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 King Jesus Gospel - Blog Tour
*The blog tour has filled up. Thanks to all who entered, we look forward to reading your reviews.
If you did not get a chance to enter the...
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The King Jesus Gospel - A New Video From Scot McKnight
If 90% of children who grow up in Evangelical homes accept the Gospel, but only 20% of them are still following Jesus as adults, could th...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Grasping God's Word
I’m excited to announce this week’s giveaway, Grasping God’s Word by Scott Duvall and Daniel Hays!
An indispensable approach to reading, in...
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Wednesday Giveaway - How I Changed My Mind About Women in Leadership
Bill and Lynne Hybels, I. Howard Marshall, John and Nancy Ortberg, and Cornelius Plantinga - though from diverse backgrounds these evangeli...
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Wednesday Giveaway - A Theology of John's Gospel and Letters
I'm excited to announce this week's giveaway, Andreas Kostenberger's A Theology of John's Gospel and Letters!
Kostenberge...
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What is Sin?
"Sin is one of those concepts that, on first glance, would seem to need no explanation. What is more central to the Christian faith th...
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Acton Institute interviews Wayne Grudem about "Politics According to the Bible"
Recently the Acton Institute interviewed Wayne Grudem about his latest book, Politics According to the Bible. In the interview they cover ...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Understanding World Religions
In a globalized world most of us have far more contact with people of other faiths than was once the case. Boundaries, territorial and soci...
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Choosing a Translation - Andy Naselli
Yesterday Greek scholar Andy Naselli shared a post on choosing Bible Translations. In it he weighs a number of resources which seek ...
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Bruce Waltke on the reign of Humanity
"As we step out onto the stage of life, we are to understand that the blessed God crowned all of us, not just the kings and priests wh...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Three Views on Creation and Evolution
As happens every so often, the creation and evolution discussion has returned to the forefront for many in the Christian community.
But how...
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Science, Creationism, and Seven Days
Andrew, from our sister blog Engaging Church, sent along an interesting interview with Oxford Professor John Lennox.
Lennox wrote the book ...
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Adam and the Cherubim
"After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and for...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Horton's "The Christian Faith"
“the most important theological text (from a Reformed perspective) to come along in some time.” -Kim Riddlebarger
I’m quite excited to reve...
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Scot McKnight on Heaven and Hell
"I believe in heaven. I believe in heaven because Jesus did and I hope to believe in heaven as Jesus did. I believe in heaven because ...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Moral Choices
In our age of ever-present media, we can hardly go a day without hearing of the latest moral failings of our celebrities, politicians, or o...
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