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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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Either Lord or Lunatic - An Excerpt from Core Christianity
One doctrine especially core to Christianity concerns the identity of Christ: Is Jesus God?
As C. S. Lewis suggested over a half century ago...
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Visually Explore the 4 Acts of The Great Drama of God
William Shakespeare was right and wrong.
Yes, “All the world's a stage; And all the men and women merely players.” But it isn’t a tale told ...
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When Verse References Get in the Way (Luke 24:33–34) - Mondays with Mounce 288
When the two disciples who met Jesus on the road to Emmaus returned to Jerusalem, the Eleven and the other disciples told the two that Jesus...
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Wayne Grudem: “The Bible is enough.”
Is the Bible enough for knowing what God wants us to believe and what he wants us to do?
The sufficiency of Scripture means that:
it contai...
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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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