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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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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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How to Read the Old Testament Prophets
J. Daniel Hays recently sat down with us to talk about why the prophets are difficult to interpret, about Jesus' use of the prophets, and ab...
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More on Aktionsart and How Words Convey Meaning - Mondays with Mounce 272
I have been thinking more these days about how words convey meaning. The challenge in any first year Greek class is to create a solid, accur...
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An Excerpt from Roger Olson's Essentials of Christian Thought
Christians living in a pluralistic society filled with competing worldviews and visions of the nature of reality need guidance about how to ...
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[Common Places] The Five Solas: Scripture Alone
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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Why Should I Know the History of Christianity? Here Are 5 Reasons
Edmund Burke famously said, “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.”
Perhaps there is no more urgent task for the church to...
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What Do the Prophets Say about the End Times?
This post is adapted from The Message of the Prophets, a new online course taught by J. Daniel Hays. For a limited-time, save $20 on your s...
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Old Testament Prophecy is Not About the Future (Mostly)
This post is adapted from The Message of the Prophets online course, taught by J. Daniel Hays.
When many people think about prophecy, they ...
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Two Competing Stories to the Christian Worldview
Last week we engaged Gregory Koukl’s new book The Story of Reality, examining what Christianity is and isn’t.
As Koukl explained, "[Christia...
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What Is the Grand Story All About? - An Excerpt from the Story of Reality
"We are hungering for the thing we were made for. We are hungering for God’s Kingdom."
In today's excerpt from The Story of Reality, Greg Ko...
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[Common Places] Reading Notes: Christ Alone
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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