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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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Lynn Cohick: On God's Peace and the Nobel Peace Prize
The news that President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace prize caused quite a stir among pundits and commentators. The announcement got m...
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A Personal Note on the NIV 2011 by Bill Mounce
I would like to take quick break from the normal function of this blog to share something on a personal nature with you. Integrity demands ...
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Douglas Estes - "Why Is the Bible Hard to Understand?"
I am convinced the Bible is at times just plain hard to understand. When I was younger, I thought that most people who had a hard time und...
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Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. - The Principlizing Method
In the coming weeks Zondervan will release Four Views on Moving Beyond the Bible to Theology offered by Daniel M. Doriani, Kevin Van...
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The Necromancer from Endor - John Walton and Phil Long
Saul’s visit to the so-called "witch" of Endor in 1 Samuel 28 provides one of the most mysterious and troubling accounts in th...
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Solomon's Dream at Gibeon
by John Walton and Fred Mabie
by John Walton and Fred Mabie
While people today experience dreams all the time, we don’t often give them the serious attention as in the ancient world, where they were ...
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Miles Van Pelt - Why Do I Invest in the Biblical Languages?
Miles V. Van Pelt (Ph.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of Old Testament and Academic Dean at Reformed The...
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Reflections on Inductive Bible Study part 2 by Ajith Fernando
See yesterday's post for more of Ajith's thoughts on Inductive Bible Study.  -AR
Greek and Hebrew study is not essential fo...
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Reflections on Inductive Bible Study, part 1 by Ajith Fernando
I was once teaching a week-long course to some first generation Christians active in Christian ministry on how to study the Bible and use...
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Beaches, Bikinis, and the Body of Christ
by Lynn Cohick
by Lynn Cohick
No, this is not a blog advocating (or decrying) beach evangelism, the butt of many (sometimes well deserved) jokes. This is much more serio...
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John Dickson interview with Darrell Bock
Australian scholar, John Dickson, has posted an excellent interview with Dr. Darrell Bock from DTS. Don't miss these.
And another go...
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Why I'm a "Calminian" by Craig Blomberg
"You intended it to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives" (Gen. 5...
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Influential Books and Authors: Douglas Estes on Warren, Rainer
Each week in Influential Books and Authors we hear from a noted scholar on the author(s) and book(s) that have been most important to ...
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"The Codex Sinaiticus: Pages from the World's Oldest Bible Reunited" by Karen H. Jobes
The ancient codex meets modern technology with the Codex Sinaiticus project that went online this month. Because Sinaiticus, the world’s...
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Return to Calvin: A Personal Reflection on how Calvinism has Lost its Way
By Douglas Estes
By Douglas Estes
A knock came at my door.
Even though I was studying, I pulled my feet off my desk, jumped up from my chair and opened the door of the clos...
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A Don of Biblical Proportions:
A Tribute to Martin Hengel (1926-2009) by John Dickson
A Tribute to Martin Hengel (1926-2009) by John Dickson
As the music world farewells Michael Jackson, the king of pop, academia mourns the loss of a don of truly biblical proportions. Martin Heng...
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