The IVP September 2020 Releases

As we enter the final quarter of this strange year, our September releases seem providentially timely, challenging us to look back in thanks, forward in hope, and beyond our present strangeness to the timeless truths of Scripture.

Do you know your family history?  Apparently, finding out one's genetic inheritance and family history is big business, and an incredibly popular past-time. As Christians, we have a marvellous family history - captured in the Bible, but continuing on from the birth of the church till now. In The Story of the Church we have an accessible and concise survey of the history of the Christian church, from the first century tothe twenty-first. An epic tale of high hopes and great disappointments, of bitter persecution and heroic loyalty. This new edition has been compltely revised and updated by Allan Harman, building on the superb work of A. M. Renwick. Publishing on the 17th of September, you can preorder now, saving £2 off the paperback, and an ebook is available too.

The latest volume in the Tyndale Old Testament Commentary Seriesalso publishes on the 17th of September. F. D. (Fanie) Snyman has written a superb commentary on Nahum, Habbakuk and Zephaniah.Nahum's prophecy of Nineveh's coming destruction. Habakkuk's probing dialogue with the Lord of Israel. Zephaniah's warning to Jerusalem's last great king. The texts of these minor but important prophets receive a fresh analysis in this introduction and commentary. Fanie Snyman considers each book's historical setting, structure and literary features as well as important theological themes. You can preorder now, saving £2 on the paperback, and the ebook is also available.

We live in an age of political idolatry. But what does that mean? And how can Christians live lives of truth, prophetically speaking in a world of lies? 

Christopher J. H. Wright offers us his new book, 'Here Are Your Gods!' Faithful Discipleship in Idolatrous Times. In this new book, Chris unpacks what the Bible says about idolatry, and sounds a warning about the approach of many Christians to politics:

"There is still a curious imagination, flying in the face of the Bible’s insistence that there is only one Savior and Lord on the throne of the universe, that the best way for Christians to save the world would be for Christians to rule the world, or at least, that part of the world we might have some realistic hope of ruling over by having Christians in the seats of government."