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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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Why Study the Book of Acts? It Reminds Us Where to Focus Our Ministry
A quick search of Amazon.com for "church growth" reveals over 27,000 resources dedicated to teaching churches growth principles a...
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Why Does Michael Bird Center His Systematic Theology Around The "Evangel"?
Next Tuesday Michael Bird's highly anticipated new book Evangelical Theology hits stores. What's unique about this systematic theo...
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My Advice to Students — Bird Says "No Matter How Much You Love Your Theology, It'll Never Love Your Back"
We've had a fantastic collection of advice over the past 2 months since we've launched our new series of videos featuring advice fro...
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Wednesday Giveaway — Lynn H. Cohick's New "Philippians" Commentary (SGBC Series)
UPDATED 10/25/13: Congratulations to Kathy, Ron Boyer, Timothy G Harris, Wayne Moore, and Rhonaldo Ghenova for winning this weeks giveaway. ...
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What Is The Proper Relationship Between Historical Context and Theology in Exegesis?
"There is a revolution going on in evangelical biblical studies," writes Lynn H. Cohick in her new commentary on Philippians (The...
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“Real” Jews Revisited in Romans 2:28 (Mondays with Mounce 203)
I saw some fascinating translation techniques used with Romans 2:28 and wanted to share them with you. In the process, I realized I had blo...
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Extracurricular Activities — October 19, 2013
Lynn H. Cohick on The Double-Edged Sword of Being a Female Bible Scholar
Cohick has previously published several books and articles, includ...
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What Does Paul's "Christ Hymn" Mean? Not What You May Think — An Excerpt from Cohick's "Philippians" Commentary
Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothi...
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Giveaway — Theologian Trading Cards, and Bonus Theology Baseball Game
UPDATE 10/18/13: Aaron Sperry is our winner this time around. He said he'd join the St. James Padres because "I enjoy the study an...
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What If Paul Hadn’t Written Philippians? We’d Miss 4 Things
"Philippians offers a treasure trove of 'good news' to the church today even as it spoke welcome words of comfort, encou...
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Evangelical Theology Blog Tour
We invite you to review Michael F. Bird's forthcoming book Evangelical Theology: A Biblical and Systematic Introduction.
UPDATE: Than...
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Who does the commending in Romans 13:3? Politicians Or Other people? (Mondays with Mounce 202)
I heard my nephew preach this morning on Romans 13. It was fun watching him work to make the main point and not let politics deter people’s...
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Extracurricular Activities — October 12, 2013
Scot McKnight Unpacks NT Wrights View of Rome as Empire and Emperor Worship
In this chp we get to the heart of the new contribution that PF...
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Introducing "A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism" By Mark Gignilliat
Three distinctives mark Old Testament interpretation from the modern period (circa 1660 – 1970): a new interest in the Bible’s specific his...
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Matthew 6:25-34: Radical Words for Trusting God for Life's Ordinaries — An Excerpt from McKnight's "Sermon on the Mount" Commentary
"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear...do not...
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Michael Bird, Why Would A Biblical Scholar Like You Write A Systematic Theology?
That's a good question! One Mike Bird has asked himself, he says in a new video introducing his new book Evangelical Theology.
So what ...
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