tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298282982012-02-16T02:53:37.705-08:00Greek & Roman classics critiqued through the Christian worldview, and a little bit of philosophy 'cause I can't help speaking my mind sometimesKeithnoreply@blogger.comBlogger161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-25205023793753006152011-09-16T07:28:00.000-07:002011-09-16T07:29:45.429-07:00

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Keithnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-61485359866502356762009-08-13T07:29:00.000-07:002009-08-13T07:30:30.418-07:00

A thought came to mind recently: many Christians are fond of saying they are sinners saved by God’s grace. The word ‘sinner’ in this context is used with the common English sense in which the –er morpheme indicates someone who repeatedly performs an action, namely one who sins.I don’t know if this modern use of the term squares with New Testament usage. At least in Luke 5:32 you see a sharp

Keithnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-51940357513630182422008-01-30T13:37:00.000-08:002008-01-30T13:48:26.078-08:00

I guess it's time for a new picture. This is from my ordination council which met last Friday night, January 25. Today I received word that the board has unanimously recognized the call of God on my life for pursuing gospel ministry. It was such a fun evening of examining the Scriptures with these men and discussing the nature of Christian ministry--I sure wish we could do this stuff more often!!

Keithnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-68714671883572529582007-10-11T17:32:00.000-07:002007-10-12T09:28:26.863-07:00

Well I guess I’m held now to an even greater accountability to start posting messages again since I just noticed that my pastor posted a link to my blog on our church website. Not that I mind, but I sure don’t want to be the laughing stock at our next church leadership meeting since the guys tend to poke fun at the weakest link whenever possible—it can get quite brutal if the topic of my blog

Keithnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-90298561116606301082007-08-15T10:40:00.000-07:002007-08-15T11:05:48.700-07:00

Interesting times on the Textkit forum! It all started a few months ago when I engaged a bright young man in a discussion about the integrity of the New Testament writers, which he maintained were “pseudonymous.” It was the first time I had ever witnessed a discussion nearly get heated on that website devoted to the study of classical Greek and Latin. Our message exchanges ended when I refused to

Keithnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-86126229679664993242007-08-06T13:02:00.000-07:002007-08-07T10:18:29.933-07:00

Spending the vast majority of my studies in the Koine, and being in favor of the system of eight cases, I was hopeful that perhaps I would find traces of the original ablative form the further back in time I could go searching in Greek sources. When I started working on the first line of Hesiod’s “Works and Days” last week, I think I may have found such a trace in the –θεν morpheme of Πιερίηθεν,

Keithnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-72824076572102608372007-07-30T12:11:00.000-07:002007-07-30T12:45:23.693-07:00

Hi everyone.I know I've broken rule #1 governing all bloggers--namely, you have to write every week. As you can determine below, it took me a while to learn about Unicode in order to put up a Greek text without computer gibberish. Anyway, I've just broken the ice learning how to do it, so I hope from here out to be more active on this blog posting as I continue to learn Unicode and the formatting

Keithnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-84291703836788575062007-07-14T16:29:00.001-07:002007-07-14T16:29:37.077-07:00

Keithnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-44099046521455368772007-07-12T13:25:00.000-07:002007-07-13T22:28:24.754-07:00

While I attempt to figure out how to do unicoding (if this is a true word), let me talk about our most recent NT Greek course which just ended less than two weeks ago. It was my second time around teaching the course at The Master’s College for the degree completion program.I was quite satisfied with the progress of this class. At the end of their 16th week, they were working at a level far

Keithnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-30647103748116558022007-07-11T16:24:00.001-07:002007-07-11T17:35:51.261-07:00

Ηα[ ] \ { ͗ ͗ ͑ ασδφασδ͑σδφα ͗ ασδφασδφ / ασδφα ? ασδφασδ'asdf ὀυ ὀυ οὐκ γινώσκω τὸν υἱ̑onσδφασδφasdfa asdfασδφασδφα γεντιεἱς μία ἑνἔν

Keithnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-8923915260185696432007-07-04T18:00:00.001-07:002007-07-05T20:55:34.174-07:00

Hi everyone.I've just realized that the Greek text is coming out in gibberish. I'm gonna have to find a new font to use. I may have some ideas, but if anyone has a suggestion, please let me know. I previously used BibleWorks Greek, but it would only appear right on a computer with this font already installed.

Keithnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-74033034207564386752007-06-22T11:24:00.000-07:002007-07-30T11:58:04.697-07:00

Often times, whether in internet chat rooms long ago or personal conversations, I’ve heard the claim that the word “rapture” is not in the Bible. And I confess if reading the English Bible alone, one will likely not find the word “rapture.” It actually isn’t an English word in origin. It comes from the Latin rapio, and this word is in the Bible—although in the Vulgate edition. As the text in 1

Keithnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-19640870501894399682007-06-18T14:47:00.000-07:002011-08-21T21:03:05.662-07:00

Hotel FlightCommisioned Officers TrainingSummer 2005 - Maxwell Air Force Base

Keithnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-32128093281506967692007-06-15T19:55:00.001-07:002007-06-20T09:53:57.053-07:00

In case you're wondering about the strange name for this blog, let me explain. When I was at Army bootcamp, the Drill Sergeant would ask the company, "Delta Company, what makes the green grass grow?" Our reply was: "Blood, blood, blood makes the green grass grow!"When we entered into the bayonet phase of our basic combat training, the Drill Sergeant would then ask the question: "Delta Company,

Keithnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-1150497602128699452006-06-16T15:17:00.000-07:002006-06-16T15:51:00.140-07:00

Having studied through A.T. Robertson's A Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Research page-by-page, I sensed a value in studying Greek outside of the NT in order to understand the Greek in the NT. Clyde Pharr provided valuable insight to this importance:It is generally recognized that for the best results in the study of the New Testament, students should read a

Keithnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29828298.post-1150493941847846232006-06-16T14:37:00.000-07:002007-06-18T10:18:51.058-07:00

I found one when reading the first page of the Iliad: luso,menoj (1:13). I can't ever remember running across this in the NT, although it may exist.According to Pharr (section 915), the translation is "being about to loose (for) one's self" in the middle voice, and "being about to be loosed" in the passive. He gives "desiring to loose" as another alternative.Until now the vast majority of my

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