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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How Does Physical Surgery Impact Faith in Christ? An Ordinary Theology of Surgery
Over a year ago I had surgery to remove my thyroid after discovering a cancerous tumor two days before Christmas. In the weeks leading up to...
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[Common Places] Introduction to New Studies in Dogmatics
Over the next few weeks and months, Common Places will be introducing a new series to be published by Zondervan Academic entitled New Studie...
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Celebrity Christianity Is Like "Smelling Your Own Feet" Says Michael Horton
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Is there a connection between celebrity Christianity and ...
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Should Christians Participate in the Public Sphere? An Ordinary Theology of Politics
What does theology have to do with the ordinary affairs of our daily lives?
It’s a question people in the church have been asking for genera...
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Good Christians Make Good Humans: A Q&A with Michael Wittmer on "Becoming Worldly Saints"
Can you serve Jesus and still enjoy your life? That’s the question author and professor Michael Wittmer asks in his new book Becoming Worldl...
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Who Has Influenced Daniel Strange the Most? A Canadian-Born, Reformed Evangelical
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Today Daniel Strange...
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How Pink Floyd Explains Whether Christians Pick and Choose What to Believe
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Is Christianity jus...
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Get Your Beard On: An eBook Sale of Bearded Christian Authors
Yes, you read that right: A sale of spectacular reads by your favorite bearded Christian authors!
We're calling it the Get Your Beard On eBo...
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The Interpretive Journey: Free Video Lecture from Scott Duvall and Danny Hays
How does biblical interpretation work? How does the interpretive journey yield theological principles? How can we work to make our theology ...
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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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Sanders, Childs, Bakhtin and the Canonical Approach to Biblical Interpretation
The controversial status of the so-called canonical approach to biblical interpretation is almost as old as the Christian faith itself: Iren...
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New Releases Today: "The Next Story" and Two Scripture & Hermeneutics Books Are Now in Softcover; NEW Book "Dedicated"
Tim Challies adds a new chapter to The Next Story; get the Scripture and Hermeneutics Series pack for just $150 (retail value $300); and che...
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Remnantal Revelation: Why Non-Christian Religions Exist
Out of what are non-Christian religions fashioned? From where did other religions come, and why do they exist?
These questions are fundament...
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The Controversial Status of a ‘Canonical’ Approach to Biblical Interpretation — An Excerpt from "Canon and Biblical Interpretation"
Canon and Biblical Interpretation is a masterful examination of the canonical approach to interpreting Scripture, and the various criticism...
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Knowing the Elephant: Revelation's Place in a Theology of Religions
Maybe you’ve heard the famous story of the blind men and the elephant. The story is told from the vantage point of a king who watches as men...
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What are Non-Christian Religions and Why Do They Exist? — An Excerpt from "Their Rock Is Not Like Our Rock"
These two questions sit at the heart of the discipline of the theology of religions. They also sit at the heart of Daniel Strange’s new boo...
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