The announcement on April 27th that the two main Palestinian factions, the more secular Fatah and the Islamist Hamas, will form a government of national unity and hold elections has triggered a wave of optimistic commentary around the world. China’s Xinhua news agency says it “brings new hope to Mideast peace.” Britain’s Economist sees fresh […]
Hamas: Can the Leopard Change Its Spots? Read Post »
Many of our readers have asked if we have audio available for the BibleMesh panel discussions at The Gospel Coalition national conference. Well, now we have it! You can find the audio files below, along with the video of Panel 1, Panel 2, and Panel 3: Session 1: Gospel Coalition Panel Discussion: What I have
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And with that, the Gospel Jam Bonanza closed. It was a great and busy conference—incredibly, TGC is officially 46 hours long. That’s wild. There is enough activity to fill two weeks of a normal life, but in the evangelical world, this is how we do it, to quote Montell Jordan. On Thursday at 12:30pm, BibleMesh
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April 11, 2011 Theologians release online Bible-learning innovation CHICAGO—BibleMesh, the newest online portal for Bible learning, will officially launch its first course, “The Biblical Story,” at the Gospel Coalition 2011 National Conference in Chicago April 12. “The Biblical Story,” is completely online with nothing to download. It teaches the overarching story of Scripture through animation-rich
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Today, the expression, “shari‘a” – as in “shari‘a law” and “shari‘a finance” – is heard with increasing frequency. It is important to get clear on just what shari‘a is, particularly since some Muslims wish to bring it to prominence and even dominance around the world. The great Western scholar of Islamic law, Joseph Schacht, once
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Francis Schaeffer, twentieth-century pastor, theologian, and author, is best known for founding the L’Abri Fellowship in Switzerland in 1955. His many books and lectures sought to educate Christian leaders toward a creation-affirming and culture-challenging message. In this excerpt, taken from his book The God Who Is There, Schaeffer speaks to a fundamental problem in the
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