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  1. VanlifeSam

    Did Jesus speak Koine Greek?

    You are expressing the traditional view of the state of Hebrew in the first century, that was predominant prior to the more recent archaeological discoveries and analysis of the Dead Sea Scrolls. In more recent studies, such as the book "The Language Environment of First Century Judaea" it is...
  2. VanlifeSam

    How do you use Biblical Greek to support your bible study?

    Of course you're welcome to contribute, but perhaps you could read my question again, my question is specifically for people who have gone through the process of learning to read the Bible in the original language. If you are not interested in reading the original words written by Paul himself...
  3. VanlifeSam

    Did Jesus speak Koine Greek?

    The archaeological evidence that we have, real actual documents, engravings, etc, all point to the fact that three languages were actively in use at the time and location of the early church. Based on the actual physical evidence there was roughly a three way split between Greek, Hebrew, and...
  4. VanlifeSam

    How do you use Biblical Greek to support your bible study?

    I saw a thread here which was using Biblical Greek in a weird way in order to support their theological idea, but it really didn't support their idea at all. I've become quite interested in practicing my Biblical greek after discovering the scripturial app, and it has me wondering how do people...
  5. VanlifeSam

    Is the phrase "Spiritual Accountability" unique to pentecostalism, and is it common to pentecostalism?

    Interesting, thanks. It's hard to really nail down which ideas are core and which ideas are peripheral and limited to some areas/regions, so it's just interesting to hear other peoples perspective. Thanks for sharing.
  6. VanlifeSam

    WHY THERE ARE NOT NOR CAN BE APOSTLES TODAY !!

    I'm sorry to break it to you, but sharing the grammatical information about each word in a sentence doesn't really make for a logical and cohesive argument regarding the meaning of either the Biblical Greek or the English. The Greek itself neither supports or refutes your contention. I can't...
  7. VanlifeSam

    Is the phrase "Spiritual Accountability" unique to pentecostalism, and is it common to pentecostalism?

    Im curious about the phrase "spiritual accountability" that I have heard in some pentecostal churches but not not others. I wonder if it's a reasonably normal pentecostal phrase to use, or if it's unique to a particular types of churches pentecostal or not. Or is it actually not common at all? I...
  8. VanlifeSam

    Should we test God?

    At first glance, there seems to be a key difference. Complaining and grumbling to Moses is a completely different type of activity than "testing' in Theo there senses mentioned here.
  9. VanlifeSam

    Testing post

    I dont think I have ever seen a testing area inside a forum. Just had to try it :)