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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How Pink Floyd Explains Whether Christians Pick and Choose What to Believe
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Is Christianity jus...
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Gospel eBook Sale — With Resources Starting at $1.99!
Next week, The Gospel Coalition's 2015 conference will unfold the Bible's hope-filled teaching on eschatology, a topic of burning importance...
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What's The Church's Biggest Challenge? A Fellowship of "Differents"
“Be ye separate.” (2 Cor 6:17, KJV)
That text served as the foundation to the first sermon Scot McKnight preached as a teenager. It also ser...
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To Burn or To Boast? (1 Cor 13:3) — Mondays with Mounce 257
A little textual criticism. Paul writes, “If I give away everything I own, and if I surrender (παραδῶ) my body in order to boast (καυχήσωμαι...
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What Easter Brings [Awakening Faith]
“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where t...
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A Good Crucifixion? (Excerpt from A Place For Weakness by Michael Horton)
As we reflect on the death of Christ this Holy Saturday, let us consider this selection from A Place For Weakness by Michael Horton.
A Good ...
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Extracurricular Activities 4.4.15— Psalms for Easter, Thomistic Protestants, & Shedd's Trinitarianism
Michael Bird On Preaching the Psalms this Easter
How did the early preach about Jesus if they did not have a New Testament? The obvious answ...
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5 Essential Resources to Build Your Bible Reference Library
Whether you are an interested Christian who desires to go deeper in the Bible, a volunteer ministry leader, or seasoned vocational minister,...
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What's Your Favorite Greek Word? Mine Describes God's Love
“Do you know how much God loves you?”
This is a question I loved posing when I preached, because I loved pointing people to some of the orig...
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[Common Places] New Voices for Theology: Taylor Ruiz-Jones’s “From Siesta to Sabbath”
In a world of contemporary systematic theologies so often dominated by approaches committed to retrieval, Taylor Ruiz-Jones steps into the f...
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New Releases Today: NIV Exhaustive Bible Concordance, Talking with Catholics About the Gospel, & The Pastor's Ministry
Today we are pleased to release several new resources that will inform and enhance your teaching or pastoral ministry. Here is a quick overv...
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Biblical Greek and Holy Week — Mondays with Mounce 256
For today's Mondays with Mounce post, we decided to select a few classic posts from the archives of Bill Mounce's weekly column on biblical ...
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Knowing as He Knows Me [Awakening Faith]
You have searched me, Lord, and you know me. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. (Psalm 139:1 – 2)
Lord...
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Extracurricular Activities 3.28.15 — Marcion, Christian Stoicism, & Transhumanism
Nancy Pearcey on Apologetics, Cultural Liturgies, and Our Postmodern Age
Yesterday, I began a conversation with Nancy Pearcey about her new ...
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How to Better Learn the Bible: 3 Tips on Choosing the Right Resources for You
All things being equal, the more you read, the more you'll be able to help people.
—Gary T. Meadors, Editor of Moving Beyond the Bible to T...
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How Can We Share the Gospel with Catholics and Not Sound Irritating? — An Excerpt from “Talking with Catholics About the Gospel”
Many of us have been there.
We have the best of intentions when sharing the good news of Jesus with someone, yet the result is a sour mixtu...
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