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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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My Advice to Students — Grudem Says Seminarians Should Do These 4 Things
As you may have noticed over the past several months of our series, there is no shortage of advice from seasoned biblical scholars. And that...
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What Do We Gain From a Raised Christ? 6 Big, Clear Benefits Say Dodson and Watson
An important new resource for our postmodern, post-Christian world released last week. It's called Raised? Finding Jesus by Doubting the...
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Respecting Parts of Speech (Hebrews 13:21) — Mondays with Mounce 219
One of the debates in translation work is whether there is meaning in the form of a sentence. If one word is an infinitive, for example, an...
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Extracurricular Activities — March 1, 2014
Man or God? Bart Ehrman and Michael Bird et al Debate the Divinity of Jesus
At the center of the Christian faith stands a perplexing event-...
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How the Resurrection Changes Everything — An Excerpt from "Raised? Finding Jesus by Doubting the Resurrection"
Zondervan Academic recently released a book ideal for people struggling with faith and doubt, Raised? Finding Jesus by Doubting the Resurrec...
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An Old Testament Resource for People Who Say, "I Don't Know What to Do With This!"
Connecting the Old Testament to the real lives of real people can be a real challenge. I remember when I taught through The Story church cam...
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Where Does Peter Enns See the Biblical Inerrancy Discussion Going?
In December Zondervan Academic was pleased to release a timely new resource for students of biblical theology: Five Views on Bi...
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1st Century Greek & Jewish Flip-Floppers: Why They Matter for the Resurrection's Plausibility
There is a new book releasing today that travels the well-worn path of helping people find Jesus. Some gospel-sharing books and evangelism-...
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The Aorist Is so Much More than a Past Tense — Mondays with Mounce 218
This is one of the basic points we try to make in first year Greek, but in the rush to simplify the language sufficiently for a first year ...
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Extracurricular Activities — February 22, 2014
Note: Right now there is a sale on the Counterpoints series. Every Counterpoints eBook (including the latest titles such as Four Views on th...
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Karen Jobes on How Love for Others Expresses Love for God (1 John 4:17 – 5:3) — An Excerpt from "1, 2, & 3 John (ZECNT)"
For the past few years the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series has been my go-to source for Sunday morning sermon pr...
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John Wesley On Unfairly Judging Others — An Excerpt From "John Wesley's Teachings: Society and Ethics"
Of late, I am finding a new source of theological and pastoral insights from what I believe is one of the most untapped, neglected evangelic...
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My Advice to Students — Gignilliat Says, "Seminary Is Like Boot Camp, Not Christian Summer Camp"
Question time for those who are currently in a seminary program: Did you ever imagine it would be like this? With all of the languages, obsc...
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Jesus Has Patience For Doubting the Resurrection, So Should We — An Excerpt From "Raised?"
I find it increasingly challenging to minister in our post-Christian, postmodern world—a world that doubts institutional truth claims, like ...
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Con Campbell Live In Grand Rapids (2/28/14) - Outreach and the Artist
If you live in the Grand Rapids, MI area you'll want to know about this free event with author and biblical scholar Con Campbell, featur...
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5 Criticisms of John Wesley's Teachings and Our Readings of Them
A few weeks ago Zondervan Academic released Thomas Oden's final volume on John Wesley's sermons, John Wesley's Teachings:...
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