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Some Parts of Evangelicalism Do Not Need To be Deconstructed ... They Need To Be Destroyed!
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Saving Inerrancy from the Americans?
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Lessons from The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill
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Beth Moore Becomes Anglican and Some Baptists Pick Up Pitch Forks
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Testifying to the Truth in a Post-Truth Age
Friends, as I read the news and social media, and as I watch people react to the news and social media, I’m convinced we are facing a truth crisis…
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Jesus among the gods
I had the pleasure of doing a live recording on John Dickson’s Undeception podcast where I talked about how Jesus was like and unlike the many gods of…
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Mission is the Shape of Water
Guest Post by Michael Frost. I’ve long feared that our imagination has been somewhat limited when it comes to thinking about the mission of the church…
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Posts for 27 Nov - 1 Dec
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Did the Syro-Phoenician Woman Change Jesus's Mind?
I’m sure many of you know the story of Jesus and the Syro-Phoenician woman in Mk 7:24-30: 24 Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He…
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ETS and SBL Review
Hi everyone! Well, the Evangelical Theological Society, Institute of Biblical Research, and Society of Biblical Literature conference in San Antonio…
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Publication Day for A Bird's-Eye View of Luke and Acts
Rejoice with me friends, tomorrow is the official publication day for A Bird’s-Eye View of Luke and Acts. Oh boy, I began writing this back in 2010…
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Six Things You Did Not Know About the Oriental Orthodox Churches
Most of the readers to this substack will know most of their Christian denominations. There are the Protestants of a gazillion varieties, Anglicans…
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Why Did Saul of Tarsus Persecute Christians?
Why did Saul of Tarsus, the pre-Christian Paul, persecute the church (see 1 Cor 15:9; Gal 1:13, 23; 1 Tim 1:13)? Persecutions which Luke alleges…
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