P&R

Living in the Gap Between Promise and Reality (Paperback)

All too often we look at our lives and wonder, “Is this really how life should be for a Christian?” God has made glorious promises to his people in Scripture. Has he failed us when we suffer through sickness, unemployment, broken...

Living in the Grip of Relentless Grace (Paperback)

Time and time again, God uses insignificant and desperately sinful people to fulfill his marvelous plans. In short, he uses people like us! We find vivid examples of this truth in Isaac and Jacob, two men who couldn't live up to Abraham's example, let...

Living in the Light of Inextinguishable Hope (Paperback)

Learn how the story of Joseph prefigures the gospel, testifying to God’s electing grace and showing how he redeems and restores broken and dysfunctional sinners to accomplish his purposes.

Help for the New Pastor: Practical Advice for Your First Year of Ministry

About Your first year of ministry brings brand-new challenges—often with inadequate preparation and little time to adjust. How do you moderate meetings, manage a church budget, and counsel struggling congregants, all while preparing sermons every...

Esther & Ruth Commentary (Hardback)

Does God help those who help themselves? That may seem to be the message of the Books of Esther and Ruth. Some think that Ruth’s attractiveness won over Naomi and Boaz, or that Esther’s bold faithfulness saved her people. But a closer reading...

Daniel (Hardback)

The book of Daniel is both familiar and unfamiliar to many Christians. The stories of the fiery furnace and Daniel in the lion’s den are the staples of children’s Bible storybooks and Sunday school classes. Yet the latter chapters of...

Zephaniah, Haggai, Malachi (Hardback)

To the people of Judah, distressed by changing political realities, it seemed that God had lost control of the situation. Zephaniah warned of imminent judgment and pointed to hope close at hand: God is both Judge and a Refuge from judgment...

Union with Christ (Paperback)

Union with Christ is the central truth of the whole biblical teaching about salvation. The entirety of our relationship with God can be summed up in this doctrine.Yet when people ask what this union actually is, we flounder.The incarnation shows that God...

40 Favorite Hymns on the Christian Life (Hardcover)

Description40 Favorite Hymns on the Christian Life—This anthology of great hymns invites us to experience these works as poems—to slow down and savor their well-turned phrases, their surprising metaphors, and their evocative language. English...