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Marks of the Messenger

webteam@intervarsity.org — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0000

Marks of the Messenger

World Evangelist Mack Stiles Explores What It Looks Like to Be an Effective Messenger of the Gospel

Think evangelism is rooted in a method? Mack Stiles believes it is rooted in something much deeper. It is found in what makes us whole and healthy messengers of God’s truth about Jesus.

Stiles has lived the life of the healthy evangelist in homes and coffee shops, at universities and farms. He has lived out and spoken about the gospel to Kenyans, Koreans, Arabs and North Americans. What he has learned around the world and at home is summarized here in a few basic truths that can shape any of us into faithful people who bring good news to needy and hurting friends.

The whole gospel changes much more than our relationship with God. Stiles shows how it changes all of who we are and what we do. It means learning the whole gospel without shaping its message to meet our tastes. It means not just going through the motions of accepted behaviors. It means showing the unity of witness and justice. It means love. It means community.

Join Mack Stiles in a life-giving adventure of boldly knowing, living and speaking the gospel.

“Mack Stiles loves people who need the gospel. If you, like me, want to grow in evangelism, I highly recommend Mack’s book.”
— C. J. Mahaney, Sovereign Grace Ministries

“A fresh and refreshing encouragement from a gifted evangelist.”
— Lindsay Brown, Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization

“Mack Stiles is the most gifted evangelist I know. And this book is saturated with biblical truth and personal wisdom.”
— Thabiti Anyabwile, First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman

Learn more at ivpress.com.

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The Leadership Ellipse

webteam@intervarsity.org — Fri, 07 May 2010 05:00:00 +0000

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The Leadership Ellipse

Everyone in a position of responsibility knows the tensions of leadership. It may be between tasks or people, money or mission, the present or the future. One often neglected tension is between our inner spiritual longings and the outward needs of the group we lead.

But we need not feel forced to choose between the two. Leadership has more in common with an ellipse with two focal points than a bull’s-eye with a single target. The Publisher of ��ñ�� Press, Bob Fryling, has written The Leadership Ellipse to help Christian leaders embrace both halves of the tension—our internal relationship with God and our external relationship with others—to find a truly authentic, integrated way to lead.

If you find yourself in a lonely, isolated place of leadership, this book can be your companion. If you find yourself longing to lead in a way that is truly Christian, this book can be your guide. And if you are simply exhausted, then this book can offer you a new way to find refreshment. There is life beyond the bull’s-eye.

“A perceptive and well-nuanced approach to effective Christian leadership.”
—Max De Pree, author of Leadership Is an Art

“Bob Fryling is a perfect example of someone whose outstanding leadership is very much grounded in his deep faith.”
—Dr. Tim Johnson, medical editor, ABC News, and author of Finding God in the Questions

To learn more about this book, visit ivpress.com.

Hear Bob Fryling discuss his book during a chapel service at ��ñ��’s National Service Center. Download or listen here.

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The Good and Beautiful Life

webteam@intervarsity.org — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:00:00 +0000

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The Good and Beautiful Life

“I have never met a person whose goal was to ruin his or her life. We all want to be happy, and we want it all of the time.”

So begins James Bryan Smith in The Good and Beautiful Life.

The problem is, he tells us, we have bought into false notions of happiness and success. These self-centered decisions lead us further into the vices that cause ruin: anger, lust, lying, worry and judging. Eventually we find ourselves living a beautifully packaged life of self-destruction.

Tracing the Sermon on the Mount, this follow-up to The Good and Beautiful God guides us to look behind these character flaws and to replace our false beliefs with Jesus’ narratives about life in the kingdom of God.

Like the first book in the Apprentice Series, The Good and Beautiful Life includes soul-training exercises, reflection questions and a group guide that make it ideal for people to explore as a community of disciples.

“The Apprentice Series is the best practice I have seen in Christian spiritual formation.”
—Dallas Willard, author of The Divine Conspiracy

For more information on The Apprentice Series and The Good and Beautiful Life, visit ivpress.com.

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God on Campus

webteam@intervarsity.org — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000

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God on Campus

There was a time when Harvard was considered a holy place and Princeton trained prophets, when students and professors could not help but pray because there were certain questions that could only be answered by an Intellect greater than our own.

There was a time when student leaders galvanized campus movements, when young revolutionaries defied the status quo of their generation and engaged in sacrificial service that reshaped society and transformed culture.

Trent Sheppard’s new book, God on Campus, traces a remarkable legacy of spiritual awakening that stretches from the founding of the earliest colleges in the United States to a global movement of nonstop student prayer spreading across campuses today.

From the establishment of early American campuses during the Great Awakening to the rapidly spreading collegiate movements of the twenty-first century, Sheppard shows how students can integrate their passion in prayer with practical Christ-like living in culture. “The goal,” he explains, “is not for us to abandon our studies in economics or education and all become preachers instead. The goal is to live like Jesus in the very soul of society.”

Culminating in a movement to mobilize prayer on every college and university campus in the United States throughout 2010, God on Campus is an invitation for students to find their place in the story of God today.

Find out more about God on Campus.

Find out more about how your campus can host a 24/7 prayer room.

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Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle

webteam@intervarsity.org — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:00:00 +0000

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Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle

Kent Annan left behind his prosperous, comfortable upbringing to face the world beyond its gates, where people wear his cast-off clothing and seek comfort from the heat in the long shadow of his homeland. Haiti, apparently, was where God wanted him. Of course, just because God wants you somewhere doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy.

A compelling perspective on ministry in Haiti, published just before this week’s earthquake. For more on Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle, go to ��ñ�� Press.

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The Leadership Ellipse

webteam@intervarsity.org — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:00:00 +0000

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The Leadership Ellipse

��ñ�� Press publisher Bob Fryling’s new book is called The Leadership Ellipse—Shaping How We Lead by Who We Are. The book is due out in February but we’re offering a sneak preview by featuring some background from Bob himself.

Click here to listen to or download Bob’s chapel talk about his new book. This talk was delivered in an October chapel at ��ñ��’s National Service Center in Madison, WI.

You can also get more information about the book at the IV Press website.

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Everyday Justice

webteam@intervarsity.org — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0000

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Everyday Justice

In her new book Julie Clawson takes us on a tour of everyday life and shows how our ordinary lifestyle choices have big implications for justice around the world. She gives a theological justification for living a just life and unpacks how we get our food and clothing, showing the surprising costs of consumer waste.

How we live can make a difference not only for our own health but also for the well-being of people across the globe. The more sustainable our lifestyle, the more just our world will be.

Everyday justice is one way of loving God and our neighbors. We can live more ethically, through the little and big decisions we make every day.

“With both tenderness and everyday practicality, Julie Clawson invites all of us into a more complete way of following Jesus. . . . Everyday Justice is a great resource to get you started or keep you going on the journey toward acting justly, loving mercy and walking humbly with your God.”
—Will Samson, coauthor of Justice in the Burbs

“Julie Clawson is a significant and much-needed voice in the emerging church conversation—actually, in any faith conversation. . . . Only someone who lives a life of social integrity is entitled to write such a book, and Julie is that person. She offers us hope that we can all contribute in a meaningful way to the transformation of our culture.”
—Marcia Ford, author of We the Purple: Faith, Politics and the Independent Voter

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Global Missions Handbook

webteam@intervarsity.org — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:00:00 +0000

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Global Missions Handbook

THE Resource for Overseas Missions Preparation

In veteran mission professionals Steve Hoke and Bill Taylor’s practical guide for preparing for intercultural missions they provide resources for personal spiritual preparation as well as cross-cultural skills and hands-on missionary training.

This guide also includes material on the latest developments and issues in mission, such as:

religious pluralism and Jesus
globalization and culture
business as mission and community development
global poverty and human trafficking
HIV/AIDS and malaria
international justice and commercial sex workers

And it is filled with real-life examples of people mobilizing for mission around the world.

Previously published as Send Me! Your Journey to the Nations, this handbook has been completely revised and significantly expanded to be even more comprehensive and useful. Global Mission Handbook is an indispensable guide for anyone preparing to follow God’s call to missions.

“There is no other resource equal to the Global Mission Handbook. The combination of topics, authors and approaches stands alone as a comprehensive compendium related to crosscultural action.”

-Paul Borthwick, senior consultant, Development Associates International

“I strongly recommend this book.”

-George Verwer, founder and international director, Operation Mobilisation

For more information, visit ivpress.com.

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Living the Christian Year

webteam@intervarsity.org — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:00:00 +0000

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Living the Christian Year

In his new book, Living the Christian Year, ��ñ�� director of graduate and faculty ministries Bobby Gross opens to you—and opens you to—the liturgical year, helping you inhabit God’s Story every day.

Remembering God’s work, Christ’s death and resurrection, and the Spirit’s coming as you follow the liturgical calendar will change you, drawing you into deeper intimacy with God and pointing your attention to the work of the Father, Son and Spirit right now, in and around you. You’ll be reminded daily that your life is bigger than just you, that you are part of God’s huge plan that started before time and will continue into eternity.

Whether or not you’re familiar with the liturgical year, this book makes it easy to follow, offering the significance and history of each season, ideas for living out God’s Story in your own life, and devotions that follow the church calendar for each day of the year.

“Beautiful in its gentleness and humility, this book is a gift to Christians of all communions and denominations, for it deals with our beginnings and the originating, sacred rhythms from which we all come. Only Bobby Gross could have so gracefully opened the church’s liturgical calendar to all who wish to see, and only he could have laid so rich a feast of devotion as this for those who yearn to enter.”
— Phyllis Tickle, author of The Divine Hours

For more information on Living the Christian Year, visit ivpress.com.

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��ñ�� Press: The Good and Beautiful God

webteam@intervarsity.org — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:00:00 +0000

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��ñ�� Press: The Good and Beautiful God

In his new book, The Good and Beautiful God, James Bryan Smith invites you to put your ideas about God to the test to see if they match up with what Jesus himself reveals about God. Once you’ve discovered the truth in Scripture, Smith leads you through a process of spiritual formation that includes specific activities aimed at making these new narratives real in your body and soul as well as your mind.

At the end of each chapter you’ll find an opportunity for soul training, engaging in spiritual practices that reinforce the biblical messages on your mind and heart. Because the best way to make a complete and lasting change is to go through the material in community, small group discussion questions also accompany each chapter. Those who are leading Apprentice groups will also find additional help and opportunities to interact with other leaders at the Apprentice website.

This deep, loving and transformative book is the first in Smith’s new Apprentice Series in which he aims to help Christians develop a robust discipleship by helping them understand who God is, what it means to be a Christian and what it means to live in community as a part of God’s kingdom. Throughout the series, which will include The Good and Beautiful God, The Good and Beautful Life, The Good and Beautiful Church and The Good and Beautiful Community, Smith helps us discard the flawed narratives of our hearts and replace them with the truths God reveals in his word about himself, the Christian life and his Church.

Read The Good and Beautiful God to learn how to discover the narratives that Jesus lived by—to know the Lord he knew and the kingdom he proclaimed—and to practice spiritual exercises that will help you grow in the knowledge of our good and beautiful God.

For more information, visit ivpress.com.

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From InterVarsty Press

Marks of the Messenger

Marks of the Messenger

The Leadership Ellipse

The Leadership Ellipse

The Good and Beautiful Life

The Good and Beautiful Life

God on Campus

God on Campus

Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle

Following Jesus Through the Eye of the Needle

The Leadership Ellipse

The Leadership Ellipse

Everyday Justice

Everyday Justice

Global Missions Handbook

Global Missions Handbook

Living the Christian Year

Living the Christian Year

��ñ���� Press: The Good and Beautiful God

��ñ���� Press: The Good and Beautiful God

��ñ�� Press: The Good and Beautiful God

��ñ�� Press: The Good and Beautiful God