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I would absolutely love to teach in a Christian liberal arts school. Why is it that we think only the Bible college & seminary students need good Bible classes? That is why I have been impressed with LU's curriculum for non-sem students. I don't know how much of an impact the theology & Bible...

Your conclusions might be right, but it would not be GSR construction. It is not a matter of a preposition taking the place of an article or an implied article. GS did not deal with that phenomenon. If you think the RESULT is similar to the GSR, then you have a completely different rule with...

I do not have a ThB, but I came from a school that USED to offer it. From what I understand (and I'm sure I'm not telling you anything you don't already know), it was really a 5 year degree. It started graduate level classes and most often transfered into an MDiv or ThM program. If I...

I've never really consider the differences too much, but I am very interested to hear the thoughts on this. It peaked my curiosity. In the same vein, David Alan Black, my new faculty mentor, advised me to consider a secular university for a PhD after my ThM. I would wonder what the thoughts...

Wasn't he the Dean of the seminary before? According to http://elmertowns.com/bio/ELT_Portfolio.pdf, it shows that he was the "Dean, Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1979-92." So maybe he was the right choice? I don't know much about the school so I can't say.

I plan on it once I get an office again

great discussion!!!

The emphasis of Wallace is that in the double accusative object-complement is not on kurion but iaysoun. His major point is that it very closely follows the structure of the subject/predicate nominative construction (and even the rules for identifying which is which) along with Colwell...

That use to be my quick response to handling this verse (while I was claiming to be in the free grace camp that is; not sure where I am now). Then I delved into Greek syntax a little more. Low and behold, there is a good discussion on object complement double accusatives (the kind of...

Mat 10:37 Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Mat 10:38 And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Mat 10:39 Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses...

I graduated from Piedmont Baptist Graduate School w/ a MA in Biblical Studies. Started post-grad work there but wanted to broaden my horizon and seek more of a challenge.

At the least, I don't think Paul planted the church at Colossea (probably by epaphras in 1:7-8). 1:4 seems to imply that Paul's only relationship with this church was indirect. Good study though.

I am enjoying the discussion. This is good stuff. I'm just trying to get us to reconsider our views.

I would think the Shema would be an essential point to the mind of a Jew. Belief in that is big. That is why James says "you do well." Or do you think that to be satirical and not a complement of correct belief? Plus, if the point here is that the demons believe yet show nothing in their...

Yes... I was going into their PhD program, but wanted another masters degree (didn't feel ready for a PhD yet). So I went from the PhD admissions to the ThM. SEBTS has a really cool ThM program as well. The flexibility will help me achieve what I want out of the school. Their PhD goes in a...

That's good stuff and all, but James gives no object for a preposition to be linked with a verb. James just says the "demons believe." Now this might be relevant if James said that "they believe God is one" but it just says "they believe". There is no object and therefore no need for a...

Let me also add something to the difference between "believe" and "believe in...". James also gives no object to the demons faith. It is simply "they believe." The content of their faith is not as important as the result of their faith. So I'm not sure that there should be a major...

I think the emphasis might not be on James use of "believe" for the demons but rather "tremble." Do they tremble out of fear and recognition of their certain doom realizing their fate is sealed? So in fact even the demons prove their faith with their works - or in this case their attitude...

Word studies do not equal Greek exegesis. You see this kind of "exegesis" all of the time (many are pastors thinking they are unlocking great truths). If anything, the semantics and/or morphology of a word is only a small part of exegesis. And even the emphasis of a word meaning is often...

The fact that demons believe in God or Jesus Christ has no bearing on saving faith. They lack something very important - a redeemer. More specifically a kinsman redeemer. God did not offer redemption to the angels. So they can believe all they want. Christ's cross-work has no efficacy...