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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Thomas Schreiner - A Reformed View of Paul
Credo Magazine
recently interviewed Thomas Schreiner about his contribution to Four Views on
the Apostle Paul.  In the course of the
i...
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Overseer, or Office of Overseer - 1 Tim 3:1 (Monday with Mounce 155)
I was going to take one more week off for a short summer break, but someone challenged me on one of my decisions in my commentary, so...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 09/02/12
James Fallows - Rhythm, Repetition, and the 'Book of Common
Prayer'
Brian LePort - Seminary education from a distance and other
musi...
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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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Z Books Around the Web - Center Church and Job
Dr. Conrad Yap shares an extensive review of Tim Keller’s
new book, Center Church. 
Perhaps, the way to understand this book is not ...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 08/25/12
James K.A. Smith - How (Not) To Be Worldly
Marc Cortez - J. I. Packer’s Advice to Aspiring Writers
Michael Bird - 350th Anniversary of the B...
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Anglicanism as a Via Media
I was reading Lyle Dorsett’s chapter in Journeys of Faith,
and came across this section lauding Anglicanism’s attempt to be a middle
...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Biblical Hebrew: A Compact Guide
This week’s giveaway, Biblical Hebrew: A Compact Guide, by Miles Van Pelt, is a handy, newly released, at-a-glance reference with summaries...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 08/18/12
Steven Ozment - German Austerity’s Lutheran Core
Justin Taylor - The Difference between a Theologian of the Cross and a Theologian of Glory&...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Understanding Four Views on Baptism
Although most – but not all – Christian traditions practice baptism, there remains much disagreement about how exactly the sacrament should ...
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Z Books Around the Web - on Luke, Acts, and Paul
Nijay Gupta shares his thoughts on the strengths and weaknesses of Four Views on the Apostle Paul.
“Pour a cup of coffee, kick back, and e...
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Z Books Around the Web - Counterpoints, Apologetics, and Commentaries
Terrance Tiessen interacts with Four View on Divine Providence in his post on Restorationist and Open Theist responses to a determinist mode...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 08/11/12
Michael Bird - If Jonathan Edwards was Here Today 
Ben Witherington - Inspiration and Canon from a Historical Viewpoint
Daniel Kirk - ...
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Z Books Around the Web - Recent Reviews
Nate Claiborne offers an overview of the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series, 
"Here’s 7 reasons y...
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Wednesday Giveaway - John Wesley's Teaching Volume One
John Wesley’s Teaching is a new systematic exposition of the theology of John Wesley.
Wesley was a prolific writer and commentator on Scrip...
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Preserving Images in Translation - Heb 10:29 (Monday with Mounce 154)
We all know by now that it is often impossible to bring the full meaning of a word into English. Languages do not have equivalent vocabulari...
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