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Received this wonderful email today:
Dr. Black,
I just read your post about continuing with Greek and was encouraged by it. I graduated in 2010 and purposed to maintain both my Greek and Hebrew. By God's grace I have been continually edified in the process. I have been back through your grammar many times as well as through other grammars. I have had the opportunity to teach my son both Greek and Hebrew and continue to do it to this day. I look forward to the attempt to offer classes in the church. I took your advice from day one and still do not carry an English Bible to church with me (Olive Tree for iPhone helps this endeavor greatly).
Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks again for the impact you made concerning the languages in my life which has translated into a world of spiritual edification for myself and others whom I have had the privilege to encourage.
4:44 PM Look at what Nigusse gave his mother for her birthday. He had her pick it out herself at Wal-Mart.
She picked a real doozy too! Guaranteed to keep both her mind and her hands working.
10:58 AM A blogger has raised the question about widows in 1 Timothy 5. Pursuant to that discussion, I'd like to ponder aloud with you the definition that Paul gives of a "true widow" in 1 Tim. 5:9-10. Men, please listen closely. Can these qualities describe your wife?
She must have been married only once.
She must have a reputation for good deeds.
She must have brought up her children well.
She must have received strangers in her home.
She must have performed humble duties for fellow Christians.
She must have helped people in trouble.
She must have devoted herself to doing good.
Again, marriage isn't complicated. It's not about finding the right person; it's about being the right person. The blessings described here have nothing to do with tangible possessions or external looks. Rather, Paul is describing the essentials that make a life full and meaningful -- things like good relationships, sacrificial living, and devotion to duty. Becky and I are now in the empty nest phase of our marriage where we are living alone until one of us dies. We have two options at this stage of the game: Become bitter, narrow-minded victims of self-pity, or become conduits of encouragement and ministry. I recall an elderly couple whom we knew when we lived in California. Both had been widowed, had found each other and fallen in love, and then remarried. I've never met a more alive, involved, and positive couple. Retirement did not mean inactivity for them. They "performed humble duties, helped people in trouble, and devoted themselves to doing good."
That's a life worth emulating, especially as we get older!
9:30 AM Missions Update: This Saturday, May 19, at 7 pm, Westwood Baptist Church in Roxboro will host Pastor Mujahid El Masih, a representative for the Voice of the Martyrs. Originally from Pakistan, he will share about the faithfulness of God in his life and how we can love Muslims to Christ. Brother Masih has traveled to 45 states in the U.S. and has spoken in over 600 churches of all sizes. He will also be speaking at Bethel Hill Baptist Church this Sunday at 10:00 and 5:00. Becky and I will have the privilege of hosting pastor Masih in our home.
8:24 AM Over at Between the Times, yours truly tries to answer the question How can I keep up with my Greek?
Tuesday, May 15
6:40 PM Odds and ends ...
1) Becky had one of the smoothest and quickest treatments ever today. They did, however, decrease her chemo dosage by 20 percent over concerns about her platelets. Still, we couldn't be more pleased with the care we are receiving at UNC. Grateful.
2) Beginning Greek students: Today is the last day to join my "Five Minute Greek Club." Remember: there are no dues, and we never meet. But if you will commit to translating 2 verses a day from now until the beginning of the fall semester, I will give you one of my books for free. The deadline for membership is midnight tonight. So don't delay in joining this very exclusive club.
3) To read the latest review of my Why Four Gospels? go here.
4) Alan Knox will never change churches again. Good for him.
5) Quote of the day (Kevin Ezell):
"In order for the Southern Baptist Convention to see a real movement of church planting and a real movement of evangelism, we're going to have to get out of the mindset that it's going to have to be by a full-time church planter. It's absolutely going to happen through bivocational ministers, bivocational pastors."
Absolutely right!
8:51 AM Paul Himes has penned a very impressive review