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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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Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary - Sample Chapter
Zondervan Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Excerpt
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John Beck - The Zondervan Dictionary of Biblical Imagery
Last week John Beck shared with us how he believes the Christian Academy can best serve the local church as part of our blog series. Today J...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Life of Jesus
As Christians our faith centers on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Studying the story of Jesus, in its original context, is the...
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Keep Your Greek - Blog Tour
This week marks the Keep Your Greek blog tour. 
Keep Your Greek by Constantine R. Campbell is intended to help those of us who, after...
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Following Jesus, The Servant King: Blog Tour
“Have you ever wondered how to preach Leviticus? Or how to apply the Old Testament’s ethical teaching? Or how we as Christians relate to th...
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Following Jesus, The Servant King: Giveaway Winners
Congrats to our winners this week, Jason Greer and Jason D!
Both will be contacted and sent a copy of Following Jesus, The Servant King by J...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Following Jesus, The Servant King
“Throughout the Old Testament and into the New, God not only demands righteousness from his people but also showers on grace that enables t...
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Zondervan Atlas of the Bible - Giveaway Winners!
And the winners are... Steven and Laju! Congrats to both, you will be contacted soon for shipping information so we can get you your copies...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Zondervan Atlas of the Bible
The Biblical stories are deeply contextualized, and so understanding them thousands of years later requires us to study ancient times and pl...
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Toward a Kingdom Vision in the Classroom (Guest Post by Scot McKnight)
Scot McKnight is a recognized authority on the New Testament, early Christianity, and the historical Jesus. He is the Karl A. Olsson Profes...
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Keep Your Greek Blog Tour!
If you took Greek in college or seminary, how much of it is still with you?
If you are taking Greek now, will the hours you are putting in ...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Encounters with Jesus
“What can you do, or think, or believe to make yourself 'untouchable' to Jesus? The answer, according to Gary M. Burge, is nothing....
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Wednesday Giveaway - The NIV Application Commentary on Ephesians
There are no lack of commentaries written on Ephesians, but it is a letter that requires close and careful study so the more resources we c...
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Ephesians 1:5 - Adopted into the People of God
“he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will” Ephesians 1:5
This verse stood o...
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Commentary Tour kicks of with reflections on ZECNT
Matthew Miller at Christianbook.com Academics is beginning 2011 with a tour of the major commentary sets on the market today, and is kickin...
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Thomas Schreiner interviewed about ZECNT
Matthew Montonini at New Testament Perspectives recently posted an interview with Thomas Schreiner about the Zondervan Exegetical Commentar...
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