to the First Testament's narrative, plot, motifs, tensions and subtleties. Telling the story of Israel's gospel as a series of divine acts, he gives readers fresh and challenging perspectives on God and God's ways with Israel and the world.

As a male Christian leader, the question is not whether you struggle with sexual integrity, but how you struggle. Counselor Michael Todd Wilson understands the challenges of sexual sin and temptation and provides honest, grace-filled counsel drawn from years spent helping men experience hope and transformation.

Can women be effective witnesses for Jesus? Sometimes women feel like they're not cut out for evangelism, but Jessica Fick shows how women can share their faith in normal, everyday ways. With specific aptitudes like empathy and vulnerability, God has created women with beautiful feet to bring the good news of Jesus to those around them.

"I'm tired of helping others enjoy God." "I just want to enjoy God for myself." With this painful admission, Ruth Haley Barton invites us to an honest exploration of what happens when spiritual leaders lose track of their souls. Weaving together contemporary illustrations with perceptive insight from the life of Moses, Barton explores topics such as facing the loneliness of leadership, leading from your authentic self, reenvisioning the promised land and more.

Duane Litfin, former president of Wheaton College, explores how Paul's theology of preaching can inform the church's preaching today. Through a detailed study of 1 Corinthians 1-4, Litfin shows how Paul's method of proclamation differed from Greco-Roman rhetoric and how Pauline preaching can be a model for the contemporary preaching task.

The old structures of the church are broken. But what should we do about it? Some try to keep the structures in place by making small adaptations, while others try to dispense with them altogether. Alan Roxburgh calls us to see the underlying narratives that make structures necessary and to experiment with new ways of being the local church in a changing world.

Experienced professor Gary Burge identifies three cohorts or stages in the academic career and explores the challenges, pitfalls and triumphs of each. Based on a career's worth of experiences, observations and insights, he leads academics to reflect on where they are, have been and are headed in their professional lives.