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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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What Does God Call You? (Acts 2:39) - Mondays with Mounce 275
In Peter’s sermon on the eschatological outpouring of the Holy Spirit, he says this. “The promise is for you and your children and for all w...
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Do Not Quench the Spirit! - An Excerpt from Practicing the Power by Sam Storms
In Practicing the Power, pastor and author Sam Storms offers practical steps to understanding and exercising spiritual gifts in a way that r...
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Three Zondervan Titles Chosen as Outreach’s Resources of the Year
Grand Rapids, Mich., Mar. 2, 2017 — Today Zondervan announced it represented a total of three titles that were chosen as top resources of th...
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"There can be no higher Christology than that." An article by the late Verlyn Verbrugge
In 2014 we asked our friend and teammate Verlyn Verbrugge this question: How might a pastor or teacher find value in the New International D...
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Four Principles from Daniel for Sustaining Faith in Today's World
How can we live “in the world” and yet not let the world own us and squeeze us into the shape of its own fallen values and assumptions?
A te...
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The Historic Faith eBook Sale
To quote author Justin S. Holcomb, "Obviously, Christianity did not begin when we were born… Today’s Christianity is directly affected by wh...
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The Ambiguity of Substantival Adjectives (1 Cor 15:53-54) - Mondays with Mounce 275
When an adjective is used as a noun, it is usually clear what it is referring to. But every once in a while the ambiguity is unclear.
Take, ...
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[Common Places] Five Solas: Sola Scriptura by Jennifer McNutt
This year we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation, looking back to Martin Luther’s 95 Theses and ...
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Faith in the Midst of a Personal Crisis - An Excerpt from Hearing the Message of Daniel
Most sermons I heard on the first chapter of Daniel in my youth emphasized the negative refusal, the courageous stand of Daniel and h...
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Worship Pastor, Are You a "Church Lover" First?
If you’re a worship pastor, you’re probably known as many things: song leader, lead musician, artist.
What about church lover?
Given the cri...
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The Challenges of Apposition (Acts 3:20) - Mondays with Mounce 274
Apposition is when you want to use a substantive to qualify another substantive. One way to do this is by putting the second substantive in ...
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Are You Afraid of Spiritual Gifts? - An Excerpt from Sam Storms
How can Christians pursue and implement the miraculous gifts of the Spirit without falling into fanatical excess and splitting the church i...
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Last chance: WORDsearch Bible software sale on Expositor's Bible Commentary - Revised Edition
Right now, the 13-volume Expositor's Bible Commentary—Revised Edition is over $200 off at WORDsearch Bible software.
This commentary set is ...
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Can You Be Committed to Both God’s Word and the Spirit’s Gifts?
Pastor and author Sam Storms has been laboring and praying for what many have said is an elusive dream. What is he searching for?
a local ch...
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Is “He is Risen” Passive? (Matt 28:6) - Mondays with Mounce 273
The other day in class we translated what Herod said about John. “This is John the Baptist; he has risen (ἠγέρθη) from the dead, and that is...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields - Is Gen 1:1 a Subordinate Idea or a Main Clause?
The creation stories in Genesis are fodder for the arguments of Bible believers and skeptics alike. Even Gen 1:1, one of the Bible’s most fa...
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