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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 9.13.14 —Pannenberg, The New Evangelization, & D. L. Moody
Michael Root on The Achievements of Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928-2014)
Some theologians are mirrors of their time. The mid-twentieth century ri...
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Engage the Resurgence of the Doctrine of the Trinity Using This Book
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Recently, there’s be...
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Let's Get Integrative! What is "Integrative Theology" and How Will It Benefit You?
I must confess, before Monday I had heard of neither the concept of integrative theology as a method nor the 3-volume set that bears its nam...
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My Advice to Students — Jason Sexton Says, "Serve the Church, Do Serious Scholarship"
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Jason Sexton, editor...
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6 Crucial Steps to Forming an Integrative Theology
Twenty-seven years ago, Gordon Lewis and Bruce Demarest suggested that Evangelicals should embrace a new paradigm for doing theology in our ...
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Mounce Archive 8 — Is a "Fool" a "Stupid Person" In Biblical Theology?
Everyone needs a sabbatical once in a while, and Bill Mounce is taking one from this blog until later in September. Meanwhile, we’ve hand-pi...
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Extracurricular Activities 9.6.14 — Erasmus & Ephesians, Repetition in the Bible, and John Owen's "Mortification"
Fred Sanders on Erasmus "Milking" Ephesians
Erasmus of Rotterdam taught the Renaissance world how to take a thought and expand it, expound i...
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How Does the Doctrine of the Trinity Relate to Scripture, Tradition, & Mission — An Excerpt from "Two Views of the Doctrine of the Trinity"
On Tuesday, we released an important new book I expect will encourage evangelicals, among others, to consider the language and place we give...
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[Common Places] The Promise and Prospects of Retrieval: Recent Developments in Trinitarian Theology
About twenty years ago when I applied from seminary to graduate school, I sent along as my writing sample a seminar paper on current trends ...
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Common Places: A New Forum for Old Conversations
Alexander Solzhenitsyn characterized modern literary and artistic culture as exhibiting “a stubborn tendency to grow not higher but to the s...
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My Advice to Students — Lynn Cohick Says, "Take Paul's Advice in Philippians"
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By now most seminaries have received a fresh (and seasoned) crop of students eager to learn the Bible ...
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Hebrew and You with Lee M. Fields: Was God Tired and in Need of Rest after Creation?
I suspect the answer to this question is obvious to most who might read this column. Hopefully, however, demonstrating the answer will prove...
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Exploring Two Views on the Doctrine of the Trinity: Classical and Relational
It is the doctrine of the Trinity which fundamentally distinguishes the Christian doctrine of God as Christian... (CD, I/1, 346)
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Mounce Archive 7 — Mounce Needs Help: Why is Ἰάκωβος James and not Jacob?
Everyone needs a sabbatical once in a while, and Bill Mounce is taking one from Koinonia blog until September. Meanwhile, we’ve hand-picked ...
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Extracurricular Activities 8.30.14 — Kinship-Terms, Rabbinic Judaism, & Academic Freedom
Larry Hurtado Shares Important Studies of Kinship-terms and Forms of Address
Through reading the recently-published thesis of one of our PhD...
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Is the Doctrine of the Trinity Useful? Relevant? — An Excerpt from "Two Views of the Doctrine of the Trinity"
Inevitably, in a discussion about the nature of God and the Trinity, the question "Why is it important to believe the Trinity?" arises.
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