There are two different approaches to learning these lessons. First is to simply learn the language like someone does as a child, just listen and repeat. The second is to also try to read the words that are included in the lesson. If, for right now, you are just listening to the audio, then you […]
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John 14:6 one of the great proclamations about himself that Jesus made. I break the verse down into three parts to make it easier to learn. The first part was in the previous article and this is the second part. Play the link below to learn the verse in Greek and to practice. John14:6b
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John 14:6 is a longer verse than the verses we’ve looked at so far. Because of that we are going to split up the verse into parts. I don’t remember when I first learned the principle, but it goes like this: “Yard by yard, it’s way too hard, but inch by inch, it’s a cinch.”
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This is a wonderful verse to learn. Follow along with the audio by clicking on the following link: Phil 4-4 Audio Here is what the verse looks like in the text: Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice. (Philippians 4:4 ASV) Here is what the verse looks like in the Greek: And
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Philippians 4:13 is one of those awesome verses, and it is short so we have a good verse to learn to speak Koine Greek. Play the link below to learn the verse in Greek and to practice. Phil 4-13 Audio I can do all things through him who strengthens me. (Philippians 4:13 ESV) The koine
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Koine Greek is the form of Greek used in the New Testament. It was the common language used among most people in everyday conversation and transactions in the Eastern Roman world around the time of Christ. Why learn Greek at all? The phrase has often been used, “lost in translation”. Translators do a valuable job,
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Rob Bell is an American pastor and founder of Mars Hill Bible Church in Grand Rapids Michigan. His church has a five figure attendance and he uses innovative and controversial methods to attract people both to his church and to other media resources he offers including books, podcasts, and speaking tours. The following article refers
“Sex…Power…Murder…Amen” is how the series, The Borgias, opens. The reason that it is relevant here in the website on original Christianity and the developments since is that it sets the stage for the Reformation. By most accounts, the dealings of the Borgias, some of whom were popes, were not abnormal to the times. They may
In 00.3 The History of Easter we looked at how Easter got its name from the Germanic goddess Eostre, whose springtime festival was popular. Evidently, Eostre liked rabbits and thus the Easter bunny tradition began. Eggs are symbolic of new life which is what happens in spring and Easter eggs are also part of this
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Antenicene References to Easter are Actually to Passover And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. (Acts 12:4 KJV) There is a reference in the Bible to the word Easter, in
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As I write this, today is the anniversary of The Maryland Toleration Act. This Act, passed on April 21, 1649, was a law granting religious freedom to Trinitarian Christians. This act is hailed as the start of great freedom for Christianity as it allowed Catholics, Presbyterians, and other Christians who were not Anglican to live
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Would it surprise you to know that the bible read in the fourth century was not the same as the modern bible? Most of it is the same, but there are some surprising differences. Codex Sinaiticus is called the world’s oldest bible (earlier manuscripts were probably burned by persecuting Romans, or simply didn’t survive the
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I have heard a number of arguments over time against the need for any kind of restoration in the church. Often the remark will just focus on a particular element of Christianity like the status of the bible, what the core beliefs are, and so forth. For example, as far as the Bible is concerned,
“The greatest commandment is… Thou shalt love the Lord thy God… and the second … is …Thou shalt love thy neighbor as yourself” First of all, let me say that it is admirable to see someone put someone else’s need above their own and act accordingly. For example, both a young person and an elderly
In More Manuscript Basics; Using a Textual Commentary, I discussed how the bible was transmitted up to the point where Greek New Testament editions were created, starting with Erasmus up until recent editions by the United Bible Society. We finished by looking at an example of a textual variant in a textual commentary. Next we
In There are Numerous Variations in the Texts From Which We Get The Bible; Using an Interlinear Text To See Them, I give a very simple overview of the problems of transmission of Bible text over the ages. The process of biblical textual study is actually more complex. The Introduction to Bruce M. Metzger’s A
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Name of Jesus Christ of or of the Trinity – which one is to be used in Baptism?
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In the previous articles we have been talking about textual variations and we looked at a particular number of them. In those articles, we looked at how fasting was inserted into verses declaring a need for fasting to deliver some from a devil. We looked at the inserted verses saying an angel “troubled” the water
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It is called “the Great Commission”, is cited as a proof of the Trinity, and is a standard verse used in many a sermon: Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: teaching them to observe
Critics of Christianity point to the variations, discrepancies, and even forgeries in the bible as one of their points to disprove Christianity. Unfortunately, some of their criticisms are true. There are verses in the bible that are deliberately inserted, omitted, and/or changed. But, the point of the critic that finding errors in biblical texts absolutely
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The name of Jesus Christ was critical in Original Christianity. Paul wrote that the name of Jesus [Christ] was the most powerful authority on heaven and earth, and everything that was done by a believer was to be done in the name of Jesus Christ: In General that in the name of Jesus every knee
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Most of us are aware that we don’t have any original texts of the books of the bible. There are a number of reasons for this. One reason is that there were book destructions, i.e., book burnings done by governments who wanted to remove what they considered offensive religions from their society. One such destruction
Most people are familiar with Jesus rebuking the apostles for their unbelief and their mistakes in the Gospels. But somehow some think that everything the Apostles said and did was perfect and according to the will of God after the day of Pentecost when the Apostles record many great manifestations of power and believing. Look
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Baptism Justin’s first apology gives an eyewitness account into the practices of worship, baptism and communion in the mid-second century. Interestingly, Justin calls baptism a “washing”, which is what the word” baptism” really means, and in my humble opinion, is what this ritual was called in the original Christian church. As far as what was