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This post makes it clear that you have read zero of his books or scholarly journals. He has mentioned his unhappiness with the direction of his denomination. And AGAIN, I don't endorse everything he says or teaches. If I did, I would not be baptistic. But when it comes to research and NT...

Bingo on both accounts!!!

I think these are some pretty vague accusations. I like the man as a historian and theologian. But that doesn't mean I think he is correct on everything. First of all, the OP doesn't really prove anything. So it seems more as a purpose to deface or defame a great writer and scholar. (to...

bwahahaha... I can't believe you are going to even link us to that blog to get their hit count up.

I get worried (myself having been there) that we are so assured of our position having done so much research and reading and becoming so passionate and vigorous for our view that we start railing out phrases like "a profane unbeliever, a humanistic skeptic, an ignorant Bible reader, and a...

Ha... thanks for catching that.

I don't see the different... the meaning of the ministry of Messiah is the same for all audiences. What changes is that terms often confuse that meaning.

Yes... let's keep dumbing down our understanding... good one. And of course, the gospel is so easy a child can do it... except Jesus says entering the kingdom is difficult and that faith needs to be child like. You are confusing metaphors. I may be a Bible elitist when it comes to Bible...

This is more of a pedagogical method than an exegetical one. You can read about this in a short series of articles by Daniel Streett here. I've talked to Dr. Streett about my method. Mine is not a wholly living language approach b/c we incorporate grammar into the lessons partly b/c we have...

Commendable. I like the optimism of postmill. They have a high view of the power of the gospel and God's sovereign grace. I can get on board with that I guess. Either way, I like the idea that Jesus' actually did what he set out to do, establish the rule of God on earth as in heaven...

Almostmill??? :D

I'm pretty sure that while Dr. B likes the living language approach, he does not use it in his class nor his textbook. His approach is similar to Mounce and others... teach the grammar to help students "read" (actually translate) the NT. His goal may be to increase reading capabilities for his...

My Spanish is not very good. But I'm learning (typing this in my Spanish class right now actually). I work at a bilingual school where I teach in English. Thus these kids only know language immersion. So we teach Greek using language immersion. But it is still not as immersed as I would like...

I don't think Dr. B's text is the living-language approach. I haven't looked at his grammar in a while, but I'm pretty sure it is not. We are using Buth's stuff mostly, except when I do teach grammar, I am going off of memory (Mounce). Go to: www.biblicallanguagecenter.com

Pick me!!!

I agree that it should have been much more consistent. However, "christ" has unfortunately conveyed concepts to Xians uninformed and not willing to figure it out. For some, "christ" refers to Jesus' deity. Others, it is just another name for Jesus. Many have no idea that when the early...

Yeah... I'd like to have an example to know what you are talking about. I'm of the opinion that translations should avoid the term "christ" and translated χριστος with the term "messiah" or "annointed". But that is NT and Greek. What is it that you are referring?

This is more for those who have taken or can read Greek. I hope it helps to demonstrate that some basic words and actions that we use in every day life is often not part of our understanding of NT Greek. And that is too bad. We are teaching people in seminaries how to translate the NT NOT...

Anyone take it???

I teach Ancient Greek to HS students in Honduras (bilingual students already). Here is the quiz I just gave them. Try it and tell me how you do. We are teaching based on the living language approach. It is fantastic. Here is my initial article explaining my approach.