Caution, this post might be hazardous to your language skills :) I was reading through Romans 7 last night in the Greek with a friend. We noticed an interesting thing in verse 15:ὃ γὰ� κατε�γάζομαι ο� γινώσκω: ο� γὰ� ὃ θέλω τοῦτο π�άσσω, ἀλλ' ...

Granted, British comedian Russell Brand isn't for everyone, and I think there are some people at the BBC who would agree. But, I just love the guy to bits. Sure he's strange and a little bit of a lecher, but damn is he funny. When rumors first started to surface that Brand was being considered to ta...

Before I start this, I should say that I greatly appreciate Bill Mounce and all of the work he's done. It's not easy to write a first-year grammar that anyone besides yourself can productively use. And have you ever really dug into his Morphology of Biblical Greek book? While not my cup of tea, ther...

It's no news that it snows a lot in MN.  Or that it gets cold, like -30 cold.  But The University hardly ever, and I mean ever shuts down.  Once my sophomore year they canceled afternoon classes, I still had a class till 2:30 and had to ride the bus home.  Not fun. Yester...

Is the ancient greek religion of the gods still practiced? I'm wondering if there's anyone out there who still prays to Zeus and the like? Anyone heard of any temples or anything? Disclaimer: I'm not looking to go and sacrifice goats or pray to Dionysus...I'm just curious....

Yesterday, I talked about the difficulty that arose in my sermon on John 21 last night.  I was speaking to a group of churches in Brownsville, OR and had been asked to speak on “Trustâ€� within a healthy church.  I chose to use John 21 as the text and Peter’s restoration to relationshi...

Like many other European countries, Greece is being branded as anti-Semitic by supporters of Israel. To be sure there is widespread anti-Israeli sentiment within Greek society, both on the Left and Right of the political spectrum. The line between opposition to Israeli policies and attitudes toward ...

Bart Erhman has made lots of headlines with his book, "Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why." So, are the NT documents reliable? Well, you may want to listen to this debate between James White and Bart Erhman....

"Do not be surprised that you fall every day; do not give up, but stand your ground courageously. And assuredly, the angel who guards you will honor your patience." -- St. John of the Ladder Open a newspaper these days and you will be sickened by what you read. Our world seems to be careening downhi...

[NB: cross-posted from PastoralEpistles.com since I thought folks here might be interested too. RB] One of the catchword arguments that P.N. Harrison uses in his book The Problem of the Pastoral Epistles (amazon.com) has to do with how Paul usually expresses thanks. Here's Harrison: In expressing hi...