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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鈥檚 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 Hern谩ndez — October 06, 2021
鈥淕o clean up the toys in the yard,鈥 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 Hern谩ndez — 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
鈥淐uando llegaron a Capernaum, vinieron a Pedro los que cobraban las dos dracmas, y le dijeron: 驴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 Biola 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鈥檚 a blog post that contains more footnotes (historical notes) than main text. That鈥檚 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 Biola Learn course called The Geography of Israel. Join The Good Book Blog and Associate...
Theology
Ben Shin — September 13, 2021
I am very excited to be a part of Talbot School of Theology鈥檚 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 Hern谩ndez — 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 Biola 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鈥檚 a meme that鈥檚 been making the rounds recently of a man running but another man...
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Charlie Trimm — September 03, 2021
The following is the first post in a series on the new Biola Learn course called The Geography of Israel. Join The Good Book Blog and Associate...
Ablaze! for the Long Haul
Michael Wilkins — September 01, 2021
That, saying鈥斺淪MILE, GOD LOVES YOU!鈥濃攚as on a little green placard that I taped on the air vent above the front window of my old Volkswagen van. It...