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 - A Theology of Luke and Acts
Few scholars know Luke and Acts as well as Darrell Bock. Over the years his numerous commentaries, essays, and journal articles on these boo...
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Who’s Doing the Groaning? - Rom 8:26 (Monday with Mounce 147)
I was a bit surprised to find that this is an issue of some debate: who is doing the groaning in Rom 8:26, the believer or the Holy Spirit?
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Extra-Curricular Activities 06/09/12
Engaging Church – a new trailer for Center Church by Tim Keller 
Brian LePort and Paul Bruggink - A survey of views on the historicity...
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Reading Biblical Devotional Books - An Antidote to Burnout
a guest post from Ajith Fernando,
"Over the past forty-four years or so I have been reading expository books by Bible scholars that giv...
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Wednesday Giveaway - The NIV Application Commentary, I and II Kings
Speaking of I and II Kings, for this week’s giveaway we are turning to the backlist and offering two copies of August H. Konkel’s contribut...
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Was Solomon Really a Good King?
The reign of King Solomon is traditionally viewed as the Golden Age of Israel’s history. A king known for his great wisdom, Solomon ov...
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Strike or Kill - Joshua 20:3 (Monday with Mounce 146)
I came across a good example of semantic range today in church. I know Monday with Mounce is about Greek, but a little Hebrew wouldn’t hurt ...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 06/02/12
Trevin Wax - Chesterton on Filling Out Paperwork Upon Entering the U.S. 
Louis McBride - An Interview on Kierkegaard: Part 1 and...
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Wednesday Giveaway - A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism
Ever come across a reference to “JEDP” while studying the Pentateuch? 
The acronym stands for the four sources that German Old Testame...
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on the role of the Creeds
Council of Nicea (325)/Creed of Nicea 
The first ecumenical council, convened by the emporor Constantine and attended by 318 bishops....
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Extra-Curricular Activities 05/26/12
Peter Leithart - Too catholic to be Catholic
Scot McKnight - Youth Trips: Helping that Hurts?
Justin Taylor – D.A. Carson, What’s Up with Me...
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A Theology of Luke and Acts - A Pastoral Review
Darrell Bock’s highly anticipated A Theology of Luke and Acts isn’t in stores (yet!), but a few early review copies have gone out and ...
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Wednesday Giveaway - An A-to-Z Guide to Biblical Prophecy and the End Times
What is the Abomination of Desolation? 
How have different Christians understood the Millennium? 
Who or what do the beasts in ...
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Loving God, Others, and Ourselves (Monday with Mounce 145)
I received two questions a while back and I thought I would answer them.
The first was that the comment that there is no imperative in the G...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 05/19/12
Justin Taylor - Alan Jacobs on How to Read a Book 
Reformation 21 - An Interview with Dr. Packer 
Kevin DeYoung - Inerrancy Mean...
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Wednesday Giveaway - "Grasping God's Word" 3rd Edition
Scott Duvall and Daniel Hays’ classic work on hermeneutics, Grasping God’s Word, is now being released in a revised third edition, and this ...
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