Search results for: 'calling and'

Rochelle Owusu-Antwi
27 Mar 2025

Dig Deeper into Mark’s Gospel: Who Jesus Is and What It Means to Follow Him

Explore the powerful themes of identity, discipleship, and redemption in Mark’s Gospel with insights from Dig Deeper into Mark—a guide to the Messiah who came to serve, suffer, and ...

Tom Creedy
12 Nov 2020

Hebrews: Apostasy and perseverance

In this extract from the new Tyndale New Testament Commentary on Hebrews, David G. Peterson explores the theme of apostasy and perseverance that runs through this ...

Tom Creedy
20 Jan 2021

Guest Post: What's Not to Like? Social Media and the Capitol Hill Riots

Jeremy Peckham, an AI expert and author of Masters or Slaves? AI and the future of humanity shares his perspective on the complex relationship between social media and the recent events in the ...

Tom Creedy
4 Jun 2021

Doctrine - Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture

In the Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture series, world-leading evangelical scholars bring biblical studies and theological disciplines into conversation. This blog post highlights those volumes in the series that focus particularly on Doctrinal ...

Tom Creedy
23 Jul 2021

Wolves and Shepherds: why we need to talk about abuse in order to welcome young people in our churches

In this guest blog post, Pete Nicholas shares why he thinks we can't ignore the issue of abuse, and why it's a missional imperative for reaching emerging ...

Tom Creedy
20 Apr 2023

FREE EBOOKS: Understanding Anglicanism and Praying for GAFCON IV

As well as praying for the delegates to, and statements from, GAFCON IV, we also want to resource Christians around the world with tools to understand Anglicanism and the issues at ...

Rochelle Owusu-Antwi
14 Nov 2025

New This November: Two Books That Show Faith Can Still Change the World

Two powerful new November releases from IVP, Whispers of Revolution and Called to Care, show how Christian faith still transforms lives, communities, and our world through the radical kingdom message of Jesus and the call to compassionate ...

13 Jul 2020

Jim Packer on the Theology of Revival

As an evangelical passionate about Scripture, the church and the Gospel, Packer was concerned for a right understanding of revival. We reproduce here his contribution on a Theology of Revival to The New Dictionary of Theology: Historical and ...

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14 Jun 2019

Mining for Gold

Tom Camacho, author of Mining for Gold tells us how the book came to be, who it is for and what this journey of becoming a published author has been like for ...

28 Jul 2020

Salvation to the Ends of the Earth: What's changed in the second edition?

In his preface to the second edition of this vital book, Andreas Kostenberger shares the heart of his work, and the changes that have made since the first edition back in 2001. ...

Rochelle Owusu-Antwi
18 Nov 2025

Called to Care: A Conversation with Jo Knight on Faith, Justice & Creation Care

Jo Knight shares the heart behind Called to Care, exploring how Christians can respond with hope, justice, and faithful action in a world facing climate ...

Rochelle Owusu-Antwi
8 Jan 2026

January New Releases: Celebrating Marriage & Rediscovering Matthew

January’s new releases explore faithful discipleship and God-honouring relationships, offering practical wisdom for intercultural marriage and a fresh invitation to be shaped by Jesus through Matthew’s ...

29 Jun 2018

Why Do We Need MORE >?

Elizabeth Neep works as a Commissioning Editor for IVP and SPCK as well as a Publicist for all SPCK imprints – a dual role that means she’s rarely at the end of her to-do list! Outside of work she is a writer and painter and can often be found having a glass of wine in the garden with her housemates in London Bridge. Here, she chats ...

23 Jul 2018

What happens when you trust MORE >

Less < StressLess < AnxietyLess < ConfusionMore > ...

11 Oct 2018

Congratulations Chris Woznicki, IVP Early-Career Philosopher of Religion 2018!

Chris Woznicki is PhD Student in Systematic Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. He received a MA in Theology (Biblical Studies) from Fuller Theological Seminary and a BA in Philosophy from UCLA. Prior to starting his PhD he served as a college minister; he currently serves with an evangelistic ministry to high school students called Young ...

31 Oct 2018

Catching up with Tim Chester

Today in 1517, Martin Luther published his 95 theses. We caught up with Tim Chester about his book Why The Reformation Still ...

20 Nov 2018

Ruth Clemence’s Top 5 IVP Reads for 2018

We asked prolific book blogger Ruth Clemence about her top five books she’s read from the IVP list this ...

16 Jan 2019

We All Need Encouragement

Book blogger Ruth Clemence reflects on the work of Christian ...

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27 Jun 2019

Introducing John Stott on The Gospel

Tim Chester introduces us to The Gospel: A Life-Changing Message, one of five short books that make up the re-issue of John Stott's The Contemporary ...

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8 Jul 2019

Introducing John Stott on The Disciple

Tim Chester introduces us to The Disciple: A Calling to Be Christlike, one of five short books that make up the re-issue of John Stott's The Contemporary ...

4 Oct 2019

How can I get free from shame?

Simon Cozens, author of Looking Shame in the Eye, considers how we can actually get free from shame in this life, because of what Jesus has done and what Jesus is ...

Emma Collins
10 Oct 2019

World Mental Health Day 2019: A Missed Opportunity?

Sharon Hastings, doctor and author of upcoming book Wrestling With My Thoughts writes on the blog for World Mental Health ...

11 Nov 2019

Give a book, get a book

Get the ebook of some of our favourite titles for FREE when you purchase the physical book. A great way to buy a gift, and enjoy a good book yourself this ...

13 Jan 2020

Pilgrim Theology

Or, alternatively, why a technical book of proper theology might be exactly what you need as you journey with Jesus, this year and ...

10 Mar 2020

Guest Post: What are we here for?

In this post, we share the foreword from Tom Camacho's book Mining for Gold, written by the National Director of Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland, John Wright. From his perspective, working out what we are for, what we are made to do, is ...

25 Jun 2020

Will You Influence Wisely?

We hear a lot of talk about influence today - whethe in the context of leadership, the church, or social media. What might it look like to apply God's wisdom to this aspect of our ...

10 Jul 2020

Moments of Illumination

Ike Miller focuses on two 'moments of illumination' in John, which teach us about God and how God communicates with ...

19 Jul 2020

Jim Packer on Richard Baxter

Jim Packer had many interests - but a particular passion was for Puritan theology. He contributed the entry on Richard Baxter to the New Dictionary of Theology: Historical and Systematic, reproduced ...

4 Sept 2020

10 Reasons to Read about Church History

In this guest post, Ed Creedy (contributor to Healthy Faith and the Coronavirus Crisis and a PhD student), gives us 10 reasons to read about Church ...

Tom Creedy
29 Mar 2021

Key Themes in Jonah

With the publication in April 2021 of the new Tyndale Old Testament Commentary on Obadiah, Jonah and Micah, we're sharing the key themes from each book, as a sneak peek into the new commentary by Daniel ...

Tom Creedy
31 Mar 2021

The IVP April 2021 Releases

The latest titles from IVP - centenary editions of 8 John Stott classics, a new Tyndale Old Testament Commentary, and the penultimate batch of refreshed New Testament ...

Tom Creedy
1 May 2021

Key Themes in Isaiah

With the May 2021 publication of the new Tyndale Old Testament Commentary on Isaiah, by Paul D. Wegner, we thought it would be worth recapping the outline, themes and background of this magnificent prophetic ...

Tom Creedy
6 May 2021

Guest Post: Be All There

Guest writer James Lee shares why he's planning on dying in Bristol, the city he lives in. And why that's a good ...

Tom Creedy
27 Jul 2021

Guest Post: Return to your first love

Rachel Marszalek shares what she loved about Chris Green's new book, The Gift, which publishes next ...

Tom Creedy
1 Sept 2021

The Contemporary Christian series - John Stott in your pocket

John Stott's bestselling volume, The Contemporary Christian: An Urgent Plea for Double Listening, updated and presented for today's ...

Emma Collins
2 Dec 2021

Remembering Melvin Tinker

With the news that Melvin Tinker has gone home, we share a few tributes and memories of this 'thoughtful, faithful ...

Tom Creedy
20 Jan 2022

The NSBT - New Studies in Biblical Theology: complete list of titles

The NSBT Series has been in print for around 30 years. Here we share a complete list of volumes in print and available, as well as teasing a few future ...

Tom Creedy
22 Apr 2024

Why We Should Care About Earth Day

The 22nd of April is Earth Day. Should we care? Consider a biblical perspective, and save on some key ...

Laura Barry
3 Oct 2022

Catherine Campbell: Don’t Give Up… God Isn’t Finished With You Yet!

Catherine Campbell, author of God Isn't Finished With You Yet, shares inspirational life lessons on the importance of not giving ...

Tom Creedy
27 Apr 2023

Marking (What would have been) John Stott's 102nd Birthday

Today (The 27th of April 2023) would have been John Stott's 102nd Birthday; and to mark it IVP is offering £102 of savings on some of Stott's bestselling books in eBook ...

Tom Creedy
17 Apr 2024

Seven Questions for Beth M. Stovell

We asked the new Apollos Old Testament Commentary (AOTC) editor, Beth M. Stovell, a few questions about her, and her hopes for the ministry of the AOTC ...

Tom Creedy
1 Oct 2024

The IVP Autumn 2024 Releases

The IVP Autumn 2024 ReleasesWe’ve got seven (or possibly 8!) exciting releases over the final season of 2024 – read on to find out more about them. The Forgotten Manifesto of Jesus Christian revival in Iran is spreading across the world. In this title, Phil Moore explores the particular form of this revival – The Forgotten Manifesto ...

26 Aug 2024

A Reading Group's Guide to: Ed Shaw's Purposeful Sexuality

A Reading Group's Guide to: Ed Shaw's Purposeful SexualityAs a student at an Art School, I often come face to face with issues and questions about sexuality. Finding that these are broad and varied, I have found it difficult to remain Biblical and sensitive when dealing with issues that seem to constantly change. However, I found this book ...

Tom Creedy
22 May 2025

A Brief Tribute to Gordon J. Wenham - by L. Michael Morales

Author, and doctoral student of Wenham, L. Michael Morales, offers a brief tribute to Gordon J. Wenham, who passed into glory recently. _______________________________________________________ While sleeping peacefully on the morning of May 13, 2025, Gordon Wenham entered the glorious, heavenly presence of his Savior. He was a ...