Truth.
Without it the world devolves into an amorphous chaos where everyone's preferences describe a personal reality disconnected from everyone else's. In that dark place no decision is good or bad, no action is right or wrong. But in the presence of truth - we are exposed for what we are. Therefore we need truth as the divine measuring rod of our identities.
"I am the truth" - Jesus The Christ.

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Getting into the Original Languages

Submitted by andrewdmck on Fri, 08/27/2010 - 3:16am
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The more time I spend studying the Word, the more I desire to be able to competently handle the original languages. This desire comes out of a goal of wanting to rightly handle the Word of Truthi. I see this as a life long process that will enable me to read and understand what the better commentaries are talking about, but not simply take their opinion at face value, but be able to go back to the text and see it for myself. It will also allow me to better understand why things are translated the way they appear in our English versions and get a better handle on why translators have made certain decisions.

This series is not specifically about teaching you Greeki or Hebrewi, but about sharing my journey into the Languages, reviewing books, websites or other tools or techniques I have found helpful. Along the way though I may well write about some language / grammar specific topics in a general way pointing you to resources to further explore the topic. It would be great to here from you your experiences and resources, tools or techniques you have found helpful or maybe not so helpful.

Praying for our Students from Elementary School to College

Submitted by tcblack on Sun, 08/22/2010 - 6:07pm
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This evening I want us to dedicate ourselves for the purpose of prayer and reading the word on behalf of the new school year.

I want us to take as our primary passage for prayer guidance from 2 Thessalonians as a whole.

There are in fact so many prayer needs that if you feel at any time you want to pray for one of the following please do: Students, Faculty, Administration, Teachers, Homework, Roommates, Fresh challenges at every grade level, Athletics (esp. safety and life balance), Entertainment (That students will have fun while maintaining a positive, Christian attitude.), Finances, Dating Relationships,Parents of Students, Local Community.

As we begin our prayers tonight, let us first take our turn reading the word of God: 2 Thessalonians 1-3 Listen for Cues in the text which will enable us to begin praying according to God's word for our students, teachers, administrators, parents and community.

A Review of English Grammar to Ace New Testament Greek

Submitted by andrewdmck on Sun, 08/22/2010 - 2:51am
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English Grammar to Ace New Testament Greeki

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Author:Samuel Lamerson
ISBN:0310255341
Publisher:Zondervan
Publication Date:2004-07-18
Pages:112

Visit Product Page on Zondervan for a download sample.

One of the big issues in learning a second language is difficulty in recalling the rules of grammar from your primary language. We learn our primary language at an early age an in a less informal way than we additional languages in most instances (unless one grows up in a multi-lingual home). The purpose of this book is to act as quick guide to English grammar. It is only 112 pages long making it an excellent companion text to use alongside your First Year Greek Grammar.

Each chapter in the book links to a specific chapter in Mounce's Basics of Biblical Grammar (BBG) Second Edition, however it could be use alongside any Greek Grammar equally well. There are 18 chapters that each deal with a specific topic. For example chapter 1 deals with Nouns, chapter 10 deponents and chapter 15 infinitives. A complete list of chapters is available in th sample download from the Zondervan product page link above.

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