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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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Is “Has Been Causing to Grow” Redundant? (1 Cor 3:6) — Mondays with Mounce 259
One of the important steps every Greek student must make is to move beyond the formal structures of first and even second year Greek, and st...
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A Controversial Life - An Excerpt from Kierkegaard
In today’s excerpt from Kierkegaard: A Single Life, Stephen Backhouse introduces us to the fascinating life of the infamous philosopher whos...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields - Can a Person Change or Not? Jer 13:23
A friend of mine read Jer 13:23 in the NIV and in the Amplified Bible and wondered about the apparent contradiction.
This gives an opportuni...
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5 Things I Learned About Kierkegaard’s Life from Stephen Backhouse
I hate to admit it, but not only did I skimp on Kierkegaard during my ThM in historical theology, Robert Bretall’s anthology of Kierkegaard’...
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What is Historical Theology?
What is historical theology?
Historical theology is the discipline that studies the interpretation of Scripture and the theological formulat...
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Does the Order of Phrases Matter? (Rom 1:5) – Mondays with Mounce 276
One of the harder things to do in translation is line up the phrases properly. Since English uses sequence and proximity, related phrases ne...
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Did Jesus Preach the Gospel? An Excerpt by Scot McKnight
In today's excerpt from The King Jesus Gospel: The Original Good News Revisited, Scot McKnight reframes the discussion about what Jesus prea...
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[Common Places] Pro-Nicene Theology: Entryways and Ineffability (Part 2)
Our current series, Pro-Nicene Theology, offers doctrinal and exegetical entries to the key tenets of basic Trinitarian orthodoxy as develo...
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[Common Places] Pro-Nicene Theology: Entryways and Ineffability (Part 1)
The doctrine of the Trinity serves as the fundamental lodestar of all Christian belief, the shining center of all Christian truth and the fo...
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Who Has God Made You to Be? Visually Explore a Theology of Vocation
How do you discover who God has made you to be, what gifts and skills he’s given you, and what responsibilities he’s entrusted to you?
Tim C...
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Is It the Spirit or His Gifts? (1 Cor 14:1) — Mondays with Mounce 260
Here is a great example of the challenges of a substantival adjectives.
Paul writes, “Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts ...
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Four Marks of the Church - An Excerpt from What Christians Ought to Believe
“One holy catholic and apostolic church.”
This phrase from the Nicene Creed is small, but action-packed. In today's excerpt from What Christ...
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Why Learn Ugaritic?
You already know that understanding the Bible’s original languages of Greek and Hebrew is an important prerequisite for serious biblical st...
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Karl Barth on Mind, Body, and a Christological Anthropology
What does it mean to be human?
Two theories have generally explained our ontological construction: one argues we are dually composed of sepa...
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