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 02/27/11
Michael Bird exhorts us to "Read this book! In Greek! It's a good book"
Andrew Perriman asks who are the lost and unlost in t...
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Barth on the Word and Scripture
“For Barth, the Word of God (i.e., the event of God’s self-revelation) is always a new work, a free decision of God that cannot be bound to...
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Zondervan Atlas of the Bible - Giveaway Winners!
And the winners are... Steven and Laju! Congrats to both, you will be contacted soon for shipping information so we can get you your copies...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Zondervan Atlas of the Bible
The Biblical stories are deeply contextualized, and so understanding them thousands of years later requires us to study ancient times and pl...
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What is a Christian?
Early in One.Life Scot McKnight shares some of his own journey.
Early in his life he learned that a Christian was someone who had experie...
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Can Jesus Sanctify Himself? (Monday with Mounce 93)
Came across a great illustration in church today about the nuances and complexities of translation.
The pastor was preaching on John 17:17-...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 02/20/11
Bono was interviewed about the pope, the cross, and the grace of God.
How should we do theology in the public square? 
It’s not only...
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Westminster review of God So Loved, He Gave
Chris Stevens from Westminster Seminary recently posted an excellent review of God So Loved, He Gave by Kelly Kapic. Below is an excerpt, a...
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One.Life Giveaway Winners
The winners of our One.Life giveaway are Dan and Bo, congrats to both!
All of your guesses of what the dot “.” in One.Life were truly quite ...
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Toward a Kingdom Vision in the Classroom (Guest Post by Scot McKnight)
Scot McKnight is a recognized authority on the New Testament, early Christianity, and the historical Jesus. He is the Karl A. Olsson Profes...
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Wednesday Giveaway - One.Life by Scot McKnight
Scot McKnight (author of Jesus Creed and The Blue Parakeet) has a new book entitled One.Life: Jesus Calls, We Follow which is already...
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Thoughts on Egypt and prophecies in Isaiah 19 by Walt Kaiser
Recently I was asked by a friend who leads a BSF (Bible Study Fellowship) class to offer my thoughts on the recent activities in Egypt, and...
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What’s a “Strong” Tower? - Prov 18:10 (Monday with Mounce 92)
In church today we sang the song, “the name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run into it and they are saved.” I checked the upd...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 02/14/11
Chelle Stearns makes the case for visual literacy and suggests we are deeply formed by imagery. 
Brian LePort asks how we can best liv...
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Keep Your Greek Blog Tour!
If you took Greek in college or seminary, how much of it is still with you?
If you are taking Greek now, will the hours you are putting in ...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Encounters with Jesus
“What can you do, or think, or believe to make yourself 'untouchable' to Jesus? The answer, according to Gary M. Burge, is nothing....
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