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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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Extracurricular Activities — November 23, 2013
Bible Gateway's "5 Views on Biblical Inerrancy" Live Blog At ETS
We live-blogged the session on 5 Views on Biblical Ine...
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Extracurricular Activities — November 16, 2013
The Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts Debuts Chester Beatty Papyri
The most exciting new additions to the CSNTM websi...
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Extracurricular Activities — November 8, 2013
Don Carson on 6 Reasons Why Not To Abandon Expository Preaching
Some use the category "expository preaching" for all preaching th...
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Extracurricular Activities — November 2, 2013
Sharing the Gospel with Witches—Real Ones
Each October, a half-million visitors invade Salem, Massachusetts. During the month-long Hallowee...
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Extracurricular Activities — October 25, 2013
Scot McKnight on Fights About Pacifism
Driscoll calls pacifists pansies, failing yet again to comprehend what pacifism is and how best to a...
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Extracurricular Activities — October 19, 2013
Lynn H. Cohick on The Double-Edged Sword of Being a Female Bible Scholar
Cohick has previously published several books and articles, includ...
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Extracurricular Activities — October 12, 2013
Scot McKnight Unpacks NT Wrights View of Rome as Empire and Emperor Worship
In this chp we get to the heart of the new contribution that PF...
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Extracurricular Activities — October 5, 2013
How Did Calvin and Wesley Differ on Scripture? Scot McKnight Explains
John Calvin and John Wesley differed on Scripture, not on its inspira...
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Extracurricular Activities – September 28, 2013
Note to our readers: iGoogle will be retired on November 1, 2013. If you’re reading the blog through iGoogle, sign up to get our posts by em...
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Extracurricular Activities – September 21, 2013
Ben Witherington Helps us Visualize Paul's Corinth
Part 1—Schematics of what Paul’s Corinth, around A.D. 50 will have looked like.
Part...
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Extracurricular Activities – September 14, 2013
Larry Hurtado on Key Christological Texts: Psalm 110 & Isaiah 45:23-25
These texts share several interesting features.  Bot...
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Extracurricular Activities – September 7, 2013
What Makes America So Prone to Intervention? Stanley Hauerwas Answers
Stanley Hauerwas, professor emeritus of theological ethics at D...
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Extracurricular Activities – August 31, 2013
Tim Keller Says We Need Judges, The Book of the Bible That Is
Why is Judges a great book for 21st-century Christians to study? 
TK: All...
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Extracurricular Activities – August 24, 2013
Ben Witheringon and the Myth of Non-Persecution in Candida Moss's "Myth of Persecution"
At heart, the root of her concern is exaggerat...
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Extracurricular Activities–August 17, 2013
Roger Olson Posits A Conversation between a Calvinist and an Arminian About God's Sovereignty
Calvinist to Arminian: “You Arminians don...
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Extracurricular Activities–August 10, 2013
Ever Wondered What A Day-in-the-Life Of A Biblical Scholar Looks Like? Ben Witherington Shares His Own
On numerous occasions I’ve been aske...
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