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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Michael Bird on The New Testament in Its World, working with N. T. Wright, and the keys to fruitful New Testament study.
Michael Bird has been busy. Among other projects, this prolific scholar was the impetus for the idea of The New Testament in Its World, the...
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N. T. Wright on The New Testament in Its World, vocation, and how Jesus still challenges our worldviews today.
In this interview, N. T. Wright discusses:
what the New Testament summons us to dohow Jesus challenged first-century (and twenty-first-c...
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What Is Christianity? Different than What Most People Think
It’s a basic question, and also a vital one. Not only for our own spiritual journey, but also for the journeys of people we know and meet.
A...
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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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Extracurricular Activities 3.28.15 — Marcion, Christian Stoicism, & Transhumanism
Nancy Pearcey on Apologetics, Cultural Liturgies, and Our Postmodern Age
Yesterday, I began a conversation with Nancy Pearcey about her new ...
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Can You Serve Jesus and Still Enjoy Your Life?
I should say at the outset that Michael Wittmer is my hero.
Well, maybe I shouldn’t go that far—he is a friend; he was also my academic ment...
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Wednesday Giveaway - The Gagging of God
While working on the soon-to-be-released Academic catalog I
was reminded that D.A. Carson’s classic The Gagging of God recently celebrated
...
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De-Baptism: Evidence of an Atheistic Faith?
A group of atheists have devised a ritual of de-baptism in which they dress up like monks and use a hair dryer to take away "the...
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"The Decay of Modernity" by Glenn S. Sunshine
Glenn S. Sunshine (PhD University of Wisconsin, Madison) is professor of history at the Central Connecticut State University and a faculty ...
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What is a Worldview? Video by Glenn S. Sunshine
Glenn S. Sunshine is author of Why You Think the Way You Do: The Story of Western Worldviews from Rome to Home. Sample chapter below:...
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Don't Stop Believing: Online reviews
If you enjoyed Michael Wittmer's series this last week be sure to read his blog at www.michaelwittmer.net and join th...
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Don't Stop Believing 4 of 5: Christians, the Economy and Plato
by Michael E. Wittmer
by Michael E. Wittmer
I used to laugh at the advertisements for no-money down, interest only, adjustable rate mortgages. Who in their right mind would take out a...
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