Articles for tag: InterVarsity Press

March 3, 2017

By Kevin Lines The Evangelical Immigration Table (www.evangelicalimmigrationtable.org) is an organization of Evangelical Christians seeking bipartisan immigration reform and who seek to love the stranger in their communities. Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion, & Truth in the Immigration Debate, by Matthew Soerens and Jenny Hwang (Downers Grove: IVP Books, 2009) This is a great primer for learning about the current immigration situation and how Evangelicals should get involved in a proactive and biblical way. This easy-to-read book is designed for beginners, but is thoroughly researched and documented. It provides a solid framework for understanding immigration. Christians at the Border: Immigration,

October 21, 2016

Christian Standard

Discipleship & Spiritual Formation

Churches and Reading, Conversation and Insight

From the new book Reading for the Common Good By C. Christopher Smith Reading is essential to the health and flourishing of our churches. However, reading and conversation must go hand in hand.Â Reading that is most beneficial is reading that takes its cues from and is shared and discussed””in some way or another””with the local church body. Just as a body works together””seeing, feeling, listening””to understand its identity, so our churches are faced with the task of working together to understand our identity. Reading is a valuable tool in this process of discerning our identity, but only to the

April 8, 2016

Christian Standard

Holy Spirit Theology & Bible

WHAT’S NEXT?: Remember the Spirit

We asked several Christian leaders,Â “What should churches served byÂ CHRISTIAN STANDARD strive to be orÂ do or look like in the next decades?” ____ By Mandy Smith We in the Christian churches have the Cane Ridge Revival in our history, but we”re not comfortable with the Holy Spirit. We”ve seen so many abuses of the Spirit that it”s easy to throw the baby out with the bathwater. So what would it look like to rediscover a scriptural approach to the Spirit”s work in our lives? I”m still learning this, but let me share two ways I”m stepping into it: 1. Guidance “But

March 24, 2015

Mark A. Taylor

Miscellaneous

Bookin” It

By Mark A. Taylor I remember a conversation 30 years or more ago about book publishing by writers in the Christian church and church of Christ. “Evangelical publishers won”t publish books by Christian church writers,” a Standard Publishing salesman said. “And if Standard Publishing publishes books by Christian church writers, Christian bookstores won”t sell them.” I don”t know if that was true then, but I can promise you it”s not true today. Last year we published essays about book writing by Mark Atteberry,Â Arron Chambers,Â Dave Ferguson,Â Anne Milam,Â Daniel Overdorf, and Jamie Snyder. Each of them is a leader among Restoration Movement churches.

October 25, 2014

Christian Standard

Church & Ministry Teaching

Books for Bible Students: The Three Sets of Commentaries I’d Recommend

By William R. Baker The set of biblical commentaries I have recommended to students repeatedly over the years is The Tyndale Bible Commentary Series (InterVarsity Press). Hands down, this is the best value for the money. The set is complete and in paperback, which typically is less expensive. The volumes are economical in their length too, making excellent though judicious comments on authorship, date, and the text. This series is written by the all-stars of British Evangelical scholarship, like F. F. Bruce, I. Howard Marshall, John Stott, Leon Morris, N.T. Wright, Derek Kidner, and Alec Motyer. The volumes are regularly