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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Wednesday Giveaway - Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar
I imagine this week’s giveaway will be quite familiar to
most of you. Its author, Bill Mounce, is a regular contributor here at
Koinonia, a...
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Michael Horton's Pilgrim Theology: 4 Coordinates of Key Doctrines, Part 1 [Infographic]
 
We're excited to share this new infographic - Michael Horton's Pilgrim Theology: 4 Coordinates of Key Doctrines, Part 1.
Th...
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Half the Church - Peter Enns' interview with Carolyn Custis James
Peter Enns recently interviewed Carolyn Custis James about
her book Half the Church.
Below is an excerpt from the interview, and you ...
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Sneak Peek — Four Views on the Role of Works at the Final Judgment
Four
Views on the Role of Works at the Final Judgment (July 2013) takes up the age-old question: What must I do to be saved? Through ...
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Those Pesky Prepositions (Monday with Mounce 176)
I was reading through Mark 5 this weekend in preparation for Sunday school, and it was interesting to watch the prepositions. It illustrate...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 02.23.13
Michael Bird - Messianic Judaism, Gentile Church, and
Supersessionism
Scot McKnight - An Old Question Not Yet Settled
James K.A. Smith - God...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Who Runs the Church?
Churches have split and denominations have formed over the issue
of church government. Yet while many Christians can explain their particul...
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John Walton - Asking the Right Questions of Job
In the clip below John Walton discusses some key questions we should be asking when we read the book of Job.
For more of Walton's ...
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Does Jesus always do things “immediately” (Monday with Mounce 175)
One of the strange literary characteristics of the gospel of Mark is the apparently inordinate use of εὐθύς. It is an adverb I memorized as...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 02.16.13
Tim Gombis - Homily for Ash Wednesday
J.R. Daniel Kirk - Lent, Reconciliation, and the Mission of
God  
Phil Long - Why did Sau...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Introduction to Messianic Judaism
“One of the earliest
publications of the modern Messianic Jewish community, The Messianic Jew,
rolled off the printing press more than a hu...
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Nijay Gupta on "Paul and Union with Christ"
Recently Nijay Gupta reviewed Con Campbell's Paul and Union with Christ at his blog, Crux Sola.
After giving an overview of the goal of...
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Is it “if” or “since”? (Monday with Mounce 174)
First class conditional sentences are formed with a protasis (the “if” clause) with εἰ and the indicative (any tense). Their basic meaning ...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 02.08.13
Michael Bird - John Dickson’s Response to John Starke’s TGC
Review
Roger Olson - Election Is for Everyone
James K.A. Smith -  Two
Chee...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Pilgrim Theology
This week’s
giveaway, the newly released Pilgrim Theology, is a concise tour of
Christian doctrine based in part on Michael Horton’s award-...
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Z Books Around the Web - Union With Christ, Prepositions, Center Church, and Trading Cards
Craig Hurst reviewed Paul and Union with Christ
“Paul and Union with Christ is the only book of its kind in
the union with Christ discussi...
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