Truly seeing others leads us to act with compassion and justice. In this book pastor, speaker, and community activist Terence Lester calls you to see the invisible people around you--and your own spiritual poverty--through God's eyes, restoring their dignity and strengthening your empathy. Nikki Toyama-Szeto says, "Challenging, inspiring, and empowering!"
In this practical, personal book spiritual directors Gem and Alan Fadling offer insight into the experience of transformation--soul change. Outlining 8 key questions, and including their own stories as well as exercises and assessments, they help you to identify where you are stuck and to discern the path to joy and to the heart of God.
Here is an updated and combined edition of two bestselling books, influential when they were first published and never more relevant than in our current cultural context. Dr. Paul Brand, a legendary medical doctor, and Philip Yancey, a beloved writer and thinker, invite you to marvel at the image of God in every person.
Beginning with his earliest memories, lifelong minister of the gospel Leighton Ford recounts the different ways God has spoken to him and the different ways he has learned to listen. Here is a compelling picture of the Christian life--the life of listening.
Rick Richardson (director of the Billy Graham Center Institute and its Church Evangelism Initiative; also a former InterVarsity staffer), offers the findings of recent research: how nones, millennials, and the irreligious are "reachable" and what the most effective organizations are doing to find them and introduce them to Jesus.
Combining original research from the Barna Group, insights from Scripture, and his own experiences moving from reluctance to delight, Don Everts (a pastor and trainer who has worked with Alpha and InterVarsity) helps you to eagerly welcome, effectively nurture, and even enjoy spiritual conversations with others.
For centuries the argument that objective morality points to the existence of God has been a powerful apologetic tool. Here David and Marybeth Baggett, both university professors, show that it not only points us to God's existence but that it also contributes to our ongoing spiritual transformation. Winner of a Christianity Today 2019 Award of Merit!
Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Graham Hill introduce 10 ways Christians can transform society, from lament and repentance to relinquishing power to hospitality. With small group activities, discussion questions, and exercises in each chapter, it's an ideal book to read in community. Named an Outreach Magazine 2019 Resource of the Year!
Answering both "how" and "why" questions, spiritual director Ruth Haley Barton leads you into an exploration of retreat as a key practice that opens you to God. You will discover how to say yes to God's invitation to greater freedom and surrender. And the way God works within you during times of retreat will transform your ministry and witness.
David A. deSilva's comprehensive introduction not only outlines historical, social, cultural, and rhetorical contexts, but also points to relevant facets of biblical interpretation. Brimming with maps, photos, points of interest, and aids to learning, this beautiful, full-color textbook is the first choice for those who want to integrate scholarship and ministry.