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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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[Common Places] A Conversation about Cultural Liturgies: An Interview with James K. A. Smith
As a conclusion to our series of engagements with James K. A. Smith’s Cultural Liturgies project, Michael Allen and Scott Swain interviewed ...
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What Happens When You Die, Why Should You Care? Michael Horton Explains
October 5, 2011: the day Steve Jobs died. When I got the news on my iPhone I was sad. Not only because the world lost an ingenious innovator...
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Two Unusual Translations (Romans 5:6)
Paul wants to stress that the “utter dependability of our hope” (Rom 5:5a) is based not on the power of human love (v 7) but on God’s love a...
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The Problem of Evil - An Excerpt from Core Christianity
"Either God is great or God is good, but he can’t be both."
One of the biggest stumbling blocks in Christianity is the question about evil: ...
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Visually Explore 6 Beautiful Truths About Your Christian Identity
In their new book Visual Theology, a beautiful re-application of God's truth, Tim Challies and Josh Byers offer an illustration to explain o...
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Wayne Grudem: “Why I Wrote Systematic Theology,” Plus a New Online Course
When I first started teaching classes in Systematic Theology I found it difficult to find a book that would:
have clarity enough so that fi...
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Lots of Noise in Heaven (δεῖ; Luke 15:32) - Mondays with Mounce 287
I was reading Luke 15 this morning and concluded that heaven is a “happening place.” Celebration. Shouting. Rejoicing.
Luke 15 is the primar...
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$4.99 eBook Sale: Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary, NEW TESTAMENT and OLD TESTAMENT
Announcement: All volumes of the Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary New Testament have been released in eBook format! (Joini...
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God Speaks - An Excerpt from Visual Theology
We live in a visual culture. Today, people increasingly rely upon visuals to help them understand new and difficult concepts. The rise and s...
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[Common Places]: Reading Notes: Theology of Worship
The Christian tradition has ever regarded worship worthy of theological reflection. Though the formal theological sub-discipline of “liturg...
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Visually Explore 4 Essential, Beautiful Truths About Life In Christ
Dutch Christian art theorist Hans Rookmaaker said, “Our world has changed for better or for worse. It is for us to find truth and beauty for...
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Nuances of Lost Meaning (James 1:6) - Mondays with Mounce 286
I just came home from Houston where we were recording Bruce Waltke’s class on Psalms for BiblicalTraining.org. We didn’t quite finish so I w...
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Unanswerable Questions - An Excerpt from Paradox Lost
How do you handle questions you can't answer? Do you feel like you need to understand everything? Or do you instead avoid difficult tensions...
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What Is the Bible’s Drama, Why Should I Care? Michael Horton Explains
In his new book Core Christianity, Michael Horton describes a childhood church experience similar to my own. Like his church, we loved the B...
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Get Your Free eBook on Character Formation in Online Education!
If you currently teach online, or you’re part of a school exploring online learning, you have probably asked yourself the following questio...
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The Unexamined Faith is Not Worth Believing - An Excerpt from Core Christianity
Too often, Christians go through life unprepared for their beliefs to be challenged because they don't even know for themselves what they be...
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