Showing all posts tagged "Biblical Studies"
For those interested in Linguistics
For those of you who are interested in the linguistics of biblical languages or just Linguistics as a discipline of study, do yourselves a favor and get, if you can, Halliday's book, Explorations in the Functions of Language. If you can't find it ...
Posted on November 10th, 2016
Is it just me?
Is it just me or does anyone else think that Olive Tree's latest version of Bible reader for Android (I'm on a Galaxy Note 4) took a step or two backwards in terms of Greek font face? The only two options available in Settings | Font Settings | Gr...
Posted on June 23rd, 2015
SBL Annual Meeting
I'm reading two papers at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature (SBL). I head to San Diego next Friday. I'd appreciate your prayers for safe travels.
Posted on November 13th, 2014
New article published
One of my students at OC and I co-authored an article that is now published in the Journal of the Biblical and Ancient Greek Linguistics. It is available here: http://bit.ly/ClsAsMsg
Posted on October 8th, 2014
Three points from Romans 12
Here are the three major points from my sermon on Romans 12 this morning (9-Feb):
I. A Believer’s Life is Characterized by Sacrifice that is Motivated and Powered by God’s Mercy (Rom. 12:1–2)
II. A Transformed Person Understands There Is No R...
Posted on February 9th, 2014
Happy New Year!
I wish you all a Happy New Year! As you think about your goals and resolutions for 2014, consider this:
Psalm 112 (NET)
1 Praise the Lord!
How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord,
who takes great delight in keeping his commands.
2 His descen...
Posted on December 31st, 2013
λαῖλαψ μεγάλη ἀνέμου, γαλήνη μεγάλη, and φόβον μέγαν (Mark 4:37, 39, and 41)
This post is part one of two (part two coming soon).
In Appraisal Theory (cf. the Appraisal Web site), we talk about three systems from which a language user may choose to make interpersonal meaning: ATTITUDE, which includes the subsystems AFFECT...
Posted on December 16th, 2013
A few thoughts on Jude vv. 12–13
I could not for the life of me get this blog post to format the way I wanted to, so I put it into a Google Doc. Click here to view. You can also access it here.
Posted on October 6th, 2013
In case you missed it
I was invited to write a post for the Perspective Criticism blog a while back. If you missed it, you can find it here. Enjoy.
Posted on September 29th, 2013