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Sean McDowell — October 14, 2022
The Think Biblically podcast is turning five. It’s hard to believe, but that means my co-host Scott Rae and I have recorded over 250 episodes! It...
Kenneth Berding — October 12, 2022
Dr. Dongsu Kim recently published a valuable (and very large!) book entitled Perseverance and Apostasy in the New Testament: Unpacking the Dynamic...
Theology
Markus Zehnder — October 07, 2022
A Plea Against the Overreach of Civil Government and its Support Through a Submissive Church
Apologetics
Sean McDowell — October 03, 2022
It’s not uncommon to hear a critic dismiss the miracle stories of Jesus by saying, “There may be miracle claims in the stories about Jesus, but...
William Lane Craig — September 30, 2022
This is a Q & A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question If God wants something and man wants the...
Ministry and Leadership
The Good Book Blog — September 28, 2022
Dr. Walter Bo Russell, former professor of Bible exposition at Talbot School of Theology, passed away on Saturday, September 3, 2022. Below is a...
Sean McDowell — September 26, 2022
Was Thomas really a doubter? Did “Saul” the persecutor have his name changed to “Paul” the missionary at his conversion? Was Simon part of the...
Kenneth Berding — September 21, 2022
About a year ago I spent a couple hours talking with my long-time friend, Adam Day (a professor at Tyndale Seminary in Amsterdam, the Netherlands),...
Church Life, Spanish
Oscar Merlo — September 20, 2022
Young Latino protestants are rising as the fastest-growing segment of evangelicals in America. ݮƵ’s 43rd Biola Hispanic Conference...
Los jóvenes protestantes Latinos se están convirtiendo en el segmento de mayor crecimiento de los evangélicos en Estados Unidos. La 43ª Conferencia...
Kenneth Berding — September 14, 2022
I recently stumbled upon a delightful biblical discovery while doing a word search on the word “seek.” I discovered that the most common place in...
Spiritual Formation
Uche Anizor — September 12, 2022
If you’ve ever experienced seasons of feeling fairly indifferent about spiritual things, you may have wondered how you got to that place. While...
Joanne Jung, Eric Oldenburg — September 09, 2022
How We Think and Talk About the Kingdom of God Jesus did not come to turn the world upside down. How does that statement strike you? Does it...
Kenneth Berding — September 07, 2022
What is the average amount of time it takes to solve a Wordle puzzle? I can’t locate any hard data on this question, but a guy who wrote a computer...
Kenneth Berding — August 31, 2022
“We pray against this stronghold…” Have you ever heard someone utter this line in prayer — or have you uttered it yourself? If you have ever used...
Kenneth Way — August 26, 2022
On this day three years ago, I blogged about Psalm 23 from the perspective of ancient Near Eastern studies and my personal battle with the enemy of...
Sean McDowell — August 24, 2022
How should Christians respond to insults, hostility and suffering? Given that our culture seems to be moving toward greater division and...
Sean McDowell — August 18, 2022
Do movies really affect us? It’s natural to think they affect others, but that we are somehow immune. The facts seem to point otherwise. Let me...
Octavio Esqueda — August 15, 2022
No one can really know God and not serve Him, and no one can adequately serve God without knowing Him. Our knowledge of God or theology always has...
Nadie puede conocer realmente a Dios y no servirlo y nadie puede servir correctamente a Dios sin conocerlo. Nuestro conocimiento de Dios o teología...
Biblical Exposition
Kenneth Berding — August 03, 2022
What is the meaning of “fall short of the glory of God” (ὑστεροῦνται τῆς δόξης τοῦ θεοῦ) in Romans 3:23? (“For all have sinned and fall short of...
Culture
Kenneth Berding — July 29, 2022
Authenticity. Now there’s an important word in our generation. Young people are fed up with fakeness and are sick of sham. Not long ago a youth...
Kenneth Berding — July 25, 2022
“Your law is my delight.” (Ps. 119:77). Have you ever felt like this verse, or verses like it, mock you? I certainly have felt that way at times....
Carmen Imes — July 22, 2022
Two and a half years ago, IVP Academic released my book, Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters, into the world. After five years of intense...
Hace dos años y medio, IVP Academic lanzó al mundo mi libro Bearing God's Name: Why Sinai Still Matters. Tras cinco años de intensa investigación...