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[KingsK.H.R.R.S]

Hi everyone,
This forum was pointed out to me by someone from a Christian discord room and funnily enough I have been searching for a Christian forum to get plugged into. Looking forward to jumping into the discussions on here.

Just a bit about me:
I was a lukewarm "Christian" all my life until I met my now wife. Between her example, my father-in-law's promptings, Bible Project, and ultimately the Holy Spirit I just couldn't un-see how awesome Jesus is. It totally changed my life, to the point where if I could do it all over again I'd probably get a PhD in Biblical Studies, and I have toyed with the idea of going to seminary for fun or even as a career change possibly.

I am teaching myself Koine Greek with "Basics of Biblical Greek" by William Mounce, have completed the Certificate of Christian Apologetics through Biola University earlier this year, and I have taken every Classroom offered by Bible Project so far. After I finish the Greek I hope to take the same entry level resources and learn Biblical Hebrew, but these are both lifetime pursuits.

I am in my mid 30s and starting a young family and a lot of my focus right now is establishing family traditions and rituals so that my family can actually "live" the Biblical story and that faith in Jesus is something important for my children to have.

I pray that everyone stays safe during this crazy time, and that God blesses and keeps you. P.S. my avatar is as close to my "look" as I could find online, my beard is at least that long.

 

[Pavel Mosko]

Welcome. I had to Google "Christian Discord Server" to get the gist that.

Well good look on the Greek, I think I might have had that text book, 23 or so years ago, or one that sounded a lot like it.

 

[tampasteve]

Welcome, I am happy that you are here with us.

 

[Richard Mulcahy]

Hello, welcome to the forum...

 

[Friedrich Rubinstein]

Welcome to the forums

Looking forward to seeing you participate in discussions and debates here. Spirited Christians are a valuable contribution.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

Hi everyone,
This forum was pointed out to me by someone from a Christian discord room and funnily enough I have been searching for a Christian forum to get plugged into. Looking forward to jumping into the discussions on here.

Just a bit about me:
I was a lukewarm "Christian" all my life until I met my now wife. Between her example, my father-in-law's promptings, Bible Project, and ultimately the Holy Spirit I just couldn't un-see how awesome Jesus is. It totally changed my life, to the point where if I could do it all over again I'd probably get a PhD in Biblical Studies, and I have toyed with the idea of going to seminary for fun or even as a career change possibly.

I am teaching myself Koine Greek with "Basics of Biblical Greek" by William Mounce, have completed the Certificate of Christian Apologetics through Biola University earlier this year, and I have taken every Classroom offered by Bible Project so far. After I finish the Greek I hope to take the same entry level resources and learn Biblical Hebrew, but these are both lifetime pursuits.

I am in my mid 30s and starting a young family and a lot of my focus right now is establishing family traditions and rituals so that my family can actually "live" the Biblical story and that faith in Jesus is something important for my children to have.

I pray that everyone stays safe during this crazy time, and that God blesses and keeps you. P.S. my avatar is as close to my "look" as I could find online, my beard is at least that long.

Welcome! Your avatar looks like my son. Haaa

 

[KingsK.H.R.R.S]

Welcome! Your avatar looks like my son. Haaa

Your son must be a handsome man. Ha

 

[Andrewn]

Welcome to the CF. Hope you enjoy the fellowship and discussions.

 

[Petros2015]

Welcome!

 

[kingsdaughter85]

Welcome brother . God bless you and your wife ❤️

 

[David Hunter]

Welcome!! Awesome, I recently got Basics of Biblical Greek as well, and going to get started with it soon! You got the textbook, workbook and notecards?

 

[KingsK.H.R.R.S]

Welcome!! Awesome, I recently got Basics of Biblical Greek as well, and going to get started with it soon! You got the textbook, workbook and notecards?

I did, I bought the whole complete set from Amazon and it came with textbook, workbook, notecards, dvd lectures, vocabulary CD and a laminated cheat sheet. I had great success by reading the textbook and making grammar flashcards as I went, then watching the video lecture which after reading the textbook and going through the grammar flashcards a bit should feel redundant. Then I would make sure I caught up on the vocab flashcards before trying to do the workbook. I got all the way through half of the book, which is all of the noun grammar, before my son was born and covid hit (in my case my life got more busy because of my job) and I haven't been able to keep it as sharp as I'd like. When you start going through it let me know and I can re-fresh myself as well. It's way more fun going through it with friends.

 

[David Hunter]

I did, I bought the whole complete set from Amazon and it came with textbook, workbook, notecards, dvd lectures, vocabulary CD and a laminated cheat sheet. I had great success by reading the textbook and making grammar flashcards as I went, then watching the video lecture which after reading the textbook and going through the grammar flashcards a bit should feel redundant. Then I would make sure I caught up on the vocab flashcards before trying to do the workbook. I got all the way through half of the book, which is all of the noun grammar, before my son was born and covid hit (in my case my life got more busy because of my job) and I haven't been able to keep it as sharp as I'd like. When you start going through it let me know and I can re-fresh myself as well. It's way more fun going through it with friends.

Thanks awesome!!! I never saw a DVD with lectures, but I got everything else (Unless the DVD is hiding in the box, ha). I'll let you know how it goes! Seems it's pretty rare to find others who want to learn the original Greek.

 

[KingsK.H.R.R.S]

Thanks awesome!!! I never saw a DVD with lectures, but I got everything else (Unless the DVD is hiding in the box, ha). I'll let you know how it goes! Seems it's pretty rare to find others who want to learn the original Greek.

I hear ya, but I'm pretty stubborn and don't like other people telling me what to believe or how to interpret stuff and so that means I gotta learn Greek, ha!

If you don't have the dvds or lectures then you can buy them digitally on his website. Basics of Biblical Greek: Video Lectures | billmounce.com
They definitely helped me a lot.

 

[Fervent]

Welcome and hello. Mounce is what my seminary uses, there should be a set of videos that you have access to with it as well as sort of mini-lessons. I think the first 7 are with the purchase of the book and the rest are available for purchase separately. The one thing about the Greek is that not all of the Greek of the Bible is uniform, standard Koine Greek so the grammar you learn may not agree with the grammar of a given book. Mostly Revelation is the problem child with some extremely weird grammar, but 1 Peter is so literary that its almost Attic Greek. The other thing is people often make more of the original languages than is necessary since checking multiple translations can often give a pretty good idea of the scope of semantics. Look forward to seeing you around and good luck on your studies!

 

[Deade]

Hello Kings,
welcome to CF.

I hope you'll enjoy your stay here.

 

[sunshineforJesus]

Hi and welcome here.

 

[Justin BT]

Happy to discover another student of Biblical Greek, it's a bit of a journey, but rewarding for anyone who puts their heart to the challenge. Since your using Mounce, this link might be particularly useful: Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar · Flashcards and also this Biblical Greek whatsapp group for free Greek lessons via Skype (twice weekly) — Well im in the group, but the meetings are not in my timezone, but I hear they are good.
https://biblicaltext.com/flashcards/basics-of-biblical-greek-grammar
If you have any Greek questions, send me a PM (so that it alerts me via email, I don't use this forum every day).

 

[Joined2krist]

Hello Kings, I'm glad you joined us here