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When I boarded a bus to make the trip from Jerusalem to the Sea of Galilee several years ago, one of the books I brought along with me was George Hunsinger’s slim volume on the Beatitudes. I knew I would soon be standing on the Mount of the Beatitudes, the place where tradition says Jesus
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There is a tendency to think of the Old Testament prophets as “doom-and-gloom” since they often proclaim coming judgment for failing to follow Yahweh. There is definitely a lot of judgment in many of the prophets. And Micah has his fair share. Yet, as I studied Micah, I was struck by the hope that Micah
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In The Theology of Benedict XVI, a group of prominent Protestant theologians present a full picture of Benedict’s theology. In this round table interview, we ask some of the contributors to give their thoughts on the importance of Benedict’s theological legacy to both Protestant and Catholics alike. Lexham Press: Why should Protestants engage with the
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“Is the Reformation over?” Prompted by a growing thaw in relations between evangelicals and Catholics in the United States, in particular, Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom weighed the evidence and concluded that the answer was (at least in 2005), “No.” Though certain evangelicals and certain Catholics had started to cooperate in matters of social concern,
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As familiar as the subject matter of demons might seem, Demons: What the Bible Really Says about the Powers of Darkness will surprise you. Most readers will expect a lot of discussion on Satan, demons, and the “principalities and powers” of Paul’s writings. We’ll certainly cover those subjects, but I need to prepare you at
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Abraham Kuyper accomplished much over the course of his lifetime, but perhaps his most lasting contribution to Dutch society was a radical restructuring of the Dutch school system according to the principle of religious liberty. Over a span of almost fifty years (1869–1917), he and his Antirevolutionary Party worked diligently to establish the right of
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Are all the moral commands of the Bible meant to be obeyed exactly for all time, or are there some that need to be adapted for our modern world? In Moral Questions of the Bible, David Instone-Brewer helps answer this question by showing how the Bible’s moral commands were understood in their ancient cultural context.
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Money, in the first century, was still a relatively new technology, so they were still working out its morality. We are now debating the ethics of mobiles: should we read a text message in church, or during a conversation? In the same way, people in Jesus’ day were wondering if money was good and when
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David deSilva brings his years of experience as a biblical scholar to the church in the form of sermons delivered to his home congregation. The reflections in In Season and Out will inform and inspire your understanding of Scripture. In this interview, we ask deSilva about his pastoral experiences and how his scholarship informs his
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The very first episode of Stranger Things is entitled, “The Vanishing of Will Byers.” It’s a perfect beginning. The cryptic circumstances of Will’s abduction reveal just enough to let us know that something otherworldly is its cause. We’ll learn that Will is “here but not here,” trapped in a parallel universe, an unnatural world that
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