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Sarah Head
6 Mar 2018

Soul Food for Mums this Mother’s Day

Celebrating Mother’s Day can evoke wonderful memories and feelings from the past, as well as encourage us to take time to reflect on our relationships with our own children in the ...

20 Jun 2018

Travelling Through Transition In Your Life

Mark Brickman is Associate Minister at St Aldates, Oxford. He is the author of ‘Borderlands: Navigating The Adventure Of Faith. Here, he discusses navigating periods of change and transition in our ...

3 Jul 2018

MORE > Direction Can Mean Less Stress

We live in a culture that pressures us to achieve, be constantly busy, and to never be satisfied with what we have. But what if one of the best ways to avoid burnout, achieve long-term success, and feel more accomplished was to rest, pray consistently, and make the time to really connect with God? When Ruth and Ayo Afolabi engaged more with the ...

10 Sept 2018

Preparing for the long haul

Tim Gough is on the blog this week, chatting about how his work in youth ministry has developed and changed since he started it more than a decade ago. In order to progress, we must continually consider where we are and what we can do to improve ourselves and our ...

2 Oct 2018

5 Questions for Liz Carter

Liz Carter, author of Catching Contentment, challenges the assumption that managing of a chronic illness would cause her nothing but depression, sadness, and pain. She created her own happiness instead of searching for it or expecting that it would fall into her ...

12 Oct 2018

My greatest act of teenage rebellion

At one point or another, we all rebel. It might not be particularly dramatic or explosive, but it’s something we all go through. Peter Grier chats with us about his form of rebellion, which is especially funny when considering that he’s just written a ...

28 Feb 2019

What is unconditional love?

What is unconditional love? Why don't we see much of it around? Is unconditional love fair? Liz Carter, author of Catching Contentment, asks what we can do to understand a kind of world-changing love, even in difficult ...

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17 May 2019

Meynell and Mental Health

A video and extract from Mark Meynell's When Darkness Seems My Closest Friend for Mental Health Awareness ...

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24 Jun 2019

Clarity Changes Everything

Tom Camacho, author of Mining for Gold tells us how God wants us to open our eyes and see things as they really are. With this clarity, we as leaders can slow down and listen to those who need help, helping them to find clarity and move ...

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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 ...

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10 Sept 2019

The Healing Community, an extract from Grieving a Suicide

"Following a tragedy, our soul feels as if it is full of holes. There is a hollow emptiness in our chest, an inner ache of pain and loss. To find healing and restoration, we need to fill that empty hole with both love from God and love from others." In this extract from Albert Hsu's book Grieving a Suicide he tells his own story of ...

24 Sept 2019

To All Who Are Stranded

Peter Grier, author of Travel: In Tandem with God's Heart offers some biblical perspective and intentional prayers for all those caught up in the news about Thomas ...

11 Dec 2019

What's on your Christmas list?

Christmas can not always be the most wonderful time of the year. Sharon Hastings, author of Wrestling with my Thoughts, offers a strategy for surviving Christmas when you have mental health ...

20 Jan 2020

Natural Theology?

In this edited extract from God in Himself: Scripture, Metaphysics and the Task of Christian Theology Steven J. Duby explores the possibility of natural theology as a means for true knowledge about and of ...

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14 Feb 2020

Love Means Love?

In this post for Valentines Day our Digital Marketing Editor Tom ponders a slogan dogmatically repeated in our culture today, interrogating some of ideas that float around in our culture. What on earth is being said by Love Means Love? ...

20 Mar 2020

Unimaginable Peace

In this Guest Post, Ollie Lansdown, who lives with an underlying health condition, shares about the peace he has in these uncertain ...

8 Apr 2020

What's Stopping Us?

First published in IDEA magazine, Gavin Calver invites us to consider stepping out of our comfort zone and being the church fully ...

15 Apr 2020

Grief and Hope in a time of coronavirus

IVP's Publishing Director, Caleb Woodbridge, ponders the hope that he and his late grandmother have, even in this time of ...

6 Aug 2020

A Better Hope: Christ's Body, Our Bodies

In this edited extract from A Better Hope, Sam Allberry considers the practical meaning of Christ's resurrection body for us both now and in the ...

1 Sept 2020

What have our Idols ever done for Us?

In this edited extract from his forthcoming 'Here Are Your Gods!', Chris Wright challenges us to consider why we put so much hope in fallible people, fallen ideas, and sinful ...

8 Sept 2020

What does the Bible say about the foundations of our trust in God? Part II

Felicity MacKenzie continues her blog series on trusting God, by digging deeper into what the Bible ...

1 Oct 2020

Key Themes in Joel

Ahead of the publication this month of the new TOTC on Joel and Amos, here are some of the key themes of the book of ...

9 Oct 2020

Resources for World Mental Health Awareness Day

For World Mental Health Awareness Day 2020, we are sharing a range of resources to encourage, equip, and inspire. ...

Tom Creedy
16 Oct 2020

Guest Post: Coming to grips with a COVID Christmas

In this guest blog post, by a church leader for church leaders, Esther Prior shares some thoughts about the creativity that this strange season could ...

Tom Creedy
21 Dec 2020

Sex Robots and Digital Assistants

In this edited extract from his new book, AI expert Jeremy Peckham explains some of the stranger ways in which AI is already affecting our ...

Tom Creedy
28 Dec 2020

First, comes Saturday

Jonny and Joanna Ivey have written a profound and moving book about baby loss. In this post, they share the pain of their initial grief, and point to an unexpected source of ...

Tom Creedy
5 Jan 2021

Silent Cries: Grief and Hope

Jonny shares a painful moment of learning about the meaning of hope in this extract from his new book, coauthored with his wife ...

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
22 Jan 2021

Silent Cries: What does it mean to carry burdens?

God gives us more than we can carry. Joanna Ivey shares her experience in this extract from Silent ...

Tom Creedy
8 Feb 2021

Guest Post: Broken Dreams

In this guest post, Sharon Hastings reflects on the journey God has taken her on, and how His dreams are better than she could have ...

Tom Creedy
12 Apr 2021

Key Themes in Obadiah

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 Timmer. ...

Tom Creedy
2 Aug 2021

Key Themes in Romans

Ahead of the September publication of David Garland's new Tyndale New Testament Commentary on Romans, we want to dig in to the themes and shape of this foundational ...

Tom Creedy
6 Sept 2021

Guest Post: Ten things I wish I had known about mental health before going to university

Sharon Hastings, author of Wrestling with my Thoughts, offers ten points to ponder as the new University year kicks ...

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
18 May 2022

Guest Post: On Faith and Addiction

Ally Gordon, author of 'Why Art Matters', offers up a searing and personal blog post about 'The Wolf at the ...

Tom Creedy
24 May 2022

W. E. Sangster: British Evangelical Theologian of the Twentieth Century

To celebrate the launch of our new Apollos title, British Evangelical Theologians of the Twentieth Century, we are sharing brief biographical sketches drawn from classic IVP resources. ...

Tom Creedy
30 Sept 2022

The IVP October 2022 Releases

For October 2022, we are publishing two new entries in key Apollos series, a careful look at the book of Galatians, and a book that just might engage your deconstructing ...

Laura Barry
3 Nov 2022

BOOK LAUNCH: Smuggling Jesus Back Into the Church - 11th November, 8pm

Join us for a launch of Andrew Fellows’ new book, Smuggling Jesus Back Into the Church, on 11th November, 8 pm, in person or on ...

Charisa Gunasekera
20 Apr 2023

An Interview with the editors of the Dictionary of Paul and His Letters, 2nd Edition

To celebrate the publication of the second edition of the Dictionary of Paul and His Letter, IVP interviewed editors Scot McKnight, Lynn Cohick and Nijay Gupta. Read the full conversation here. ...

Tom Creedy
20 Apr 2023

Praying for GAFCON

Chris Green is in Kigali, for a significant Anglican event. He's shared some prayer points. ...

Tom Creedy
8 Nov 2023

Guest Post: On saving lives at sea - and souls on land

Mark Broadways ponders the relationship between his ministry in the church, and his volunteering with the ...

Rochelle Owusu-Antwi
20 Aug 2025

Why We Need Good News People

In this guest post, Phil Knox, co-author of Good News People, reflects on the importance of being good news people in a world full of bad ...

Rochelle Owusu-Antwi
20 Nov 2025

Why We Still Need the Wonder of Christmas by Catherine Campbell

In this moving Advent reflection, Catherine Campbell shares how grief, faith and the wonder of Jesus’ birth continue to anchor her through every ...

Rochelle Owusu-Antwi
21 Jan 2026

Revising The Mission of God: Christopher J H Wright on God’s Magnificent Plan

In this reflective post, Christopher J. H. Wright explains why revising The Mission of God required deep engagement with critiques, new scholarship, and the enduring conviction that the Bible’s grand narrative reveals God’s mission for all ...