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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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[Common Places]: James K. A. Smith and Augustinianism (Part 2)
As we saw in the previous post, Smith claims an Augustinian starting point. But the phenomenological framework he uses leads to basic diffe...
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[Common Places]: James K. A. Smith and Augustinianism (Part 1)
In James K. A. Smith’s rich cultural liturgies series we find an Augustinian voice that on its face resonates in harmony with the fifth-cen...
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Is Noah’s Flood Still Relevant? Longman Offers 6 Ways to Live the Story
A few weeks ago, another volume in the landmark The Story of God Bible Commentary series was released. And by none other than the venerable ...
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What You Might Not Know about Paul’s Letters
Almost anyone who has read the Bible has read the Apostle Paul. Here are four things you might not know about Paul’s letters:
1. Paul’s let...
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Mounce Archive 24 - God and Jesus
Bill Mounce is traveling this month and is taking a break from his weekly column on biblical Greek until April. Meanwhile, we’ve hand-picked...
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My Fork in the Road - An Excerpt from Answering Jihad
September 11, San Bernardino, and other terrorist attacks have made many Americans question the Islamic faith. What is jihad? Is it an accur...
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Can Someone Be Gay and Christian, and Faithfully Christian?
Should same-sex attracted Christians call themselves gay?
Let's go further: Is same-sex attraction itself sinful?
And perhaps more pressing:...
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Mounce Archive 23 - Missing Verses
Bill Mounce is traveling this month and is taking a break from his weekly column on biblical Greek until April. Meanwhile, we’ve hand-picked...
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eBook Sale: Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary, Old Testament - $4.99 Each
The Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary, Old Testament series has just been released into eBook format.
For this week only, ...
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What Happened Between the Old and New Testaments? 4 Things You Need to Know to Read the New Testament Well
Have you ever wondered what happened between the Old and New Testaments?
If you’ve ever flipped from the last page of the Old Testament t...
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[Common Places]: Reading Notes: Christocentrism
A theology is christocentric when its method, structure, arguments, and goals are oriented around the theologian’s account of the person an...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields — When Does What Happen? Verb Shifts in Ps 24:2–6
There is debate about the nature of Hebrew verbs. Are they primarily tenses, moods, or aspects? I follow the view that aspect is not the mo...
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Why Did Paul Write Romans? Michael Bird Offers 5 Possible Reasons
Like many practitioners, my shelves groan under the weight of a cohort of Romans commentators, including: Cranfield, Dunn, Fitzmyer, Jewett,...
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Abuse of Male Headship - An Excerpt from Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife
In her upcoming book Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife, Ruth Tucker recounts her story of abuse at the hands of her husband, in hop...
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Tremper Longman on Genesis’ Theological Message and the Story of God
Genesis. What a fascinating book. And not a little controversial! It’s also profoundly “theologically rich,” according to Tremper Longman II...
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Is Paul’s apostolic call for God’s sake? (Rom 1:5) - Mondays with Mounce 283
One of the difficult tasks in translation is how to order phrases. In English, we use proximity to connect ideas. Consider the NIV on Rom 1:...
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