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I don't know why Angelina doesn't believe in the Rapture. I can speak for myself. I do not believe the Bible teaches an any-moment Rapture. That's a belief of pre-tribulation, premillenial dispensational eschatology. That is a recent belief in NT theology. I believe in a post-tribulation...

Stan, Here's a good article that articulates 'The Differences between Classical and Hellenistic Greek'. It shows how the vernacular, Koine, is an outgrowth of Classical (Attic) Greek. It also shows the differences as well. It cites A T Robertson's (one of the most brilliant Koine scholars of...

It's not a matter of 'nothing wrong with studying it'. It's a matter that it is absolutely critical for an accurate exegesis of the NT to be able to exegete using the grammar of Koine Greek. 'Absolutely critical' does not equal 'nothing wrong'.

Wormwood, There's one other article that I should have recommended. I am dealing with a Jesus Seminar scholar who claims that Jesus' resurrection appearances were apparitions. Stephen Davis has refuted this position in a superb article (see Davis 1997 below). I have only read bits and pieces of...

Wormwood, My presuppositions are those of evangelical Christianity that has a high view of the authority of Scripture. My PhD is in a very specialist area of historical Jesus studies. I'm critiquing a Jesus Seminar Fellow, John Dominic Crossan. Some of the books I found helpful were: N T Wright...

aspen, Studying the history of Ancient Greece will not teach anyone the grammar of Koine Greek to be able to exegete the Greek NT. Exegeting Koine Greek is fundamental to understanding the English NT as Koine Greek is the original language of the NT.

pom, You did not answer what I asked at #14, so your response here is a red herring logical fallacy. We can't have a logical discussion when you do this.

Are you attending an evangelical church? What are the doctrines of these people you label as 'heretics'?

Angelina, I'd recommend a listen to this 'Two Ways to Live' discussion between Australia's Kel Richards and Phillip Jensen (along with summary points). They wrote a handout that I use regularly as an evangelism tool, Two Ways to Live. It summarises the Christianity and the Gospel simply and...

Stan, I've just watched Bill Mounce's presentation on chapter 2 of BBG (Basics of Biblical Greek). He is such a brilliant teacher who makes learning Greek so easy, but challenging. He has thought through the challenge to arrive at the best way to learn Greek. It's a long time since I've sat in...

To which statements by Jesus are you referring?

Wormwood, Thanks for your response. I'm familiar with the USA system as my BA and MA are from your institutions. The found the DMin not to be where I wanted to go. This PhD research degree is very rigorous. I've learned a great deal, having to submit an article to a peer-refereed journal...

ChristianJ, Why don't you provide us with a link to the SBC that confirms what you are saying? It shouldn't be up to us to go searching. Oz

Keeth, You sure know how to bore people into not reading your posts. I urge you to engage with us and not drown us with your prodigious efforts of copy and paste. If you carry on with this approach, I'll avoid reading further than the name, 'Keeth'. What gets into your system to make you do...

Stan, Exodus 31:15-17 (ESV) is an excellent statement to show the link between the days of creation and rest, and the days of work and rest: I work for 6 literal days and rest on the seventh (well, I'm supposed to) and that is parallel with 'a sign for ever' between God and the people of...

Jim, When you compare Tobit and Bel and the Dragon with Noah's Art, Moses, healing of the child by Elisha, the floating axe head, Jonah, you are not comparing eggs with eggs (your analogy). I am a 100% supporter of the Almighty Lord God performing supernatural actions because that is who God...

Jim, There is some fanciful material in Tobit and Bel and the Dragon. Here are but a couple examples (I have read the entire Apocrypha, i.e. deuterocanonical books). In fact, in my BA, I took a course in the Apocrypha. Let's look at a couple of examples: Tobit 6:1-8 (RSV): 5 So the young man...

pom, From where did you obtain the information that ' The New Testament at one point included all writings of Christians. It was FOUR times the size of what we have now'. Where do you get evidence that the NT canon was 4 times the 27 books that we now have? Justin Martyr (ca 100-165) wrote...

You have not provided documentation for this. What's your statistical source that confirms this. Otherwise, it is an assertion, without proof. I await your links to research data that confirm this. John 6:70 reveals the Judas situation: 'Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the Twelve...

Wormwood, Doing the course work and then a reduced dissertation is the USA system of education. For those of us associated with the British Empire (as I am in Australia), the primary option is to do the entire PhD as a research-only dissertation. This is what I have done through the University...