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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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Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy: Michael Bird Says, "Inerrancy Is Not Necessary For Evangelicalism Outside the USA"
At the 65th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society two weeks ago we introduced a new timely resource releasing next week (12...
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Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy: Peter Enns Says, "Inerrancy Does Not Describe What the Bible Does"
Last week we introduced to you a new timely resource for discussions on biblical truth and interpretation, Five Views on Biblic...
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Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy: Al Mohler Says "When The Bible Speaks, God Speaks"
Last week we introduced to you a new timely resource for discussions on biblical truth and interpretation, Five Views on Biblic...
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Wednesday Giveaway — "4 Views on Historical Adam," with Contributions by Lamoureux, Walton, Collins, Barrick, Boyd, and Ryken
UPDATED 11/22/13: Our winner this week is Carol Saia, who hopes "they discuss the implications of their view on other verses of Scriptu...
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Reexamining a Pillar of Evangelicalism: Introducing "Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy"
It is fitting that today I write this introductory column to a series on the new Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy book, because the 6...
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A New Bible Commentary for the Global Church (Video with Michael Bird)
The Story of God Bible Commentary series may be the most diverse commentary series in evangelical history.
Listen to these comments from Mic...
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What is the Theological Sausage Maker 3000? Michael Bird Explains
Does the name Ron Popeil mean anything to you? How about the Veg-o-Matic or the Chop-o-Matic? The Pocket Fisherman anyone? Popeil...
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Al Mohler and Peter Enns on Biblical Inerrancy
This morning we introduced and launched a giveaway contest for a new cogent resource that engages one of the most contemporary conversations...
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Wednesday Giveaway — "5 Views on Biblical Inerrancy," Contributions by Mohler, Enns, Bird, Vanhoozer, and Franke
Updated 11/15/13: Congratulations to Michael Metts, who says "I have been indebted to Carl F. H. Henry for my understanding of inerranc...
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Everett Ferguson Reminds Us That Church History Is About 3 Crucial Things
For some time now I have benefited from the teaching and academic ministry of Everett Ferguson, the prolific early Church scholar who has s...
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Michael Bird Gives 4 Reasons Why Professors Should Use "Evangelical Theology"
If you're a professor and have been following Koinonia Blog the past few weeks you know that we've recently released Michael Bird&#...
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Michael Bird on the Challenges of Evangelical Theology; Plus Giveaway Winners
As we've mentioned elsewhere, Michael Bird's new Evangelical Theology is a real canonical, credal tour de f...
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The Kingdom, Theology, and the Gospel: What is Their Relationship? Michael Bird Explains
At the turn of the century there has been something of a resurgence of "kingdom of God" language within evangelicalism, much like there was...
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What Parts of Michael Bird's "Evangelical Theology" Will Surprise Readers?
On Tuesday Zondervan Academic released the highly anticipated systematic theology book Evangelical Theology, by New Testament biblica...
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What Ecclesial & Theological Background Does Michael Bird Bring to "Evangelical Theology"?
One of the things I appreciate about Michael Bird's new Evangelical Theology is that from the beginning he is honest and transpar...
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Why an Evangelical Theology? 3 Reasons Why It's Time An Evangelical Biblical Scholar Wrote One
Before we get to our big question—Why an evangelical theology like Michael Bird's new Evangelical Theology?—we should ask a diffe...
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