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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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Word Study: Koinonia 2
"There is nothing like the local church when the church is being the church." - Bill Hybels
Last week I attended the Willow ...
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Monday with Mounce 2: Prepositions and Christology by William D. Mounce
Passage: 1 Timothy 1:2
Key terms: Prepositions, Christology, deity
“Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord” (...
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Demystifying Bible Translation and Where Our Culture Is with Inclusive Language — By Craig Blomberg
Last month I was initiated into the work of the NIV/TNIV Committee on Bible Translation. We met for five days and worked for forty hours at...
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Hermeneutics and Children's Curriculum — By John Walton
Seminaries and grad programs that train pastors, and the academics who teach in those programs are very concerned about proper hermeneutics....
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Word Study: Koinonia 1
As an associate pastor in Northern California a couple years ago, my wife and I experienced something which we have tried to recapture, and...
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Report on the Society of New Testament Studies Meeting In Lund, Sweden and the Gospel of Judas by Darrell L. Bock
The following post, somewhat expanded, also appears on Darrell Bock’s blog.
Lund University, Sweden
Just finished the SNTS meetings in Lun...
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Monday with Mounce 1
Passage: Romans 1:5
Key terms: Genitive
Paul begins his letter to the church at Rome by saying that through Jesus Christ “we have received...
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