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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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Where O Where Did the Comma Go? (1 Cor 13:2) - Mondays with Mounce
Sometimes the absence of a comma can significantly alter the meaning of a passage, and its inclusion can clarify. 1 Corinthians 13:2 provide...
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Understanding Cessationism from a Continuationist Perspective
In Understanding Spiritual Gifts, Sam Storms addresses common questions and misunderstandings around the topic of spiritual gifts. One of th...
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Who is Lower than the Angels? (Hebrews 2:6–8) - Mondays with Mounce
The challenge of translating Hebrews 2:6–8 is that the original context (Psalm 8) was talking about people in general (plural), but the auth...
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Encouragement for Exhausted Pastors (2 Tim 1:10) - Mondays with Mounce
Adverbial participles are flexible little critters with a wide swatch of possible meanings. Usually their meaning is relatively clear, somet...
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What Word Should I Study, and Why Italics Annoy Me - Mondays with Mounce
Everyone likes to do a Greek word study. Of all the things that we learn in Greek class, this is the one that stays with us the longest. The...
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Reformed Theology Sale
We love to remember Reformation Day by giving our readers discounts! This year we are offering up to 90% off 35 titles from reformed thinker...
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Grace in the Old Testament
When we talk about God’s grace, it’s easy to focus on the example and teachings of Jesus. Throughout his life, the Lord demonstrated grace i...
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What Is the Inerrancy Debate and How Should We Think about It?
This article is adapted from Seven Things I Wish Christians Knew about the Bible by Michael F. Bird.When God speaks through human authors, h...
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Bible Contradiction: Sinful Woman? (Luke 7:36-50) - Mondays with Mounce
There are two stories in the Gospels about a woman pouring perfume on Jesus, and there are enough differences that some people argue Luke cr...
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Christology: Understanding the Incarnate Messiah
In Engaging Theology, Ben C. Blackwell and R. L. Hatchet address how Jesus’ arrival changed everything: His first advent stands as the fulcr...
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Who Do Your Give Credit to? (Romans 15:18–19) - Mondays with Mounce
Paul’s only boast is in what God has done through his own ministry, the goal of which was “bringing the Gentiles to obedience” (v 18b). Paul...
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When γάρ Can’t Mean “For” (Romans 12:3) - Mondays with Mounce
γάρ is a tricky word. The more formal equivalent translations tend to just use “for” and let you figure out what it means. The problem is th...
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Who Wrote the Gospel of Mark?
The four Gospels are were anonymously written, strictly speaking. None name their authors. Luke and John come closest: Luke with its first p...
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Understanding Privilege and Leveraging Its Power
Dominique Dubois Gilliard’s Subversive Witness: Scripture’s Call to Leverage Privilege offers a significant scriptural examination of the is...
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When is Tribulation only Affliction? - Mondays with Mounce
How do you translate θλῖψις? If you translate it as “tribulation,” does that bring in foreign ideas in some contexts? This is a tricky one.B...
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Who Was Julian the Apostate?
In the AD 330s, 40s, and 50s, everything seemed to be going the church’s way. Successive emperors and co-emperors (Constantine II, Constanti...
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