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The Contours of the Land in Israel's History
The Land of Palestine
The land of Palestine took its name from the Philistines (the Pelishtim in Hebrew) who settled along the Mediterranean coast from Joppa to Gaza about 1300–12...
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Rom 4:25—Christ’s Death and Our Justification (Monday with Mounce 65)
Prepositions can be nasty things. Part of the problem is that the meaning of some can be quite fluid, hard to nail down. But the advantage o...
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Where Did v 4 Go in John 5:4? (Monday with Mounce 64)
My wife Robin came home from a Christian speakers
conference yesterday and told me about a discussion they had. John 5 was the
passage unde...
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2 Tim 2:25—Grant Repentance (Monday with Mounce 63)
Paul tells Timothy that he must stay away from senseless controversies, not be quarrelsome but rather kind, patiently enduring evil. Paul ...
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What’s an Anacoluthon? (Monday with Mounce 62)
I went in to see the doctor a while back and he said that
I had, well, I didn’t know the word he used. It was too long and Latin-based. I
as...
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What is Necessary for Church Leadership? 1 Tim. 3:2 (Monday with Mounce, 62)
I was reminded the other day how meaning is conveyed not only by individual words but also by the larger context of those words. It is ea...
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To Metaphor, or not to Metaphor? (Monday with Mounce 61)
That is the
question of Galatians 3:24. I was reminded of this question this morning as I
listen to my nephew preach a good sermon on Galati...
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Eph. 2:10—Are We God’s Poem? (Monday with Mounce 60)
Paul tells the Ephesians that “we are his workmanship (ποιημα), created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that ...
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Grace and the Church (Monday with Mounce 59)
I was going to
write a Greek-oriented blog post on ποιημα, but I saw an interview on TV a couple days ago
and I can’t stop thinking about it...
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Preaching and Toastmasters (Monday with Mounce 58)
When we moved to Washougal a few months ago, my wife and I had to start the somewhat painful experience of making new friends. We were commi...
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Sabbath(s) and Sunday (Monday with Mounce 57)
Acts 20:7 reads, “On the first day of the week (μια των σαββατων), when we were gathered together to break bread ….” (ESV).
 
There i...
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The Name of Jesus—Phil 2:10 (Monday with Mounce 56)
I find it interesting how things can often occupy Christians’ minds. Sometimes our preoccupations are healthy, when they are the very things...
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The Name of Jesus (Phil 2:10)— Mondays with Mounce 111
The Name of Jesus (Phil 2:10)
 
I find it interesting how things can often occupy Christians’ minds. Sometimes our preoccupations are ...
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Dangerous Compassion (Monday with Mounce 55)
I had a great experience this Christmas and wanted to share it with you. It doesn’t have much to do with Greek, so I wouldn’t even try to ma...
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Emphatic First and Second Person Pronouns (Monday with Mounce 54)
Last week I
talked about the emphatic use of αυτος in the Beatitudes, and a related
question came in this week about the use of the emphatic...
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Emphatic Pronouns and Salvation—Matt 5:3 (Monday with Mounce 53)
Coming to a clear and accurate understanding of the emphatic use of pronouns can be a little tricky. It is a matter of nuance and often diff...
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Glosses and Context (οτι) — Monday with Mounce 52
Someone asked the other day about the translation of οτι in 1 Timothy 1:12. “I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, b...
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