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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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The Faith of Abraham – An Excerpt From Genesis (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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True Life Change - An Excerpt from Visual Theology
As Christians, merely not sinning isn’t enough. We are to pursue holiness.
The story of the prodigal son is the perfect example of what it m...
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Either Lord or Lunatic - An Excerpt from Core Christianity
One doctrine especially core to Christianity concerns the identity of Christ: Is Jesus God?
As C. S. Lewis suggested over a half century ago...
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The Problem of Evil - An Excerpt from Core Christianity
"Either God is great or God is good, but he can’t be both."
One of the biggest stumbling blocks in Christianity is the question about evil: ...
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God Speaks - An Excerpt from Visual Theology
We live in a visual culture. Today, people increasingly rely upon visuals to help them understand new and difficult concepts. The rise and s...
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Unanswerable Questions - An Excerpt from Paradox Lost
How do you handle questions you can't answer? Do you feel like you need to understand everything? Or do you instead avoid difficult tensions...
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The Unexamined Faith is Not Worth Believing - An Excerpt from Core Christianity
Too often, Christians go through life unprepared for their beliefs to be challenged because they don't even know for themselves what they be...
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What Does It Mean for Anthropology to Be “Christological”? - An Excerpt from Christological Anthropology
We often hear humanity was and is perfected in Christ, but what do we mean by that? How did Christ's divinity affect his, and our, humanity?...
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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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Jihad vs. Old Testament Warfare - An Excerpt from Answering Jihad
Zondervan just released Answering Jihad by New York Times bestselling author Nabeel Qureshi. In this book, Qureshi takes a balanced look at ...
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The Socratic Method - An excerpt from Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife
In today's excerpt from Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife, Ruth Tucker applies the Socratic method to the discussion of headship ve...
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My Fork in the Road - An Excerpt from Answering Jihad
September 11, San Bernardino, and other terrorist attacks have made many Americans question the Islamic faith. What is jihad? Is it an accur...
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Abuse of Male Headship - An Excerpt from Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife
In her upcoming book Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife, Ruth Tucker recounts her story of abuse at the hands of her husband, in hop...
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Live The Story - An Excerpt From Romans (The Story of God Bible Commentary Series)
Continuing after last week's excerpt from the Genesis commentary, this week we will read an excerpt from the Romans commentary on Romans 12:...
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Live the Story - An Excerpt From Genesis (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. The first commenta...
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A Theological Reformer for the Universal Church - An Excerpt from Luis de Molina
Luis de Molina is a name familiar to some, alien to others. Yet, little is commonly known about his life. Luis de Molina by Kirk R. M...
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