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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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But What About Genetic Enhancement? An Excerpt from the Dictionary of Christianity and Science
What is the relationship between Christianity and science? How does Christian theology relate to scientific inquiry?
The answers to these qu...
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The Biblical-Christian View of Ultimate Reality: God - An Excerpt from The Essentials of Christian Thought
Christians disagree on doctrine, politics, church government, certain moral questions—just about everything under the sun, it can seem. Yet ...
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The World is a Battleground—Both Literally and Figuratively - An Excerpt from The Essentials of Christian Thought
In today's excerpt from The Essentials of Christian Thought, eminent theologian and church historian Roger Olson explains what leads to conf...
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Do Not Quench the Spirit! - An Excerpt from Practicing the Power by Sam Storms
In Practicing the Power, pastor and author Sam Storms offers practical steps to understanding and exercising spiritual gifts in a way that r...
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Faith in the Midst of a Personal Crisis - An Excerpt from Hearing the Message of Daniel
Most sermons I heard on the first chapter of Daniel in my youth emphasized the negative refusal, the courageous stand of Daniel and h...
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Are You Afraid of Spiritual Gifts? - An Excerpt from Sam Storms
How can Christians pursue and implement the miraculous gifts of the Spirit without falling into fanatical excess and splitting the church i...
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An Excerpt from Roger Olson's Essentials of Christian Thought
Christians living in a pluralistic society filled with competing worldviews and visions of the nature of reality need guidance about how to ...
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What Is the Grand Story All About? - An Excerpt from the Story of Reality
"We are hungering for the thing we were made for. We are hungering for God’s Kingdom."
In today's excerpt from The Story of Reality, Greg Ko...
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An Exegetical Reading of the Wedding at Cana (John 2:1-11) - An Excerpt from John
Today’s excerpt is from the Gospel of John, the newest installment in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament.
Written by E...
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What is the Purpose of the Book of Daniel? An Excerpt from the Story of God Bible Commentary
"The book of Daniel is often read for its contribution to our understanding of end-times events, but sometimes Christians have been so obses...
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Turning the Mind to Doxology - An Excerpt from The Triune God by Fred Sanders
Today’s excerpt is from The Triune God, the second volume in our New Studies in Dogmatics series. Within, Fred Sanders seeks to retrieve the...
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Setting the Stage for the Gospel of John - An Excerpt from the Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament
Today’s excerpt is from the gospel of John, the newest installment in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament.
Written by E...
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The Shame of Loving the Prodigal – An Excerpt from Letting Go
What do you do when someone you love leaves? And how do you pursue someone who has hurt you, who has sinned against you? In Letting Go, pas...
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Trapped in "Either/Or" Thinking - An Excerpt from Evolution: Scripture and Nature Say Yes!
Today’s excerpt is taken from Evolution: Scripture and Nature Say Yes by Denis Lamoureaux.
Denis is Associate Professor of Science and Relig...
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How Can We Love a Prodigal? An Excerpt from Letting Go: Rugged Love for Wayward Souls
“There is an impulse embedded so deeply in creation that it even touches God-lovers. It’s a feeling that swims against the stream of our pro...
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Is the Reformation Finished?
“We cannot judge whether it is finished, of course, unless we understand how it began.”
In today’s excerpt taken from The Unfinished Reforma...
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