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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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Two Calvinists Discuss the Trouble with Calvinists — Excerpt from PROOF
Recently Calvinists seem to have garnered something of an image problem. Googling "Why are Calvinists..." autofills several intere...
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Did Jesus Claim He Was God? — An Excerpt from "How God Became Jesus"
In How Jesus Became God Bart Ehrman shares about a period of personal theological doubt. Among other questions, he asked, “Did [Jesus] claim...
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The Gospel According to Bart Ehrman — An Excerpt from "How God Became Jesus"
Two months ago Bart Ehrman released his book How Jesus Became God. With the help of five internationally established scholars, we rele...
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Yahweh vs. Jesus? An Excerpt on Marcionism from "Know the Heretics"
Qoheleth was right: "what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun."
That assumption underlies the new...
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The Costs Muslims Face for Embracing the Gospel— An Excerpt from "Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus" by Nabeel Qureshi
Western Christians often forget there is a tangible cost to embracing the gospel. Sure we might lose a friend here or there. We might even l...
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Faith in a Resurrected Christ Rescues Us from Misplaced Faith — An Excerpt from "Raised? Finding Jesus by Doubting the Resurrection"
In a few days many of us will teach on the most monumental event in history: Christ's resurrection. As I prepare for this honor myself I...
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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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3 Reminders Why Evangelical Theology is Crucicentric — An Excerpt from "Evangelical Theology" By Michael Bird
"Christ crucified" has been an anthem for generations of confessing Evangelicals, and for good reason. Today we provide a timely e...
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Walton and Hill Ask, What Is Wisdom? — An Excerpt from “Old Testament Today (2nd Edition)”
John Walton and Andrew Hill admit it isn't easy to define wisdom.
In their foundational Old Testament textbook Old Testament Today, they exp...
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4 Helpful Research Paper Writing Tips For Seminary Students & Researchers— An Excerpt from "Quality Research Papers"
What makes a quality religion/theology research paper?
If you're a religion or theology student, at seminary or other graduate school, t...
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The Early High Christology Club and Bart Ehrman — An Excerpt from "How God Became Jesus"
This week Bart Ehrman released his new book, How Jesus Became God, and we released the response book How God Became Jesus (HGBJ), by Michael...
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Who Gets to Speak for God? John, Truth, & the Spirit—An Excerpt from "1, 2, 3 John" by Karen Jobes
Who gets to speak for God? What is the role of the Spirit in guiding the understanding of the church? What is the relationship of spiritual ...
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What Are All of These Laws Doing in My Bible If the Law Is Obsolete? — An Excerpt from "Old Testament Today (2nd Edition)"
Over the past several weeks we've introduced to you John Walton's and Andrew Hill's newly revised and extended foundational Old ...
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John Wesley On Entering & Seeking First the Kingdom — An Excerpt From "John Wesley's Teachings: Society and Ethics"
Last month we took a serious look at a serious Anglican minister and Christian theologian of yore, John Wesley. He was ministering and...
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How the Resurrection Changes Everything — An Excerpt from "Raised? Finding Jesus by Doubting the Resurrection"
Zondervan Academic recently released a book ideal for people struggling with faith and doubt, Raised? Finding Jesus by Doubting the Resurrec...
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Karen Jobes on How Love for Others Expresses Love for God (1 John 4:17 – 5:3) — An Excerpt from "1, 2, & 3 John (ZECNT)"
For the past few years the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series has been my go-to source for Sunday morning sermon pr...
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