Greek chapter seven – moods I was still anxious about the content of chapter seven – moods, and expecting to cover chapter eight this week, so it was a relief when we spent this week covering the old and the new of “moods” without venturing further into unknown territory. In this chapter, we discover that …
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ministry formations
In the first hour of the ministry formations class, we watched a DVD related to the Presbyterian church’s breaking the silence program. When something bad happens in the church, as far as inappropriate conduct goes, then the ways of dealing with it are covered by these guidelines. It’s confronting stuff: the moral failure of people …
greek test (and moods)
It’s a very strange sensation to go from working, to sitting an exam, to normal classes, to packing up house and moving. Last week’s Greek class: the first hour was an exam – the first assessment task for the semester, and worth 40% of the marks for the first half of the year. It wasn’t …
Greek Language Tools
Greek Language Tools from Lionel Windsor
ministry formations week 5
First hour: looking at boundaries in ministry. Here, we considered a helpful Venn diagram: your own boundaries as a carer, the boundaries of your environment, and the boundaries of the person you’re caring for. If more than one of those boundaries are compromised, it’s wise to reconsider your involvement in a particular situation. To illustrate: …
Greek Chapter six – tenses.
Greek Chapter six – tenses. A tough chapter. The verbs suddenly get a lot more complicated. Apparently it’s unusal to cover this many tenses in the space of three hours, but we now know the perfect, future, imperfect, and aorist tenses. To prepare for Tuesday’s exam, I’ve started copying all the insights that I’ve found …
ministry formation – week 4
This week there were three different things in three hours. First hour, more biblical theology. We’re getting closer and closer to the new Goldsworthy book: I’m looking forward to seeing how biblical theology relates to preaching, and to understanding the bible. Second hour, a discussion on the ministry call of Isaiah (in Isaiah 6). It …
Greek continues: more adjectives and the verb to be
Greek continues: more adjectives and the verb to be A quick view from the front of the classroom this time. This week we went back over the contents of chapter five – adjectives and the verb to be. We then moved into the more daunting territory of chapter six – tenses. It turns out that …
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Lunchtime greek
Lunchtime greek Minor breakthrough this lunchtime with greek, although it’s a little hard to explain. Spent the lunchbreak on some exercises; one was to translate “the one god is in heaven”, which I managed to nut out, without looking up any words. Not terribly exciting, huh? Well, as it turns out, the breakthrough was in …
ministry formation week 3
Ministry formations – before start of class Sure, there was some interesting content in the biblical theology section of the class: the history of the way that people have understood the bible, and the way it fits together, make for some interesting reading. Having a better understanding of how far we take the postmodern idea …