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War in the Bible: an Examination of Biblical Conflict and Violence
The Bible doesn’t flinch at portraying the world’s violence, especially during wartime. And while there is no such thing as a kind and gentle war, you might be surprised to learn t...
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Paul Actually Wrote Four Letters to the Corinthians
Today’s post is adapted from Scott Hafemann’s commentary on 2 Corinthians in the NIV Application Commentary and his introductory lecture fro...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields: Darkness and Dawn (Joel 2:2)
יֹום עָנָן וַעֲרָפֶל יֹום חֹשֶׁךְ וַאֲפֵלָה עַם רַב וְעָצוּם כְּשַׁחַר פָּרֻשׂ עַל הֶהָרִים וְאַחֲרָיו לֹא יֹוסֵף עַד שְׁנֵי דֹּור וָדֹור׃ כ...
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What Really Happened at Jericho
This post is adapted from Lissa Wray Beal’s commentary on Joshua
in The Story of God Bible Commentary and her video lectures on Joshua.
For ...
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The Beatitudes in Matthew 5: Meaning and Significance for Today
Today’s post is adapted from Michael J. Wilkins’s video lectures on Matthew and his commentary on Matthew
in the NIV Application Commentary ...
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For Times Like These
Author and professor Scot McKnight has written a powerful book titled A Fellowship of Differents that addresses the role of the church in o...
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Teaching Online for the First Time (or the Hundredth Time)? Try These Enhanced Digital Textbooks
When you’re used to teaching in-person classes, it’s not like you can just flip a switch to teach online. It’s a completely different format...
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“Say,” or “Begin to Say”? (Luke 23:30) - Mondays with Mounce
NOTE: New Mondays with Mounce blog posts will soon become available in Bill Mounce's "Biblical Greek" podcast. Subscribe today. Learn more.A...
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Was Paul Chiding the Thessalonians? (2 Thess 2:5) - Mondays with Mounce
One of the beauties of Greek is that it is possible to indicate the expected answer to a question. A question prefaced by οὐ means the inten...
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Who Wrote the Book of Ruth?
Today’s post is adapted from Daniel I. Block’s video lectures on Ruth and his commentary on Ruth in the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on t...
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The Problem of Warfare in the Book of Joshua
This post is excerpted from Lissa Wray Beal’s commentary on Joshua
in The Story of God Bible Commentary and her video lectures on Joshua.
Wa...
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Does Paul have One or Two Purposes for his Prayer? (Col 1:10) - Mondays with Mounce
One of the real values of knowing Greek is to be able to clearly see the sequencing of ideas. Greek is more than capable of lining up a seri...
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“Give the Glory to God” (John 9:24) - Mondays with Mounce
All translations add English words that have no direct equivalent in English. Every one of them. The NASB and ESV tend to add just a single ...
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What is the Sign of their Destruction? (Phil 1:28) - Mondays with Mounce
Paul is encouraging the Philippian Christians to “conduct themselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, which means they will stand...
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“Cast all your anxiety on him” — even Covid-19 (1 Peter 5:7) - Mondays with Mounce
Peter tells us to take our anxious worries off of ourselves and place them on God. Easier said than done!
This verse has always bothered me...
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Announcing the New Normal in Higher Ed Webinar Series
The disruption to Christian Higher Education from the COVID-19 crisis is extensive and has far reaching consequences. During this time, we a...
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Introducing New Editor of WBC: New Testament
Zondervan Academic is pleased to announce the appointment of David B. Capes as the new New Testament editor of the Word Biblical Commentary ...
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