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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 Bible and the Land - A review from Bible Study Magazine
Ancient Egypt owed its fertility to the annual flooding of the Nile. Ancient Israel had no such natural water source. What was it like to li...
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Craig Blomberg reviews the new Africa Bible Commentary vol., 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus
 Read Dr. Craig Blomberg's full review of 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus from the new Africa Bible Commentary series. This first vol...
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Book Review Roundup
There have been a number of book reviews of Zondervan Academic titles posted lately. Here's the roundup so far. If I missed any please i...
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Gary Burge: On writing "The Bible and the Land"
The Bible and the Land is an attempt to explain how the geographical and cultural themes in the Bible provided vibrant metaphors for how t...
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Help Con Campbell write his next book...and win a free a copy!
In January Con Campbell posted a blog series called "Keep Your Greek" on www.ReadBetterPreachBetter.com. (Here's a link to pos...
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Lynn Cohick: On God's Peace and the Nobel Peace Prize
The news that President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace prize caused quite a stir among pundits and commentators. The announcement got m...
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Why would 1 Cor 14:34-35 be an interpolation? by Philip Barton Payne
This question came up as a comment to a previous post, and I’m happy to address it. 1 Cor 14:34-35 would be an interpolation if it wa...
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Andreas Kostenberger: On Writing a New Theology Text
In many ways, writing The Theology of John’s Gospel and Letters was the most exciting project I have ever undertaken. I love John’s Gospel,...
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Peter Walker - In the Steps of Paul
The Centre for Public Christianity interviewed Peter Walker about his book In the Steps of Paul: An Illustrated Guide to the Apostle's L...
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Douglas Estes - "Why Is the Bible Hard to Understand?"
I am convinced the Bible is at times just plain hard to understand. When I was younger, I thought that most people who had a hard time und...
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Influential Books and Authors: William Webb on F.F. Bruce and others
Each week in Influential Books and Authors we hear from a noted scholar on the author(s) and book(s) that have been most important to ...
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Ken Berding - Why Did I put Ancient Greek to Music?
Kenneth Berding (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) is associate professor of New Testament at Talbot School of Theology of Biola Univ...
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Douglas Estes - Greek Students, Sell Your Kidney! Why you need to read Christidis
I was a terrible Greek student in seminary. Not grade-wise, perhaps, but I found it incredibly boring (no offense to my professor). I pref...
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Influential Books and Authors: Kevin J. Vanhoozer on the important authors in his life
Each week in Influential Books and Authors we hear from a noted scholar on the author(s) and book(s) that have been most important to ...
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Influential Books and Authors: Michael F. Bird on N.T. Wright, D.A. Carson (seriously this time!)
Each week in Influential Books and Authors we hear from a noted scholar on the author(s) and book(s) that have been most important to ...
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Beaches, Bikinis, and the Body of Christ
by Lynn Cohick
by Lynn Cohick
No, this is not a blog advocating (or decrying) beach evangelism, the butt of many (sometimes well deserved) jokes. This is much more serio...
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