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New Testament
Rob Price — May 10, 2021
Isaiah is a remarkable book, renowned for its rhetorical power, vivid imagery, sweeping historical vision, stinging rebuke of injustice and...
Spiritual Formation
Joanne Jung — May 07, 2021
The following is the fifth post in a series on how to stop hate from a biblical perspective. Join The Good Book Blog and Professor of Biblical and...
Biblical Exposition, Theology
Kenneth Berding — May 05, 2021
Paul boldly and famously asserts: “the love of Christ controls us” (2 Cor. 5:14). But what does he mean by “the love of Christ”? If you’re willing...
New Testament, Theology
Mick Boersma — May 03, 2021
When I was a child and younger adult, I struggled with anxiety a lot. Being a pastor didn’t help (Haha!). A wonderful wife, a few good friends and...
Church Life, Ministry and Leadership, Spiritual Formation
Joanne Jung — April 30, 2021
The following is the fourth post in a series on how to stop hate from a biblical perspective. Read The Good Book Blog series written by Professor...
Octavio Esqueda — April 28, 2021
This post is also available in Spanish. “To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek Him the greatest adventure; to find Him, the...
This post is also available in English. “Enamorarse de Dios es el mayor romance; buscarle, la mayor aventura; encontrarle, el mayor logro humano”....
Theology
John McKinley — April 26, 2021
In 14 chapters, scholars from Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States collaborate on the many difficult issues of Jesus' impeccability...
Culture, Spiritual Formation
Joanne Jung — April 23, 2021
The following is the third post in a series on how to stop hate from a biblical perspective. Join The Good Book Blog and Professor of Biblical and...
Darian Lockett — April 22, 2021
A few years ago, I was asked by the editor of a publishing company to dream up a volume that contained some of the greatest critical hits...
Ethics
Scott Rae — April 21, 2021
One of the more controversial questions for Christians that I have seen a lot of discussion about in the past few months is this: If you are...
Culture
Thaddeus Williams — April 19, 2021
[The following is adapted from Thaddeus Williams’ Confronting Injustice without Compromising Truth: 12 Questions Christians Should Ask About Social...
Joanne Jung — April 16, 2021
The following is the second post in a series on how to stop hate from a biblical perspective. Join The Good Book Blog and Professor of Biblical...
Ben Shin — April 14, 2021
The world-wide pandemic of 2020-2021 certainly hindered mainstream living at many levels including work, recreation, social gatherings and the...
Missions
Kenneth Berding — April 12, 2021
Muslims are coming to Christ all around the world. But what should a church composed of Muslim-background believers in Jesus look like? How...
Joanne Jung — April 09, 2021
The following is the first post in a series on how to stop hate from a biblical perspective. Join The Good Book Blog and Professor of Biblical and...
The Good Book Blog, Darian Lockett — April 07, 2021
In this post, we interview Darian Lockett, author of the new book Letters for the Church: Reading James, 1-2 Peter, 1-3 John, and Jude as Canon ....
Kenneth Berding — April 01, 2021
Last year, I was at home with my family on Good Friday because of the Covid-19 crisis. My home church streamed a somber and beautiful online...
Kenneth Berding — March 22, 2021
“For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death,...
Eddie Byun — March 19, 2021
Below is a short prayer I felt led to pray over our nation in light of recent events. Father, release the power of the Holy Spirit to convict the...
Historical Theology, New Testament, Old Testament
Gary Manning Jr — March 17, 2021
You may have seen one of the many articles about some new fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) that were recently discovered. Fascinating stuff!...
The Good Book Blog, Kyle Strobel — March 10, 2021
In this post, we interview Kyle Strobel, one of two authors of the new book, Where Prayer Becomes Real: How Honesty with God Transforms Your Soul....
Tema: "La Palabra de Dios: Permaneciendo por Siglos y Todavía Relevante"
Octavio Esqueda, Angelica Esqueda — March 08, 2021
¿Recuerda su primera Biblia? Yo sí. Me la regaló mi futuro esposo cuando acepté a Jesús como mi salvador el verano de 1994. Pero este enorme...
Kenneth Berding — March 03, 2021
I recently led a class session on how to interpret the second half of Romans 7. During the early part of the discussion, I presented four...
The Good Book Blog — March 01, 2021
As all of us are too well aware, the COVID-19 pandemic upended life as we knew it, and campus life was certainly no exception. With the closure of...