InterVarsity’s Comments (group member since Apr 26, 2011)

InterVarsity’s comments from the InterVarsity Press Books group.

Reading While Black is in the Semifinal Round of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Nonfiction! The Semifinal Round is open from now through November 15, so be sure to go and vote!

https://www.goodreads.com/choiceaward...

We're starting to add books from our Fall 2020 catalog to our want to read list! This week we're highlighting Companions in Suffering by Wendy Alsup and the newest addition to the Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries, 1 and 2 Samuel by V. Long. Each Friday we'll be featuring two forthcoming titles, so be sure to check in and add any books you're excited about to your want to read list!

Today we are launching our 6th Annual Reader’s Choice Awards for all the books we published in 2019. Historically these awards have garnered over 2,600 votes. We are looking to exceed that goal this year and are looking for your help to make that happen! You can nominate up to five eligible books until Friday, January 24, choosing from over 130 eligible titles. Feel free to give a shout out with the link on your social media feeds, too.

The books with the most nominations will then become finalists and be included in a round of voting to name the winners. Official voting for the finalists will begin on Monday, January 27. Winners will be announced on Monday, February 10.

https://www.ivpress.com/pages/2019-re...

We have two new books releasing today!

In A Life of Listening, lifelong minister of the gospel Leighton Ford tells his story as a personal history of listening for God's voice.

The third edition of Authentic Human Sexuality releases today from IVP Academic. Informed by sociology, psychology, and theology, this updated edition of an established textbook investigates how human sexuality originates both biologically and socially.

We have several new titles releasing today!

Becoming an Ordinary Mystic offers a daily path to help us learn to be a mystic—cultivating a life with God in which we draw close, listen, and respond moment to moment.

In Together for the City, pastors Neil Powell and John James contend that to truly transform a city, the gospel compels us to create localized, collaborative church planting movements.

From IVP Academic, The Spirit of Methodism provides a brief and helpful introduction to the history of Methodism—from the time of the Wesleys, through developments in North America, to its diverse and global communion today—as well as its primary beliefs and practices.

Pastor Tim Chester has updated the beloved John Stott classic The Contemporary Christian and made it accessible to a new generation of readers in the God's Word for Today series.

We have 5 new books releasing today!

Shades of Light is the newest novel from bestselling author Sharon Garlough Brown! The companion study guide for Shades of Light also releases today.

Sustainable Young Adult Ministry offers practical advice to churches and ministry leaders for a thriving young adult ministry.

Genesis by Andrew E. Steinmann joins the Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries today, replacing the original Genesis volume by Derek Kidner.

Finally, Kidner's Genesis commentary moves from the TOTC series into the Kidner Classic Commentaries.

What new releases are you most excited about?

We're giving away 25 copies of Fearfully and Wonderfully by Dr. Paul Brand and Philip Yancey!

The human body is a window into the very structure of God's creation and a testament to God's glory. Renowned leprosy surgeon Dr. Paul Brand and bestselling writer Philip Yancey offer a new audience timeless reflections on the body in this updated and combined edition of the award-winning books Fearfully and Wonderfully Made and In His Image.

To enter, click here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

We're giving away 25 advance reader copies of Fearfully and Wonderfully by Dr. Paul Brand and Philip Yancey!

The human body is a window into the very structure of God's creation and a testament to God's glory. Renowned leprosy surgeon Dr. Paul Brand and bestselling writer Philip Yancey offer a new audience timeless reflections on the body in this updated and combined edition of the award-winning books Fearfully and Wonderfully Made and In His Image.

To enter, visit this link: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

We're giving away 25 advance reader copies of Shades of Light, the latest from Sharon Garlough Brown! If you loved the Sensible Shoes series or are just looking for another book to add to your summer reading list, here's your chance to get a copy of this lovely book a couple of months before its release.

To enter, visit this link: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

Just a couple more days remain to enter our giveaway for 1 of 5 copies of After College! It's a great gift for a graduating senior or recent grad.

Enter here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

Today we're celebrating the release of Old Testament Ethics: A Guided Tour, the latest from John Goldingay.

How might we learn ethics from the Old Testament? Trusted guide John Goldingay urges us to let the Old Testament itself set the agenda. Topically organized with short, stand-alone chapters, this volume takes readers through the Old Testament's teaching about relationships, work, Sabbath, character, and more, featuring Goldingay's own translation and discussion questions for group use.

We're celebrating the first year in print of The Path Between Us and you have the opportunity to win a copy of the book! Check out InterVarsity Press (@ivpress) on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for opportunities to enter, and you can also enter our Goodreads giveaway here: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...

We have two new books releasing today!

As I Recall by Casey Tygrett explores the power of memory and offers biblical texts and practices to guide us in bringing our memories to God for spiritual transformation.

In Transhumanism and the Image of God, biblical ethicist Jacob Shatzer grapples with the potential for technology to transform the way we think about what it means to be human.

We have 5 new books releasing today!

From IVP Books: Brave Souls by Belinda Bauman

From IVP Academic: Balm in Gilead edited by Timothy Larsen and Keith Johnson and Contemplation and Counseling by P. Gregg Blanton

From IVP Formatio: Commemorative Editions of A Long Obedience in the Same Direction and Run with the Horses by Eugene Peterson

Today's the last day to enter our Goodreads Giveaway for advance reader copies of In Search of the Common Good! You can find the giveaway on the book page or on the giveaways page under the Christian genre.

We have one new book releasing today! The Gift of Wonder is our latest spiritual formation book.

Can you imagine a God who dances with shouts of joy, laughs when you laugh, loves to play, and invites us to join the fun? In this book Christine Sine invites us to pay attention to childlike characteristics that have the power to reshape us, with fresh spiritual practices that engage all our senses and help us embrace the wonder and joy that God intends for us.

The Gift of Wonder received a starred review from Foreword Magazine, which you can check out here: https://www.forewordreviews.com/revie...

We have one new book releasing today from IVP Academic! Assessment for Counseling in Christian Perspective is the latest volume in our CAPS line, just in time for the CAPS Conference starting on Thursday.

Assessment in counseling is an ongoing and dynamic routine to encourage movement in a productive direction toward what is truly best. In this Christian perspective on assessment, Stephen P. Greggo equips counselors to put assessment techniques into practical use, charting a course for care that brings best practices of the profession together with practices of Christian discipleship.

Today we have two new books releasing! The first is Spiritual Rhythms for the Enneagram, a handbook for spiritual formation through the enneagram. From IVP Academic, A Little Book for New Historians releases today. It's a concise introduction to the study of history.

Both of these books are available for purchase now through your preferred retailer. You can also enter for your chance to win a copy of Spiritual Rhythms for the Enneagram over on the giveaways page!

We have 3 new study guides releasing today! If you've loved the Sensible Shoes series, we now have study guides for Two Steps Forward, Barefoot, and An Extra Mile. Check out the latest Books & Deals video on the InterVarsity Press Books group page for more information.

We have 3 new books releasing today! Embracing Contemplation and The Lost World of the Torah from IVP Academic and The Risen Christ, a LifeGuide Bible Study are now available.