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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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The Beauty of the Incarnation
As we reflect on the Incarnation during this Advent season we can easily fall into focusing exclusively on one of two realities, realities ...
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Reviews and Giveaway - the ZECNT Blog Tour!
Today marks day one of the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary blog tour, and already there are a number of excellent reviews posted! 
I’...
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Can the Imperfect not be Continuous? (Monday with Mounce 85)
One of the dangers of learning Greek is that after a while you feel like you have a handle on things and don’t need to keep reviewing gramm...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 12/12/2010
Scot McKnight’s article “Jesus vs. Paul” has led to a number of responses, including posts by Daniel Kirk, Andrew Perriman, and (here on Ko...
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God So Loved, He Gave sample up on Scribd
Kelly Kapic has written a new theology of generosity, God So Loved, He Gave: Entering the Movement of Divine Generosity. The sample chapter ...
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Changing their Minds about Women in Leadership
“Mine is the story of a man whose wife led her very reluctant husband out of the traditional views that he had been raised to accept witho...
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On "Jesus vs. Paul" a response to Scot McKnight by Walt Kaiser
In the December 2010 issue of Christianity Today, which just arrived, the lead article was on "Jesus vs. Paul," by my friend Scot...
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Wednesday Giveaway - Routes and Radishes
Yesterday we looked at the newly released Routes and Radishes. Today, you get a chance to win it.
What is Routes and Radishes about? The qu...
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Routes and Radishes: Should we call ourselves Evangelical?
Yesterday I got involved in a conversation with a pastor about the term “Evangelical.” When this pastor was much younger he self-identified...
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Extra-Curricular Activities 12/05/2010
Scot McKnight has a new article at Christianity Today which examines whether there is really a tension between the messages of Jesus and Pa...
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The Zondervan Encyclopedia of the Bible: It's In There (Magi Edition)
That the Magi most likely didn’t arrive until long after the manger scene is old news to most of us, as is the fact that it is never said t...
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Wednesday Giveaway - The Inklings of Oxford
As I look out my window there is snow on the ground for the first time this year. Since I’ve got a fair amount of Christmas spirit at the m...
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Impressions of ETS, IBR, and SBL 2010 by Tremper Longman III
ETS/IBR/SBL meetings are among the most interesting, stimulating, tiring, and productive times of the year for me.  Attendees have di...
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Highlights of the ETS 2010 Annual Meeting by Craig Blomberg
The theme of this year’s meeting was “Justification by Faith.”  Themes for annual meetings of the ETS determine the choices of topics...
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ZECNT Reviews Around the Web
The blog tour for the new volumes of the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament is only a couple weeks away, but even before ...
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Is the Holy Spirit a She? (Monday with Mounce 84)
Heard a fascinating piece of bad exegesis the other day. The Holy Spirit is a she. 
The basis of this claim was that the Hebrew word ...
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