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Lantz's 2nd example is "pineth away" in Mark 9:18. He appears to have never heard "pine away" in modern English, but it is definitely still in use, and anyone who knows English well will recognize it. There is even a webpage: Understanding “Pine Away” — Meaning, Usage, and Practical Tips -...

I have to correct my own grammar. Τετέλεσται is actually a passive, so there would be no direct object. However, there is no stated nominative noun (subject), so Christ's statement is ambiguous. This does not affect my interpretation. A translator may render whatever subject in English he or she...

Dad pastored Southside Baptist Church (IFB) in Millington 1962-1965. The church is no longer there, but we had a lot of sailors come from the base and get saved. One was a young black man, and that being the South the leaders of the church strongly objected. But Dad was from Pennsylvania and...

No, but that form of the word occurs only here in Scripture. As I said, some lexicons have simply the word "pay" as one meaning, so yes, it could bnr used simply for "pay." I already said I would not. But I would not see that as a mistaken translation since, as I said, there is no direct object...

One is a Baptist if one holds to the "Baptist distinctives." There are some different lists, but here is a quick list: 1. Salvation by grace through faith alone; no works added. So, there must be a regenerate church membership. 2. The Bible as the sole rule for faith and practice. 3. Only two...

By immersion, or you're not a Baptist. That is exactly what happened to famous Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson on the ship over to India. He planned to work with Baptist William Carey, so he wanted to be able to convince Carey to become Congregationalist, but instead became a Baptist himself!

Τελέω (of which τελεῖτε is the present active indicative 2nd person singular) certainly can mean "pay," as Martin has shown. Mounce (Concise Greek English Dictionary, accessed through e-sword) has "pay" as a meaning, as does Friberg, Thayer, Abbot-Smith, and all my other lexicons. Some say "pay...

That's a really bizarre interpretation!

Anyway, let's take a look at his first passage, Mark 6:20, " For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly." He objects "a just man and an holy." This is perfectly proper English grammar, even...

The author claims a PhD from "International Seminary." It's website looks very much like a degree mill to me: some "adjunct professors" without even a BA (for example, "Pastor Mae Chester"), others with only a bachelor's (a seminary prof should have at least a master's). Again, it looks like a...

Thanks for straightening me out. I've been to Africa, and know that what you say is true about the cults and heresies there. You are doing a very needful and important ministry. I've taught in Japan and Cameroon (just a short time there). Go for it!

The thing is, none of those men have the education, brilliance, or ability of D. A. Waite. As much as I disagreed with Waite (sometimes personally), I admired him for his abilities. But much of his talent was wasted on the DBS. The church he pastored remained very small, meeting in his home. It...

I didn't know that about what is happening with churches in the Philippines. That's very sad. The DMin is usually designed so that you have to take the classes while you minister. I just took a course on Preaching Prophetic Literature. The after class project is 12 sermons (mine are assigned...

Yeah, we allow our students to use it for research, but you have to be careful even then. Then they have to put a paragraph at the end of their paper saying they did not use AI to write the paper, then sign it. AI often plagiarizes or makes up sources. (I've seen both.) A guy sent me a 58 page...

That's a great ministry.

So, part of the "greatest generation" of missionaries. I did not know him, but our "senior missionary" Jim Norton probably did. He went over in 1952 and was there for more than 40 years. We ministered in Yokohama for 13 years after language school, then Hokkaido for 16 years. A real man and...

Something interesting about Dr. John “KJB” Lovetheword's Doctor of Divinity. It was evidently a genuine academic degree back in the day, but things changed in the 19th century. I'm reading the biography of Jonathan Goble, the first Baptist missionary to Japan. It talks about the DD back in the...

Amen! Awesome, and a very important ministry. What's the name of your Hebrew/OT prof? David Hesselgrave, maybe? He spent 10 years in Japan and came back to teach. By the way, I had 40 credits of MA level when I applied for the DMin. The standard without an MDiv (mine was an MA) is 60 credits...

Well, if you're going to get a doctorate, make sure you get it done by age 75, no later! ;) If I get the class I need in September, I'll finish the classwork, then do the dissertation by graduation next year--God willin' and the creek don't rise!

One example: Christian colleges are having to deal with students using AI to do their research papers. That's a thing nowadays. I just read about a politician who uses AI to help with speeches. That's lazy! Through AI, we are being beset by laziness.