Chat thread - Friendship Court edition

[peaceful-forest]

I don’t believe we’re meant to live the way we do in our society. There’s too much aloneness and you won’t combat it through isolation. We have to engage beyond the screen and reacquaint ourselves with the practice.

I agree with you.

I don't know about you all, but I feel like I tend to lose friends more than others. And I struggle to make new friends. I believe this contributes to my loneliness. Then social media has changed so much in my opinion. I used to be able to find people with similar interests with no problem. That's hard to do now.

 

[bèlla]

I agree with you.

I don't know about you all, but I feel like I tend to lose friends more than others. And I struggle to make new friends. I believe this contributes to my loneliness. Then social media has changed so much in my opinion. I used to be able to find people with similar interests with no problem. That's hard to do now.

I think you’d benefit from the post I left about personal curriculums. There’s christian women doing the same and some are studying the bible and related subjects. The key to overcoming your dilemma is followthrough. You can’t put your writing on the back burner or your gifts and I hinted at why in my comments. It isn’t a trend it’s a movement of women doing the same. That’s where kindred spirits are found not on the sidelines.

Sometimes we must walk through a door to unlock our blessing. Don’t be afraid. The things you seek are on the other side. ;-)

~bella

 

[bèlla]

I'm going to try to learn Koine Greek again. I really want to read the New Testament in its original language!

Amazon has a book on sale for $7 on kindle. You have to get it today.

Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar: Fourth Edition (Zondervan Language Basics Series)

 

[peaceful-forest]

At times, I think about how on Gab, there was a particular Christian (or maybe "Christian") man that I respected and wanted to be friends with. I noticed how when I posted comments on his posts, he never replied back or emojied them. Then here's what upset me - the unnamed account, he not only interacted with her, but agreed with her that when women get a job, they cause trouble including adultery. Since then, the Christian man has found out that the unnamed account is not a real Christian, but is in a cult that blasphemies God's Word on a regular basis. But he still interacts with her, trying to point her to Jesus.

It dawned on me yesterday. That this man is a "Christian warrior" and has the unbiblical "warrior" mentality. The reason he wasn't interested in me is because I'm already saved, so there was nothing to argue about or "conquer". Whereas the unnamed account who blasphemies Christ, he needs to "be at war" with her, "conquer" her, and "lead her to Christ through arguing".

Crazy.

 

[Learning always]

I'm going to try to learn Koine Greek again. I really want to read the New Testament in its original language!

Do you like history?
That's an interesting endeavour, especially if you like Greek history.

 

[peaceful-forest]

Do you like history?
That's an interesting endeavour, especially if you like Greek history.

I like alternative history, like Tartaria/Old World.


The reason I'm trying to learn Koine Greek is because I found out that parts of the New Testament in English have a different translation than the original Koine Greek has.

 

[peaceful-forest]

One of the things I'm working on with learning Koine Greek is writing out vocabulary words (in Koine Greek letters) that are in each lesson of the video. They also have a transcript of the video and at times I try to read it. I believe this will help me learn better.

And you know what I surprisingly learned about Koine Greek? That language doesn't have standardized cursive writing! So if you want to write it in cursive, you either come up with something yourself or see what others came up and copy them.

I've attempted to come up with my own cursive.