This was found in the front of a Hebrew and Greek interlinear of the Bible. While there are certainly more than 10 advantages to knowing the original biblical languages, and perhaps even better points than the ones listed below, I believe these are worth considering.
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Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Dr. Dave Black has taught Koine Greek all over the world. You can watch a clip from his DVD series Learn to Read New Testament Greek with Dr. David Alan Black below.
The DVD series was recorded at Evangelical Theological College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. You can purchase the DVD set here.
Also, check out Dr. Black’s awesome blog over at Dave Black Online.
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It is approaching that time of the year again. The time when college and seminary students cram review the biblical languages and lament on how little study they accomplished over the summer. I am one of those lamenting but am blessed and thankful to be starting another semester of Hebrew.
Logos has provided a couple of great Hebrew and Greek paradigm charts in .pdf format for free download. Travel on over and scroll down to the bottom of the page for download links.
The Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament (JESOT) has published their first issue.
A few months back I posted info about the forthcoming Journal and how excited I was to stumble across its site.
The first issue includes articles by:
- Michael S. Heiser
- Eugene H. Merrill
- Joel E. Anderson
- Todd Scacewater
The book reviews section includes: Continue Reading…
Below is an infographic for “A Statement of the Traditional Southern Baptist Understanding of the Plan of Salvation”.
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Steve Weaver over at Credo Magazine has written a brief but helpful introduction to great Baptist theologian John Gill. This introduction is part of series at Credo Mag called “10 Baptists Everyone Should Know.”
I have benefited greatly from Gill’s Exposition of the Bible as it reflects not only a reformed Baptist position but also an historic Baptist perspective.
Weaver writes: Continue Reading…
Baptist statesman J.L. Dagg finishes his Manual of Church Order with the “duty of Baptists.” Dagg lists 6 duties that all Baptists should uphold and then expounds on each duty.
Regarding the duties of Baptists, Dagg writes:
Although the truth of God does not need human authority, or the patronage of great names, it is nevertheless the Divine pleasure to make it known to the world by human instrumentality; and this instrumentality needs to be adapted to the purpose for which it is employed. If God has commissioned a sect everywhere spoken against, to make known truth which the wise and learned have overlooked, that sect ought to understand the service to which they have been appointed, and ought to fulfil the prescribed duty firmly, faithfully, and in the fear of the Lord. As men designed for a peculiar service, let us, by earnest and constant endeavor, seek to ascertain the will of him to whose supreme authority we yield all our powers, and let us diligently and perseveringly obey that will, whether men revile or praise.
I believe Dagg’s list is helpful for reflection on what God would have us to do and what it means to be a Baptist. Continue Reading…
I came across this logical fallacies infographic today and immediately knew it was post worthy. Too many Christian books, conversations, and internet “dialogues” are ripe with logical fallacies. Continue Reading…
We are currently studying atonement theories in my Theology II class and it has been a blessing and challenge to reflect on and interact with historic positions on the doctrine of atonement. While reading current Greek scholar Dan Wallace’s blog, I came across a quote of the late Southern Baptist Greek scholar A.T. Roberston regarding the unplumbable depths of Christ’s atoning work. Continue Reading…
Here is a clip of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary president Danny Akin speaking on George Leile. Akin believes Leile was actually the first protestant foreign missionary. Leile was a freed slave who sold himself, along with his family, into slavery in Jamaica for the purpose of spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Like great missionaries William Carey and Lottie Moon, George Leile was a five-point Calvinist. Continue Reading…
An influential founder of the Southern Baptist Convention as well as a founding professor of the first Southern Baptist seminary, John Broadus is one of the great Southern Baptists who we stand on the shoulders of today. Broadus, widely respected for his scholarship, was selected by the American Baptist Publication Society and the Sunday School Board (known today as LifeWay) to compose a Baptist catechism.
In 1892, A Catechism of Bible Teaching was published and widely used in Southern Baptist life and beyond. Today, Broadus’ catechism remains a helpful tool for the Christian and also serves as a great historical insight into the beliefs of the founding Southern Baptists. Continue Reading…
John Leadley Dagg (1794-1884), influential Baptist theologian and president of Mercer University, explains free agency in his Manual of Theology. Dagg’s Manual of Theology was assigned by James P. Boyce as the sole theology textbook at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for many years. Continue Reading…
The Lord Jesus has risen and has defeated death and sin forever. To him belongs praise and glory forever.
Below is an Easter prayer from the collection of Puritan prayers The Valley of Vision. Continue Reading…
Dr. Tom Schreiner’s JETS article on individual or corporate election in Romans 9 is a very helpful explanation and defense of the Calvinistic understanding of God’s election. Regarding his purpose for the article, Schreiner states: Continue Reading…
