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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A Doubter's Guide to the Creation Story
John Dickson is on a mission to help skeptics engage and understand the most popular book of all time, the Bible. A Doubter’s Guide to the B...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields — Words and Emotion: Isaiah 6:5 (Part 1)
A reader posed a question to me about the emotion conveyed in Isa 6:5 by the word נִדְמֵיתִי (nidmêtî). He had grown up with the KJV “I am u...
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Paragraphs (Col 2:9 and 4:10) — Mondays with Mounce 249
Lately I have been fascinated by the more subtle methods of translation. One of the problems of first year Greek training is that we have to...
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What Is Trinitarian Theology For? (Excerpt from "Advancing Trinitarian Theology")
What is trinitarian theology for? How does it function in systematic theology?
Read below as Fred Sanders explores the question by tracing ...
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Extracurricular Activities 1.24.15 —The Afterlife, the Mark Mummy Mask, What Would Kuyper Do?
Mike Wittmer Gives 4 Reasons to Stop Obsessing About Heaven
Alex Malarkey, who co-authored The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven, publicly conf...
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A Skeptic's Guide to History's Most Popular Book — An Excerpt from "A Doubter's Guide to the Bible"
Thousands of years later, people are still fascinated and intrigued by the Bible.
And skeptical. The recent Newsweek Christmas cover story ...
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eBook Sale: Change Your Mind and Your Life (Ends 1.25.15)
"All other things being equal, your ability to help people will be directly related to how much you read."
One of my favorite professors sai...
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Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth: "The World" -- Excerpt from "Becoming Worldly Saints" by Michael Wittmer
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
--Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride
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Augustine’s Moment of Conversion (III) [Awakening Faith]
Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make ...
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Do We Entrust God with Our Soul or with Everything? (1 Peter 4:19) — Mondays with Mounce 248
Peter concludes a discussion on suffering with these words. “Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God’s will entrust (παρατιθέσ...
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It's Hard to Argue with a Life So Well-Lived (Excerpt from Redefining Leadership by Joseph Stowell)
On this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day we're reflecting on leadership that makes a difference. We think you'll be surprised by the following se...
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Augustine’s Moment of Conversion (II) [Awakening Faith]
From infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. (2 Timothy 3:1...
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What it Means to Be Human (Excerpt from Michael Wittmer's "Becoming Worldly Saints)
The following is an excerpt from Michael Wittmer's book Becoming Worldly Saints (releasing 2/3/15), which asks us: Can you serve Jesus and s...
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Does Pleasure Fit in the Plot of Scripture? (Excerpt from Michael Wittmer's "Becoming Worldly Saints")
The following is an excerpt from Michael Wittmer's book Becoming Worldly Saints (releasing 2/3/15), which asks us: Can you serve Jesus and s...
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[Common Places] New Voices for Theology: Stephen T. Pardue’s "The Mind of Christ"
May the mind of Christ my Savior
Live in me from day to day,
By his love and pow’r controlling
All I do and say.
So many of us have sung—but...
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News: 300 New Testament Manuscripts in Athens to Be Digitized, Shared by CSNTM
Three hundred New Testament manuscripts — over 150,000 pages of Greek text — will be digitized by the Center for the Study of New Testament ...
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