InterVarsity Press Books

Put together by some of the leading lights behind the Urbana Student Missions Conference, the handy books in the Urbana Onward series are designed to be a ready resource for Christians seeking to expand the boundaries of the missional life. Edited by Nikki Toyama-Szeto and Tom Lin.

C. Neal Johnson offers the first comprehensive guide to business as mission (BAM) for practitioners. He provides conceptual foundationas for understanding BAM's unique place in global mission and prerequisites for engaging in it. Then he offers practical resources for how to do BAM, including strategic planning and step-by-step operational implementation.

"Jesus had a body." Beginning with this simple reminder, spiritual formation experts Valerie Hess and Lane Arnold look at how we relate as physical beings in a material world and how that forms our inner life. Filled with creative exercises, this book brings you into a new relationship with food, worship, the seasons, the planet and more.

Why should the cross—an object of Roman distaste and Jewish disgust—be the emblem of our worship and the axiom of our faith? And what does it mean for us today? In this thoughtful book, John Stott brings you face to face with the centrality of the cross in God’s plan of redemption.

In this brief workbook Walter C. Wright provides eight sessions to help those moving toward retirement plan out the next steps. Developed and field-tested at the Max De Pree Center for Leadership, this guide includes material for individuals and groups that will enable 50-somethings (and up) to prepare for the next chapter of life with confidence.

This exclusive bundle gives you the paperback version Operation World (7th edition) along with a CD-ROM which holds an enhanced ebook in PDF format. The full color PDF provides an easy-to-use interface, searchable text and dynamic table of contents.

Sometimes we get so caught up in the power of Jesus shouting from the cross, "It is finished!" that we forget that Jesus started something too. Uncovering the inner dynamics of Jesus's work with the disciples, veteran church planter Steve Addison reminds us that Christianity is a movement with a unique design for expansion.

With this new volume, IVP's Black Dictionary series completes its coverage of the Old Testament canonical books. A true compendium of recent scholarship, the volume includes 115 articles covering all aspects of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, the twelve "minor prophets" and Daniel.

What does it mean to "seek first the kingdom of God" in our relationships, values, ambitions, finances and commitments? Jesus' answer to these questions amazed those who first heard the Sermon on the Mount. In this study guide, you'll dig deep into his startling and challenging message--the greatest sermon ever preached.

Patty Kirk helps us get in touch with the muted hopes and fears stirred up annually by the Christmas season. She gracefully reminds us that these emotions are met and given their resolution in the coming of Christ, which Christmas celebrates, Advent anticipates, and all our lives prepare us for.