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Church Life, Ministry and Leadership, Spiritual Formation
Kevin Lawson — March 28, 2025
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and...
Sed, pues, imitadores de Dios como hijos amados. Y andad en amor, como tambi茅n Cristo nos am贸, y se entreg贸 a s铆 mismo por nosotros, ofrenda y...
Historical Theology
An Interview with Rob Nyhuis
Kenneth Berding — March 17, 2025
Ken Berding (KB): Thanks for being willing to be interviewed about your recent book, Global Revival: How a City鈥檚 Mission Catalysed a Worldwide...
Ministry and Leadership, Spiritual Formation
Kevin Lawson — March 14, 2025
We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for...
As铆 que, los que somos fuertes debemos soportar las flaquezas de los d茅biles, y no agradarnos a nosotros mismos. Cada uno de nosotros agrade a su...
Spiritual Formation
Eddie Byun — March 12, 2025
Open my eyes that I may see the wonderful things in Your Law. Psalm 119:18 There is a vital connection that prayer and Scripture have for each...
Culture
Kenneth Berding — March 10, 2025
I鈥檓 not cool. Even the title of this post is uncool. At least I could have used a strong noun in my title like insignificance, or triviality or ...
Joanne Jung — March 07, 2025
I have the privilege of teaching genre-based biblical interpretation at Biola. Here's something I put together that integrates biblical principles...
Christian Education
Joanne Jung — March 02, 2025
Talbot School of Theology recently had the opportunity to have a conversation about its position on 鈥渃omplementarianism.鈥 The word is in quotation...
Ministry and Leadership, Old Testament
Kevin Lawson — February 28, 2025
And all the people gathered as one man into the square before the Water Gate. And they told Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses...
Y se junt贸 todo el pueblo como un solo hombre en la plaza que est谩 delante de la puerta de las Aguas, y dijeron a Esdras el escriba que trajese el...
Kyle Strobel — February 26, 2025
鈥淎ll teaching is either about things or signs; but things are learned about through signs.鈥 Augustine In The Silver Chair, Jill Pole is with Aslan...
By embracing the simple joys hidden in plain sight
Kyle Strobel — February 19, 2025
I went to seminary to be great. I鈥檓 sure there was something well-meaning in it, and I鈥檓 sure that there was a genuine call on my life to take that...
Biblical Exposition, New Testament
Kenneth Berding — February 17, 2025
Here are nine things we wouldn鈥檛 know about Paul and his missionary team if Colossians 4 wasn鈥檛 in our Bibles. I鈥檒l list them in the order they...
Kevin Lawson — February 14, 2025
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some...
Pero los once disc铆pulos se fueron a Galilea, al monte donde Jes煤s les hab铆a ordenado. Y cuando le vieron, le adoraron; pero algunos dudaban. Y...
Spiritual Formation, Theology
Kenneth Berding — February 12, 2025
A few months ago I wrote about the value of praying small prayers. I鈥檝e received significant spiritual encouragement thinking about and praying...
Biblical Exposition, New Testament, Old Testament
Kenneth Way — February 05, 2025
鈥淚t is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins鈥 (Heb. 10:4 NIV). This affirmation about the Old Covenant is true because only...
Church Life, Culture, Ethics
Mark Saucy — February 03, 2025
At the conclusion of last semester鈥檚 theology of gender class, we had a session in which we discussed the so-called global Gender Divide. The US...
Ministry and Leadership
Kevin Lawson — January 31, 2025
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,...
Por tanto, no te averg眉ences de dar testimonio de nuestro Se帽or, ni de m铆, preso suyo, sino participa de las aflicciones por el evangelio seg煤n el...
Thaddeus Williams — January 27, 2025
The following is an excerpt from Thaddeus Williams鈥 new book Revering God: How to Marvel at Your Maker (Zondervan Reflect), a systematic theology...
Apologetics
Sean McDowell — January 24, 2025
People ask me all the time for my top resource recommendations to equip students in apologetics and worldview. While there are many more quality...
New Testament, Spiritual Formation, Theology
Kenneth Berding — January 22, 2025
There is a line in a well-known story of Jesus (Matt. 20:20-28) that often gets overlooked. James and John have just allowed their mommy to ask...
Ministry and Leadership, Spiritual Formation, Theology
Kevin Lawson — January 21, 2025
Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that 鈥渁ll of us possess knowledge.鈥 This 鈥渒nowledge鈥 puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone...