Archives for 2017

The Monster Within

on October 30, 2017

This guest post was written by Daniel Bush, author of Undefended: Discovering God When Your Guard Is Down, Live in Liberty: The Spiritual Message of Galatians, and Embracing God as Father: Christian Identity in the Family of God. My wife loves to observe a day many love to hate: All Hallows’ Eve, the night folks traditionally prepared for All

Link Love for the NIV Faithlife Study Bible

on March 14, 2017

Last week, the NIV Faithlife Study Bible made its debut in print. This new study Bible has generated a ton of buzz and we’d like to share a couple of links where it’s being discussed. In an interview on Tim Challies’s blog, Dr. Michael Bird discusses the importance of staying curious in Bible study: It’s important

Unity through Diversity in the Church

on March 13, 2017

When the Apostle Paul wrote his letter to the Ephesian church, he was writing to an audience living in a metropolitan city. Since Ephesus was a major port city and trade center, the cultural milieu within the city was ethnically and religiously diverse. Though Paul didn’t speak to any specific local issues within the Ephesian

Modern Idol Worship and the Book of Judges

on February 27, 2017

This guest post was written by David Beldman, author of Deserting the King: The Book of Judges. When Christians look for instruction and inspiration, when we look for a deeper sense of our calling and mission, we typically turn to the more obvious Scripture passages: Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, the Great Commission, or the

Abraham Kuyper’s Unique Ecclesiology

on February 1, 2017

Abraham Kuyper’s On the Church is our featured book during the month of February. Below is an excerpt from the volume’s introduction by Ad de Bruijne. Kuyper’s concept of the church as a colony of heaven and his careful contextualization shed new light on well-known emphases in his ecclesiology. Particularly notable are his distinction between the

A Brave New Literary World for Biblical Studies

on January 30, 2017

In a few short decades in the latter half of the twentieth century, the interpretation of the Bible underwent a notable shift such as has happened only occasionally over the last few thousand years. During this time the focus in biblical interpretation began to shift from what the text can teach us about the past

The Benefit of Drawing on Linguistics for Biblical Study

on January 25, 2017

Biblical scholars have been slowly integrating the findings of modern linguistics into their biblical scholarship beginning in the second half of the twentieth century. The following is just one example of how linguistics has advanced our knowledge of biblical Hebrew and provided a plausible explanation for a long running debate. One of the first vocabulary