When to Use Your Language Knowledge, Part 2: Only if it's Absolutely Necessary (and it probably isn't)

tommy@signandshadow.com (Tommy Keene) — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

When is it appropriate to use the original languages of the Bible to prove or establish or accent a point you are trying to make? I have been arguing that three conditions must be true before you pummel your conversant with your knowledge of the Hebrew, Greek, or Aramaic text. First, you need to actually know the languages. The second condition, and here we turn to the subject of the present post: there must be no other possible way to make to point you intend to make.

When to use the original languages. Part 1: Only if you know them!

tommy@signandshadow.com (Tommy Keene) — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000

So you think that the person you’re talking to (or preaching at) needs to fully appreciate what the Greek or Hebrew really says? I recently tweeted out the following conditions that must be true before you answer that question affirmatively:

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When to Use Your Language Knowledge, Part 2: Only if it's Absolutely Necessary (and it probably isn't)

When to use the original languages. Part 1: Only if you know them!