War in the Bible: an Examination of Biblical Conflict and Violence
The Bible doesn’t flinch at portraying the world’s violence, especially during wartime. And while there is no such thing as a kind and gentle war, you might be surprised to learn t...
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What is Majority Text Theory?
The Majority Text theory is quite different from those who embrace the textus receptis. Although often they are mingled together.
By s...
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Where is Nineveh?
Where is the city of Ninevah?
If you get out a modern map, look for the city of Mosul because the city of Mosul is actually located i...
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Who wrote the Psalms?
As you read through the Psalms, the first thing you'll notice is a number of the headings of the Psalms will say, "of David", or "by David",...
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Gnosticism: Where It Comes From, What It Teaches, and How Christians Should Respond Today
Gnosticism is not a specific heretical movement in church history but rather a loose collection of different religious beliefs. Gnosis is th...
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What is Textus Receptus?
Textus Receptus
means "received text." It is the name given to the Greek New Testament published by Erasmus.
The name first appeared in a...
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What Is (And Isn't) Heresy?
Traditionally, a heretic is someone who has compromised an essential doctrine and lost sight of who God really is, usually by oversimplifica...
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What is textual criticism?
Textual criticism is the discipline that, it's both a science and an art that has as it's fundamental goal to reconstruct the wording of an ...
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The Story of Codex Vaticanus
Codex Vaticanus is a manuscript that is equally as old as Codex Sinaiticus. It was found to be in the first library catalog list at the Vati...
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Why should you read James?
The practical vision of James
Why should Christians read the book of James? Well, for one, it's part of our new testament. It's part of our...
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What Romans 13 says about submission to government authority
A lot of people have questions about Romans 13 verses one to seven, which tells Christians to submit to the governing authorities and that G...
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What is eschatology, and why does it matter?
Eschatology is the study of last things.
This involves the events pertaining to Jesus’ second coming, including both what happens just bef...
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Dan Wallace on how New Testament manuscripts are discovered
The Institute for New Testament Textual Research in Munster, Germany holds the official catalog of the New Testament manuscripts. If th...
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An Update on MasterLectures: New Videos, Apps, and More
A few months ago, we released MasterLectures, a video streaming service offering thousands of thought-provoking video lectures from the worl...
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5 Trends in the Theology of Majority World Christians
It is thrilling to see those who once were the object of our missionary endeavors now bringing the gospel back to us and reminding us of tha...
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Who Was James?
There is still an open question surrounding the authorship of James. There are three main contenders in the new testament two of whom were a...
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Just Hearing or Really Listening: Exodus 5:2 (Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields)
וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה מִי יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר אֶשְׁמַע בְּקֹלוֹ לְשַׁלַּח אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵללֹא יָדַעְתִּי אֶת יְהוָה וְגַם אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא אֲשַׁלֵּחַ...
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