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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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We All Hear Words Differently (Gal 2:10) - Mondays with Mounce 300
The longer I translate, the more I realize how subtle language is, and how different people hear the same word or phrase differently.
In Gal...
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95 eBooks Sale: 95 Key Books on the Reformation, Reformed Theology, & More
We're excited to share with you the 95 eBooks Sale, recognizing the 500th anniversary of the Reformation and Martin Luther's 95 Theses.
This...
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Luther Was Critical of Monasticism: A Catholic Theologian Weighs In -- An Excerpt from Was the Reformation a Mistake?
Jesus proclaims that voluntary poverty and chaste celibacy will be the vocation of some of his followers, but not all of them. Jesus also ma...
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Biblical Grounds for the Catholic Doctrine of Merit?
Next week Protestants will celebrate the quincentennial anniversary of the Reformation and the rallying cry that emerged from it: Justificat...
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Sharing Your Faith with Atheists Doesn’t Have to Be Scary
According to a 2016 Pew Research Center study, the number of Americans who identify as atheists has nearly doubled. As atheism has expanded,...
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When does "Immediately" Not Mean "Immediately" (Gal 1:16)? - Mondays with Mounce 299
BDAG gives the only meaning of εὐθέως as “at once, immediately.” In our passage it describes Paul’s resolve to not confirm his divine call w...
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Who Wrote Ecclesiastes and What Does It Mean?
The book of Ecclesiastes presents a challenge to casual Bible readers and academics alike. The book’s theme and tone seem so contrary to the...
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Transubstantiation, Consubstantiation, or Something Else? Roman Catholic vs. Protestant Views of the Lord’s Supper
What is the nature of the Lord’s Supper? How should it be celebrated?
Let’s take a look at the Roman Catholic view of transubstantiation. Th...
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How to Make the Benefits of Family Life Accessible to LGBT People
“In the day-to-day details of navigating Christian obedience with a gay orientation,” observes Nate Collins in his new book All But Invisibl...
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Holiness Deserves Thoughtful Consideration - An Excerpt from Sanctification (New Studies in Dogmatics)
Thinking the holy for Christians, and specifically for reformational Christians, appears a difficult task. It remains needed, however, for t...
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Bible Interpretation: 4 Challenges and How to Overcome Them
You probably already know that the Bible was originally written to someone else who:
lived a long time ago,
in another part of the world,
w...
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9 Tips for Learning Biblical Greek from Bill Mounce
William D. Mounce loathes the popular cliché "It's all Greek to me." As the author of the bestselling Greek textbook, Basics of Biblical Gre...
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Reading Proverbs In the Context of the Old and New Testament
One of my seminary professors used to cheekily refer to common Christian devotional practices as our “daily bread crumb.” Meaning: we often ...
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The Line between Translation and Commentary - Mondays with Mounce 298
Every once in a while you read a verse that obviously cannot mean what it says. Whether you are working with a formal or a functional equiva...
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Silly Questions with Smart Scholars [The ETS 2020 Interview]
No such thing as a silly question, you say? You are kind — but wrong. Here you'll find progressively silly questions with some of the bright...
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Christianity and Sexuality: What We Believe, Why We Don’t Believe It
Recently, a number of books have been published grappling with what the Bible and reality says about same-sex practice. Yet pastor Todd Wils...
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