The Contours of the Land in Israel's History
The Land of Palestine
The land of Palestine took its name from the Philistines (the Pelishtim in Hebrew) who settled along the Mediterranean coast from Joppa to Gaza about 1300–12...
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Should Christians Defend Jesus’ Virgin Birth?
“The notion that Jesus was born to a young Galilean girl who was still a virgin has proven to be one of the most objectionable and mocked be...
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What Does it Mean to “Believe"? Here are 5 Aspects of Christian Faith
“I believe…”
That’s how one of the most important creeds of Christ’s Church begins. And it’s no surprise that it does. Because as Michael Bi...
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4 Reasons Why Every Christian Ought to Know the Traditional Creeds
In the last several years, there has been a resurgent interest in rediscovering the historic Christian faith. Among others, we have Michael ...
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Is Church Unity Possible? - An Excerpt from Romans (The Story of God Bible Commentary Series)
The Story of God Bible Commentary explains and illuminates each passage of Scripture in light of the Bible’s grand story. It aims to set eac...
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Special Access and Endurance – An Excerpt From Romans (The Story of God Bible Commentary Series)
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (Rom 5:8)
Approaching Holy Week brings ou...
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Michael Bird on the “Gracism” of Romans 3:21–31
Aussie Michael Bird observes what many Americans often forget: “Blacks, whites, and Latinos are never more segregated than when it comes to ...
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Why Did Paul Write Romans? Michael Bird Offers 5 Possible Reasons
Like many practitioners, my shelves groan under the weight of a cohort of Romans commentators, including: Cranfield, Dunn, Fitzmyer, Jewett,...
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Get Michael Bird's "Evangelical Theology" For $5.99 Today Only!
Don't miss today's flash sale on the Evangelical Theology eBook. You can get it for just $5.99 — that's 84% off!
This sale price ends Tuesda...
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Extracurricular Activities 2.7.15 — The Trinity, NT Papyrus, and the Crusades
Michael Bird Asks, "Is the Trinity Biblical?"
In the most recent issues of JETS is a review by Jeffrey A. Stivason of my Evangelical Theolog...
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Extracurricular Activities 11.8.15 — The 153 Fish, Strong vs. Weak Christians, & Making Papyrus
Fred Sanders Engages Wainwright on the Trinity in the New Testament
In 1962, Arthur W. Wainwright published The Trinity in the New Testament...
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My Advice to Students — Michael Bird Has 3 Things to Say to Younger Bird
(Can't see the video? Watch it here)
I would wager most of the scholars who’ve contributed to our series would say their advice ...
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The Resurrection Has Consequences — An Excerpt from "Evangelical Theology" by Michael Bird
In nine days Christians around the world will loudly, boldly proclaim: “Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again!”
We do no...
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"How God Became Jesus" Reaction Round-Up
Yesterday (3/25/2014) we were pleased to release How God Became Jesus, the highly anticipated response to Bart Ehrman's new book p...
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Developments in My Field of Study — Bird Says: "Gospels is the Lady Gaga of NT Studies"
Today we're pleased to launch a new video series of leading Bible scholars, Developments in My Field of Study.
The purpose of this new s...
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Evangelical Theology Blog Tour Round-Up
  At the end of October we gave away a number of Michael Bird's new systematic theology book, Evangelical Theology. Reviews ...
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Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy: Michael Bird Says, "Inerrancy Is Not Necessary For Evangelicalism Outside the USA"
At the 65th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society two weeks ago we introduced a new timely resource releasing next week (12...
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