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Paul must often have felt like a mother duck guiding her ducklings to safety. He had seen the enthusiasm of the Colossian Christians but knew they ...

Daniel asserts that the meaning of history is that God's kingdom is coming. As it does, faithful people persevere in their work for God. Believers ...

Have you noticed how sometimes you have a story in the back of your mind that keeps coming up, even when you're talking about something else? In Ep...

IVP Readers' Choice Award What am I committing to when I say I want to follow Jesus? Using the Great Commission to explore the mission to make disc...

The place: Persia. The time: fifth-century BC. The Jews were threatened with genocide. A decree ordered the extermination of young and old, women a...

A friend moves away. You get laid off. Cancer takes the life of a family member. We all experience grief and loss in some form. Whether you're supp...

Paul's project, he often says, is building--not building with bricks and mortar but rather with people. He lays the foundation with the shockingly ...

Among the Gospels, John's is unique. It has a structure with long conversations and extended debates, and much of its content is not found elsewher...

If you want to talk about Jesus but you're not sure what to say―or how to say it―this Bible study guide is for you. Six studies, based on Paul Litt...

You can be the match that ignites a great Bible discussion! You only need a few basic skills. This ten-session guidebook by Jack Kuhatschek and Ci...

God's identity is beyond what we could ever fully express in human words. But Scripture uses one particular word to describe the distinctiveness of...

Every generation in the church worries, rightly, about people who just glide along, seeming to enjoy what they hear in church but without it making...

Everybody likes Jesus. Don't they?We overlook that Jesus was Judgmental―preaching hellfire far more than the apostle Paul Uncompromising―telling p...

The book of Judges presents Israel's human frailty, the nation's need for both spiritual and political deliverance, and God's use of flawed human l...

Over a million people have found J. I. Packer's classic Knowing God to be an immense help. And tens of thousands have used this study guide to know...

It's almost second nature for Christians to call God Father. Jesus taught his followers as much, although for them it was apparently a surprising p...

We cannot know Jesus without knowing his story. Today the debate over who Jesus is rages on. Has the Bible bound Christians to a narrow and mistake...

The Bible is the written Word of God, and it is treasured by many. But it is also an ancient book about people and cultures very different than us...

An Expanded Edition of the Commonsense Approach to Studying Scripture The Bible is the written Word of God, and it is treasured by many. But it is ...

We tend to think of the Holy Spirit as the straggler of the Trinity, a latecomer in God's interaction with the world. But our first introduction t...

Leadership is essential. Maybe you've shied away from leadership because you don't know what it will involve, or you feel too unsure of your own a...

"I'll never grow up." Sometimes we all feel a little like Peter Pan. We'd rather be children, free of obligations and responsibilities. Sometimes w...

When you suffer, do you wonder if God has forgotten you? Do you wonder whether you will be with Jesus after you die? Would you like to be sure that...

Deteriorating values. Competing religions. Weakening morality. Do you feel sometimes that the world presents you with more problems than you can ha...

Life among Christians can be great. But it can also be exasperating! The joys of fellowship in Christ too often give way to division and debate. Yo...

Do you despise your weaknesses? Do you hate hardships? Do you beg God to remove obstacles from your life? The apostle Paul delighted in his weaknes...

"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love." John 15:9 Before Jesus left this world he gave specific encouragement and inst...