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Biblical Exposition, Church Life
Kenneth Berding — October 29, 2021
It has become increasingly popular in recent years for teachers of the Bible (myself included) to disparage people who apply Jeremiah 29:11-13 to...
Theology
John McKinley — October 27, 2021
Christians often say that “God doesn’t give us more than we can handle.” What they mean is that the troubles in our lives are measured out by God...
Church Life, Ministry and Leadership
Gary McIntosh — October 25, 2021
What do pastors actually do? While the answer to many may seem obvious, others ask the question with honest curiosity. It really is difficult to...
Historical Theology, New Testament
Kenneth Berding — October 20, 2021
In a former post , I tried to answer the question of whether Paul was a literal tentmaker. In this post, I ask whether Paul was a figurative...
Kenneth Berding — October 18, 2021
In today’s post (part 1), I will try to answer the question of whether Paul literally sewed tents. It turns out that this is a disputed question....
Marriage and Family
Rob Lister — October 15, 2021
I recently published an article on the meaning of sexual intimacy in marriage in the academic journal, Eikon: A Journal for Biblical Anthropology....
Church Life, Ministry and Leadership, Theology
Steve Porter — October 12, 2021
Within the Gospel accounts, Jesus utilized a variety of metaphors to describe his relationship with his followers: vine and branches, shepherd and...
The Good Book Blog — October 08, 2021
This guest post is by J. D. Greear, the pastor of The Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, NC, and former president of the Southern Baptist...
Culture
Dominick Hernández — October 06, 2021
“Go clean up the toys in the yard,” Rob said to me through the slightly ajar door of his apartment. If my memory serves me well, Rob proceeded to...
Historical Theology, Theology
Dominick Hernández — October 04, 2021
"When they reached Capernaum, those who collected the two drachmas came to Peter and said to him: Doesn't your Master pay the two drachmas? He...
Historical Theology, Spanish, Theology
“Cuando llegaron a Capernaum, vinieron a Pedro los que cobraban las dos dracmas, y le dijeron: ¿Vuestro Maestro no paga las dos dracmas? El dijo:...
Kenneth Way — October 01, 2021
I want to announce the recent publication of a collection of essays in honor of the highly esteemed Bible professor, John H. Walton. The title is ...
Ethics, Theology
Markus Zehnder — September 29, 2021
Migration/immigration has become an ever-present global phenomenon. This is the case also in the Western world, with Western countries being...
Church Life
Octavio Esqueda — September 24, 2021
I have frequently heard from many Christian leaders the claim that faith in Christ is the most important thing of all and that everything else is...
Old Testament, Theology
Charlie Trimm — September 22, 2021
The following is the fourth post in a series on the new ŷַ Learn course called The Geography of Israel. Join The Good Book Blog and Associate...
Evangelism
David Horner, Deborah Horner — September 21, 2021
This post includes the testimony of Debbie Horner, wife of faculty member Dave Horner, whose family was transformed during the Jesus Movement. The...
Kenneth Berding — September 17, 2021
Here’s a blog post that contains more footnotes (historical notes) than main text. That’s because this is my own attempt to sort out the chronology...
Charlie Trimm — September 15, 2021
The following is the third post in a series on the new ŷַ Learn course called The Geography of Israel. Join The Good Book Blog and Associate...
Ben Shin — September 13, 2021
I am very excited to be a part of Talbot School of Theology’s Asian American Ministry Doctor of Ministry track. Students self-study for most of the...
Church Life, Culture, Evangelism
Kenneth Berding — September 11, 2021
Twenty years ago, my wife and I were living with our two daughters in a suburb on the northern edge of New York City. The shock waves from the two...
Dominick Hernández — September 10, 2021
Everyone who is old enough to remember the attacks on the United States has their September 11 story. We all remember where we were, what we were...
Todas las personas que recuerdan los atentados contra los Estados Unidos tienen su historia personal del 11 de septiembre del 2001. Todos...
Charlie Trimm — September 08, 2021
The following is the second post in a series on the new ŷַ Learn course called The Geography of Israel. Join The Good Book Blog and Associate...
Eddie Byun — September 06, 2021
This blog post was originally published on August 23, 2021. There’s a meme that’s been making the rounds recently of a man running but another man...
This blog post was originally published in English on August 23, 2021. 최근에 SNS에서 유명한 이미지 중에 한 남자가 달리고 있는데 그 뒤를 또 다른 남자가 바짝 따라붙는 이미지가 있다. 앞의 남자는...