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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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Purity of Heart (II) [Awakening Faith]
My heart says of you, “Seek his face!” Your face, Lord, I will seek. (Psalm 27:8)
Surely the Lord does not encourage us to do something impo...
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Is the Church Really the Safest Place on Earth? — An Excerpt from "A Wilderness of Mirrors"
What happens when the place that should be the safest place on earth isn't?
It is a simple, tragic fact that Christ’s Church has at times b...
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Purity of Heart (I) [Awakening Faith]
God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no o...
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Discover a Framework to Transcend Our Expectation of Betrayal— An Excerpt from "A Wilderness of Mirrors"
At the height of the Cold War, President Ronald Reagan adopted an old Russian proverb when discussing U.S. relations with the Soviet Union:...
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Porneia: Sex Gone Bad — An Excerpt from "Faithful: A Theology of Sex"
You don’t have to look too far to see how far sex has fallen. The New Testament has a name for such sex gone bad: porneia.
Most Bibles tran...
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What has Chicago to do with Jerusalem? — An Excerpt from "Cities of Tomorrow and the City to Come"
Of course our question is a contemporary twist on an ancient one: “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?”
Then, Tertullian was asking abou...
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When There's No Silver Lining — John H. Walton on the Book of Job [Excerpt]
Here's a slice of John H. Walton's NIV Application Commentary: Job.
Sometimes there is no visible silver lining, no redeeming value in sight...
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Is Surgery Part of God's Story? — An Excerpt from "The Scalpel and the Cross"
In the past several years we have been considering health care from a number of angles, some old, some new:
economically, the costs of sur...
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How Should Holiness Shape Our Public Posture? Abortion Shows Us — An Excerpt from "The Political Disciple"
"What does it look like for people to become enemies, and what might be a model of a holy public posture?"
Vincent Bacote asks this importa...
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McKnight Outlines Ancient & Pauline Views of Sexuality, Offers a Way Forward— An Excerpt from "A Fellowship of Differents"
Scot McKnight has done it again.
He did it with Bible study and hermeneutics in The Blue Parakeet; discipleship in One Life; and personal e...
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A Good Crucifixion? (Excerpt from A Place For Weakness by Michael Horton)
As we reflect on the death of Christ this Holy Saturday, let us consider this selection from A Place For Weakness by Michael Horton.
A Good ...
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How Can We Share the Gospel with Catholics and Not Sound Irritating? — An Excerpt from “Talking with Catholics About the Gospel”
Many of us have been there.
We have the best of intentions when sharing the good news of Jesus with someone, yet the result is a sour mixtu...
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3 Shifts Evangelicals Should Make with the Religious Other— An Excerpt from "There Rock Is Not Like Our Rock"
Daniel Strange's new book "Their Rock Is Not Like Our Rock" fills a crucial gap in the evangelical evaluation of the role of other religions...
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Dallas Willard on the Bible, the University, and the Source of Knowledge — An Excerpt from "The Bible and the University"
Over the years, there has been something of an identity crisis in the disciplines of biblical studies and theology. Where universities once...
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Mark, the Neglected Gospel (From Mark Strauss' Commentary on ZECNT: Mark)
The following is adapted from Mark Strauss' Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament: Mark.
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Though the most dramatic and f...
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How Do You Share the Gospel with Catholics?— An Excerpt from "Talking with Catholics About the Gospel"
Chris Castaldo is often asked whether Catholics “are going to heaven.” He typically responds that only God knows anyone’s soul, before sayi...
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