Saturday functional Greek sessions on the New Testament (incl. practical theology)

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A big welcome to all our friends to join us, as we are looking to start weekly interactive functional Greek New Testament (including practical theology) sessions on Saturdays. The first session will start from 7am to 8am Central time this Saturday, 19 July.

It will be a collegiate learning environment to work through passages of interest though I have also prepared passages to keep us going. Gary and perhaps Grant Osborne will come in as an individual session may deepen.

The objective of these sessions is that each participant would become a facilitator-teacher for discipleship as the Lord leads (see Matt 9:37-38).


Here is a brief audio on Timothys multiplying Timothys (TMTs)...

People speaking about "TMTs"

Gary Hill

Grant Osborne and Rich Valkanet

A preliminary outline for functional Greek sessions on the New Testament...

Below is a possible more detailed outline - very flexible depending upon how familiar you are. I was thinking of covering multiple related words that occur within the paragraph selected for the most of the first 20 lessons... Most, if not all of track one is possible with our existing software tool.

Track One: New Testament – The Greek Scriptures

- Section 1: (Lessons 1 to 20) Learning how to do efficient word-studies

1.1 The Nature of God (part 1 of 8): 2316/theós (pages 1 to 11) - Jn 4:23-24

1.2 The Nature of God (part 2 of 8): 2962/kýrios, 2424/Iēsoús, 5547/Xristós [“in (1722/en) Christ”], 3686/ónoma - Rom 10:8-13, Phil 2:9-11, 

1.3 The Nature of God (part 3 of 8): 2316/theós [Section A. Christ is God; B. The triune God: A "theological portrait"; C. God, theologians, and theology: pages 12 to 20) - Mk 12:29

1.4 “Our Father” (part 1 of 5): 5/Abbá, 3962/patḗr, 3772/ouranós, 3686/ónoma

1.5 “Our Father” (part 2 of 5): 932/basileía, 2307/thélēma, 3772/ouranós; [include 2316/theós (Section D, God's sovereignty, human freedom, and sin: pages 20 to 24)]

1.6 “Our Father” (part 3 of 5): 1967/epioúsios, 740/ártos

1.7 “Our Father” (part 4 of 5): 3783/opheílēma, 3781/opheilétēs, 3784/opheílō, 266/hamartia, 863/aphíēmi

1.8 “Our Father” (part 5 of 5): 3986/peirasmós, 4506/rhýomai, 4190/ponērós

1.9 The Nature of God (part 4 of 8): 2316/theós (Section E, God’s incommunicable attributes: pages 24 to 37)

1.10 The Nature of God (part 5 of 8): 2316/theós (Section E, God’s communicable attributes: pages 38 to 50)

1.11 Great Bible Words (part 1 of 8) – 2 Tim 2v19-22: 1343/dikaiosýnē, 4102/pístis, 26/agápē, 1515/eirḗnē

1.12 Great Bible Words (part 2 of 8) –1 Jn 3v1-3 (1 Cor 13v12-13): 1680/elpís (see also the promise of “eternal life”, 1 Jn 2v25; or “hope of eternal life”, Tit 1v2, 3v7)

1.13 The Nature of God (part 7 of 8): 2316/theós (Section F, Issues in theology: ‘the study of God’: pages 51 to 63)

1.14 Great Bible Words (part 3 of 8) – Mk 12v29-33: 2588/kardía, 5590/psyxḗ, 1271/diánoia (4907/sýnesis), 2479/isxýs

1.15 The Nature of God (part 8 of 8): 2316/theós [Section G, Notes on God's only name ("Yahweh"): pages 63 to 70]

1.16 Great Bible Words (part 4 of 8) – Heb 8v7-13: 1242/diathḗkē

1.17 Great Bible Words (part 5 of 8) – Rom 2v26-29 (8v4, Jn 1v17, Rom 6v14): Law (3551/nómos) & Grace (5485/xáris, incl. cognates)

1.18 Great Bible Words (part 6 of 8) – Gal 6v16 (Mt 23v23): 1656/éleos

1.19 Great Bible Words (part 7 of 8) – Rom 8v14-17 (Near synonyms): 5207/hyiós (5206/hyiothesía), 5043/téknon

1.20 Great Bible Words (part 8 of 8) – Jn 6v28-30: faith-believing - 4100/pisteúō, 1519/eis

- Section 2: (Lessons 21 to 40) The meaning of Greek tenses and their role in interpretation

Students will learn more Great Bible words and synonyms in a paragraph...

- Section 3: (Lessons 41 to 60) How the Bible uses emphasis and hermeneutics (Scripture interpretation)

Students will continue to learn more Great Bible words and synonyms in a paragraph...

- Section 4: (Lessons 61 to 80) Introduction to Bible prophecy and critical thinking

- Section 5: (Lessons 81 to 100) NT exegesis and theology

Students will learn to use a Greek interlinear, and learn sound theology during the exegesis of key paragraphs... There will be a lot of opportunities for sermon prep...