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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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Extra-Curricular Activities 06/12/11
Scot McKnight offers some initial thoughts on John Dickson’s new book, Humilitas.
Chelle Stearns writes about artist Makoto Fujimura.
Some ...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Moral Choices
In our age of ever-present media, we can hardly go a day without hearing of the latest moral failings of our celebrities, politicians, or o...
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Seek Righteousness; Find Righteousness - Prov 21:21 (Monday with Mounce 107)
We read Prov 21:21 this morning in church. “Whoever pursues righteousness (צדק) and love finds life, prosperity (צדק) and honor (NIV).” Tw...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 06/05/11
Michael Bird shares an Ascension Day reflection. 
Ben Witherington reflects on lay ministry in the early church, and what it means fo...
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Horton on Creation and Humanity
"The origins of creation cannot properly be understood apart from their eschatological aim. If we understand creation (including ourse...
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Wednesday Giveaway - NIVAC Romans
Few books of the Bible have become so central to Christian thought and practice as Romans. From Augustine, to Luther, to Barth, many of the...
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Spiritual Gifts and Practice (Monday with Mounce 106)
I have something that is more of a personal reflection I want to share today. Greek will be back next week.
I am in Bowling Greek visiting ...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 05/29/11
Chelle Stearns on the lessons gardens teach us about sin and evil. 
Ben Witherington looks at ancient monotheism.
Out of Ur starts a ...
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Wednesday Giveaway: Four Views on Revelation
There has been quite a bit of talk about the end times recently, thanks in part to some date-setting which ended up capturing the attention...
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Tennent on African Christianity
"At the dawn of the twenty-first century, the typical "face" of Christianity may more likely be encountered in Lagos than in...
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Anacoluthon and Using Greek Tools - Eph 2:1 (Monday with Mounce 105)
Eph 2:1-3 is a great example of anacoluthon, and seeing this explains some of questions raised about the translation of ὄντας.
“Anacoluthon...
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Extra-Curricular Activities - 05/22/11
Michael Bird discusses the line “He descended into Hell” in the Apostles Creed.
Stephen Hawking says Heaven is "a fairy story,” and N....
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The Gospel Coalition interviews Gregg Allison
Yesterday the Gospel Coalition posted Collin Hansen's interview with Gregg Allison about the newly released Historical Theology: An Int...
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Wednesday Giveaway: Don't Stop Believing
This week’s giveaway is Don’t Stop Believing, by Michael Wittmer.
In this book Wittmer asks questions like “Must you believe something to b...
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Called to Suffer
"Warfare causes suffering, spiritual warfare being no exception. Those who take up the mission of God's people by simply living, wo...
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How Would a Fisherman Respond to Someone Yelling, “Children?” - John 21:5 (Monday with Mounce 104)
My pastor preached his last of an 80 part sermon series on John today. (Now I don’t feel so bad about preaching for 2 1/2 years on the...
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