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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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The Message of Circumcision: From Patriarchy to New Man — An Excerpt from "Malestrom"
In her new book Malestrom, Carolyn Custis James's contends the principal expression of the problem of manhood is historic patriarchy. Thoug...
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[Common Places] New Studies in Dogmatics: The Holy Spirit
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will p...
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Is It OK to Doubt Your Faith? A World-Class Doubter Says 'Yes!'
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What aspects of the ...
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This Major Biblical Theme Is a Surprising Root of the Manhood Problem
Single motherhood is becoming the new norm for how children are raised. In 2014:
4 out 10 children were born to unwed mothers;
More than 80...
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Get Michael Bird's "Evangelical Theology" For $5.99 Today Only!
Don't miss today's flash sale on the Evangelical Theology eBook. You can get it for just $5.99 — that's 84% off!
This sale price ends Tuesda...
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Mounce Archive 9 — A Shift from "Seed" to "Person" in Matt 13:19
From time to time we like to pull some of Bill Mounce's most intriguing and popular posts on biblical Greek from the Mondays with Mounce arc...
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Prayer Accomplishes Much [Awakening Faith]
But God has surely listened and has heard my prayer. (Psalm 66:19)
In the past, prayer was able to bring down punishment, rout armies, and w...
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Extracurricular Activities 5.30.15 — American & Australian Christianity, Dante, and Virtual Reality
Russell Moore Asks, "Is America Post-Christian?"
We hear a lot these days about America being “post-Christian.” This sort of language has ac...
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Gordon Wenham: Genesis 1–11 is Proto-History — An Excerpt from “Genesis: History, Fiction, or Neither?”
What genre is Genesis 1–11? Is it history, fiction, or neither? A new book provides clarity by exploring the first eleven chapters of the Bi...
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What Is Jesus' Definition of Manhood? — An Excerpt from “Malestrom” by Carolyn Custis James
In her new book Malestrom, Carolyn Custis James has spotlighted a painful reality: "Men have lost sight of who God created them to be as hu...
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How Do You Raise Ordinary Children in an Extra-Ordinary World?
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Patriarchy, the Gospel, and the Meaning of Manhood
Men are in serious trouble. They have been for some time.
One could argue the problem of manhood has been with us from the beginning; of cou...
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Is αὐτός Even Necessary? (Matt 1:21) — Mondays with Mounce 263
There is a debate as to how much weight to place on the use of the third person pronoun, specifically, does it ever add any emphasis? The ar...
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Seeing God in Your Neighbor [Awakening Faith]
Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter — when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not...
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Extracurricular Activities 5.23.15 — NT Hymns, The Nones, & Locating Heaven
Larry Hurtado Gives a Suggestion on “Hymns” in the New Testament
As illustrated in the recent articles I’ve reported on in earlier postings,...
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James Hoffmeier: Genesis 1–11 is History and Theology — An Excerpt from "Genesis: History, Fiction, or Neither?"
What genre is Genesis 1–11? Is it history, fiction, or neither? A new book provides clarity by exploring the first eleven chapters of the Bi...
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