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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Daniel Wallace's dissertation now available
My doctoral dissertation, which dealt essentially with Granville Sharp's rule, has been significantly updated and finally published. Sev...
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James 3—Brothers and "Sisters" as Teachers? Commentary and Discussion with Craig Blomberg
Over a period of five weeks, we've asked Craig Blomberg and Mariam Kamell to blog through the book of James. Their commentary, the fir...
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TACTICS Giveaway
Author Greg Koukl - founder of Stand to Reason an apologetics based ministry in Southern California - will have his new book Tactics:...
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Living on the Seam of History: African Christianity
Part 7, Towards a Missiological and Theological Renaissance
Part 7, Towards a Missiological and Theological Renaissance
“The Bible is being enthusiastically read with fresh new eyes and with a new sense of immediacy. It is being read by people familiar with pe...
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Living on the Seam of History: African Christianity Part 6
My Neighbour's Faith by John Azumah
My Neighbour's Faith by John Azumah
Africa has an interreligious and interfaith environment that is unique in many ways. We have multi-faith families, clans, ethnic groups and ...
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Living on the Seam of History: African Chrisitanity Part 5
With today’s post I would like to take a longer look at Samuel Waje Kunhiyop’s African Christian Ethics. It is part of the Hippo Books line....
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Spiritual Dryness and the Head-Heart Disconnect
by Clinton Arnold
by Clinton Arnold
For many students, taking Bible and theology courses at a seminary or Christian college is a rich experience that stimulates spiritual growt...
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10 Questions to Consider Before Voting
by Roger Olson
by Roger Olson
Roger E. Olson (PhD, Rice University) is professor of theology at George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University in Waco, Texas...
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Living on the Seam of History, Part 4: The Holy Spirit
“The Holy Spirit does the wok of spiritual transformation or change in us, leading us to put off the thoughts and deeds of the old self and...
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Toward an Integrated Spirituality by Glen G. Scorgie
Many years ago I joined some teenage Inuit friends on a two-day Arctic caribou hunt up the west (left-hand side) of Canada’s Hudson’s Bay. ...
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The Quest for Significance
Glen G. Scorgie
Glen G. Scorgie
According to the Greek poet Homer, Sisyphus was a tragic figure who had had gotten on the bad side of the gods. As a result, the poor guy wa...
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Living on the Seam of History 3: African Christology
Last week we briefly examined African theology, particularly relating to the Muslim culture that permeates the continent. We asked the quest...
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Our Curious Shortage of Saints
by Glen G. Scorgie
by Glen G. Scorgie
It was the first night of our seminary course in Christian social ethics, and the classroom was packed. At our seminary we have three requir...
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When Relational Spirituality Breaks Down
by Glen G. Scorgie
by Glen G. Scorgie
We were strolling through the National Gallery in London, overdosing on great art, when there it was. Sharing space with some of the finest...
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Posts this week on Christian Spirituality
This week, we’ve invited Zondervan author Glen G. Scorgie to guide us through his thinking on Christian spirituality. Glen’s book, A Little...
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Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology read by 800 members of one church
Hunter Street Baptist Church in Hoover, Alabama is the largest Baptist church in its state, averaging 4,500 attendees each weekend. Six ye...
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