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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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Extracurricular Activities 2.28.15 — Diversity, the Church and Utopia, & Rural Churches
Michael Bird Explores Paula Fredrikson's Arguments on Paul and Justification
In the latest issue of JBL is an article by Paula Fredriksen on...
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The Controversial Status of a ‘Canonical’ Approach to Biblical Interpretation — An Excerpt from "Canon and Biblical Interpretation"
Canon and Biblical Interpretation is a masterful examination of the canonical approach to interpreting Scripture, and the various criticism...
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God's Promise Fulfilled in Jesus [Infographic] – The Most Significant People, Places, and Events in the Bible
When it comes to quickly grasping and retaining information, the human brain functions best with a combination of both words and pictures. T...
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Biblical Literacy, Academic Freedom and Christian Liberty — An Excerpt from "The Bible and the University"
Over the years, there has been something of an identity crisis in the disciplines of biblical studies and theology. Where universities once...
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Knowing the Elephant: Revelation's Place in a Theology of Religions
Maybe you’ve heard the famous story of the blind men and the elephant. The story is told from the vantage point of a king who watches as men...
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Where are the blind pastors? (1 Cor 12:22) —Mondays with Mounce 252
I just attended the Global Access Conference hosted by Joni and Friends. Everybody needs to attend something like this because it will make ...
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The Benefits of Reading Scripture [Awakening Faith]
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may...
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Extracurricular Activities 2.21.15 — Another Flood Account, Martyrdom, and Sermon Illustrations
Tim Challies Review: Becoming Worldly Saints Recovers Balance in the Christian Life
The pushback against the radical Christian life is in fu...
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What are Non-Christian Religions and Why Do They Exist? — An Excerpt from "Their Rock Is Not Like Our Rock"
These two questions sit at the heart of the discipline of the theology of religions. They also sit at the heart of Daniel Strange’s new boo...
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Emotionally Healthy Leadership Conference with Pete Scazzero
"Many of us in leadership are running on empty," writes Pete Scazzero, author of the Emotionally Healthy (EH) series of books (including EH ...
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[Common Places] New Voices for Theology: Wesley Hill’s "Paul and the Trinity"
Taking the long view of things, the Christian doctrine of God has had a strange career.
It took its classic, trinitarian form as the early ...
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The Land of Israel [Infographic] - The Most Significant People, Places, and Events in the Bible
If you've been a teacher or pastor for long, you know that when it comes to quickly grasping and retaining information, the human brain func...
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How to Fight the Fallout from the Fall, and Win
The current issue of Time (Feb. 23/Mar. 2 , 2015) says my nine-month-old, Simon James, could live to be 142 years old thanks to advances in ...
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Did the Israelites Walk or Swim? (Heb 11:29) — Mondays with Mounce 251
Allowing for the fact that we all hear words a little differently, I was surprised to read that in many translations the Israelites really d...
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God SUSTAINS Faith [Awakening Faith]
“Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is per...
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Extracurricular Activity 2.14.15 — Why Becoming a Worldly Saint is a Good Thing
Trevin Wax Interviews Michael Wittmer on New Book Becoming Worldly Saints
Trevin Wax: Your title is provocative. Becoming Worldly Saints is ...
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