– Bill Mounce discusses whether the sword is the Spirit in Eph. 6.17 here.

– Daniel Kirk writes on “the church’s Jesus and Israel’s God” here.

– Kurt Willems begins a series asking “if evolution is right, what about Adam?” here.

– The Western Seminary Blog’s contest for a free copy of the HCSB ends tomorrow. Enter here. Also, they have a coaching =+ marriage workshop scheduled which you can learn more about here and this year’s anti-trafficking conference has been scheduled with details here.

– Ian Paul announces the release of his Grove booklet on Women and Authority here.

– Ben Witherington posts the fifth part of his review of Defending Constantine here.

– Tim Henderson begins reviewing Nicholas Perrin’s Jesus the Temple here.