Before You Go (The Week in Review): Friday, July 31, 2015

By Evan Knies Our "week in review" posts (published every Friday) will point you to important stories that were in the news during the week, or articles from around the internet that we thought you should make sure you read. As we all close out the work week and clock-out on a Friday afternoon, here …

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No Fruit, No Root: How Jesus is Savior and Lord (and Treasure)

By Colton Corter It is not uncommon to hear a brother or sister tell their testimony much like this “Well, I received Christ when I was nine but I really didn’t live it out until I got out of high school.” The words may not look quite like that but the sentiment is often the …

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No Retreat, No Surrender: King Leonidas and King Jesus

By Mathew Gilbert When soldiers are backed into a corner during a battle they have two options: (1) surrender or (2) stand. They can give up or they can face their enemy. In the movie 300, there are many scenes that demonstrate that tension between surrender and standing ground in a war. But one scene …

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Book Briefs: Defending Substitution

By Evan Knies Simon Gathercole is the lecturer in New Testament studies in the Faculty of Divinity of the University of Cambridge and Fellow and director of studies in theology at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. He is also the author of several other books. Brief Summary: Defending Substitution is a short (128 pages), but needed work. …

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