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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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Mounce Archive 29 — Money Bags (Luke 10:4; 12:33; 22:35, 36)
Jesus says, “Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out” (NIV; cf. NRSV, NLT, NET).
I ...
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Pleased to Meet You, Stephen Backhouse - An Interview with the Author of Kierkegaard: A Single Life
In the inaugural edition of Pleased to Meet You, we introduce Stephen Backhouse, lecturer in Social and Political Theology at St. Mellitus C...
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[Common Places] Reading Notes: The Soul
While Christianity is by no means the only faith—nor theology the only discipline—concerned to know the soul, it is because the Christian c...
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Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi Surpasses 250,000 Copies Sold
Follow-Up Book "No God but One" Releases Next Month.
We're pleased to announce that Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters...
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What Does it Mean to “Believe"? Here are 5 Aspects of Christian Faith
“I believe…”
That’s how one of the most important creeds of Christ’s Church begins. And it’s no surprise that it does. Because as Michael Bi...
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Mounce Archive 28 — Biblical Greek and Holy Week
For today's Mondays with Mounce post, we decided to select a few classic posts from the archives of Bill Mounce's weekly column on biblical ...
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Is It a Sin to Eat Meat? - An Excerpt from Vegangelical
Earlier this week, our blog introduced the three-tiered theological framework author Sarah Withrow King lays out to emphasize our responsibi...
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A Three-Point Framework for an Evangelical Theology of Animal Care
Recently, there has been a heightened sense of justice within the evangelical community for the welfare of various “others”. Yet one group w...
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What's a Janus? (1 John 3:19) - Mondays with Mounce
Every once in a while we come across a phrase that can either look back to the previous or forward to the next. Sometimes the phrase or vers...
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Living the Story of the Cross - An Excerpt from What Christians Ought to Believe
He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried.
In today’s excerpt from What Christians Ought to Believe, Michael F. ...
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[Common Places]: Christological Anthropology: An Interview with Marc Cortez
For the concluding post on christological anthropology, we offer an interview with Marc to further explore some questions and issues related...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields - The Timing of the Lord’s Return to Jerusalem in Zech 1:16
The Setting
Zechariah and Haggai were prophesying when the Jews had returned from Babylonian exile and were supposed to be rebuilding the te...
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4 Reasons Why Every Christian Ought to Know the Traditional Creeds
In the last several years, there has been a resurgent interest in rediscovering the historic Christian faith. Among others, we have Michael ...
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Can a word be a punctuation mark? (Matt 1:18) - Mondays with Mounce 270
This is perhaps a little picky post, but it does illustrate why a word-for-word translation is not always helpful.
Matthew begins with his g...
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How to Understand the Difference Between Christianity and Islam
In a year of polarizing politics, the rise of ISIS, and terrorism, it has never been more important for Christians to understand Islam.
In ...
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Who Needs Creeds When I’ve Got a Bible? – An Excerpt from What Christians Ought to Believe
Many Christians look questionably upon traditional church confessions, proclaiming “No creed but Christ, no book but the Bible!”
In today’s ...
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