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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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When You Can’t Say “He” or “She” — Mondays with Mounce 261
Please understand a bit of obscurity, but I am in a country where I cannot be too specific, but I have been having an incredible experience ...
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Death Made Dead (II) [Awakening Faith]
The last enemy to be destroyed is death. (1 Corinthians 15:26)
Death has become like a tyrant who has been completely conquered by the legit...
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Extracurricular Activities 5.2.15 — Supreme Court Arguments, Jesus and Cynics, & Syrian Christians
Russell Moore Notes 10 Questions About Marriage from This Week's Supreme Court Arguments
This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments o...
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Porneia: Sex Gone Bad — An Excerpt from "Faithful: A Theology of Sex"
You don’t have to look too far to see how far sex has fallen. The New Testament has a name for such sex gone bad: porneia.
Most Bibles tran...
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How Do We Reckon Urban Life with the Christian Faith? A Theology of Urban Life
In his new book Cities of Tomorrow and the City to Come, (available 5/5/15) Noah Toly invites you to become a flâneur. Flâneur is a French w...
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What has Chicago to do with Jerusalem? — An Excerpt from "Cities of Tomorrow and the City to Come"
Of course our question is a contemporary twist on an ancient one: “What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?”
Then, Tertullian was asking abou...
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If the Early Church Was Extraordinary, Why Should We Be Ordinary?
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Radical. Revolutiona...
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Death Made Dead (I) [Awakening Faith]
I will deliver this people from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. (Hosea 13:14)
A very strong proof of the conquest and...
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"All Sex Is Real": An Ordinary Theology of Sex
Let’s talk about sex.
Perhaps it’s appropriate we have this conversation on the very day the Supreme Court argues issues of sex and marriage...
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NIVAC Software Super Sale — Just $7.99 for Each NIV Application Commentary
UPDATE: We re-launched this sale for January 1-14, 2016. Starting on January 1, learn more here.
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When There's No Silver Lining — John H. Walton on the Book of Job [Excerpt]
Here's a slice of John H. Walton's NIV Application Commentary: Job.
Sometimes there is no visible silver lining, no redeeming value in sight...
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Is It the Spirit or His Gifts? (1 Cor 14:1) — Mondays with Mounce 260
Here is a great example of the challenges of a substantival adjectives.
Paul writes, “Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts ...
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Is Surgery Part of God's Story? — An Excerpt from "The Scalpel and the Cross"
In the past several years we have been considering health care from a number of angles, some old, some new:
economically, the costs of sur...
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NIV 50th Anniversary Bible and Reference 50% Off Sale
This year the Committee on Bible Translation, Zondervan, and Biblica are celebrating the 50th year anniversary of the commissioning of the N...
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Extracurricular Activities 4.24.15 — Joseph Typology, Pope Francis, & George Whitfield
Fred Sanders Explores Joseph Typology in Jesus
“It sure seems that the story of Joseph is a typological foreshadowing of the life of Jesus,”...
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How Should Holiness Shape Our Public Posture? Abortion Shows Us — An Excerpt from "The Political Disciple"
"What does it look like for people to become enemies, and what might be a model of a holy public posture?"
Vincent Bacote asks this importa...
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