President's Message for Ecclesia College Students

Dear Friends,

Our world is changing.  But we know that God’s ways have not changed and are still perfect.  When it comes to helping shape our minds and the minds of our students, we are determined to follow His ways so that His purposes will be fully realized in our lives.

There is a particular order He prescribes to us in II Peter 1:5-10.  As we follow this prescription for knowledge, we arrive at an increasing understanding of Him, the Truth Who sets us free.  According to Scripture, the proper foundation for knowledge is first “faith” and then “character.”   In Christ we continually add faith, character and knowledge, in that order of cyclical increase.  Knowledge gained through any means apart from the foundation of Christ inevitably leads us to spiritual ignorance and eventual ruin.  Begin with the wrong premise, and you will arrive at the wrong conclusion.

We encourage you to stand firmly against the trends of this present culture to pursue a faith and character-based education.  And we invite you to do it here at Ecclesia College.  Here we always emphasize—whatever your major—setting your mind on the things above so you will be rooted and grounded in unshakable Truth.

Allow us to help equip you with godly knowledge, skills and credentials so you can be even more effective for His Kingdom in your sphere of influence!

"Dr." Oren Paris III

BA Ecclesia College, BA University of Arkansas, Online DMin Laurel Univeristy
President, Ecclesia College

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Ecclesia College President Oren Paris Among New Indictments in Arkansas Bribery Scandal

March 2, 2017 by Warren Throckmorton 35 Comments

The other shoe dropped today.

After Arkansas state representative Micah Neal was indicted for his part in a kickback scheme involving Western Arkansas non-profits, including Ecclesia College, speculation mounted that state senator Jon Woods would also be indicted. The fate of others mentioned in the Neal indictment was not as clear. However, today a federal grand jury released indictments of Woods, Ecclesia College president Oren Paris III and their mutual friend Randell Shelton, Jr.

Read the indictment here.

According to the indictment, Neal, Woods, Shelton and Paris conspired to defraud the citizens of Arkansas.

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Inside Higher Education wrote -

On Sept. 27, 2013, Ecclesia College President Oren Paris III signed an agreement accepting $200,000 from the Arkansas General Improvement Fund -- $200,000 that had been directed to the college by Republican State Senator Jonathan E. Woods, federal prosecutors say.

The same September day, Ecclesia College cut a check for $50,000 to a consulting firm that had been established the day before by Randell G. Shelton Jr., a friend of both Paris and Woods. Shelton took the check and used it as an initial deposit to open a bank account for the consulting business. Then four days later, on Oct. 1, Shelton transferred $40,000 from the newly opened bank account to a personal account owned by the state senator, Woods.

Also on Oct. 1, Woods withdrew $33,000 from his personal account to buy a cashier’s check. The only funds in the account at the time had come from the consulting firm’s account, which was only filled with money from Ecclesia College.

Shelton issued a check to himself on the same day from the consulting firm’s account for $1,035.62, writing that it was a reimbursement for gas expenses. Two days later, Ecclesia College’s Board of Governance approved a $25,000 bonus payment to its president, Paris. The board approved the bonus on the same day the college deposited the state General Improvement Fund money into its own account.

That series of events is described in an indictment issued March 1 of this year against Woods -- who did not run for re-election past the start of 2017 -- Paris and Shelton. A similar series of transfers took place numerous times between September 2013 and October 2015, according to the indictment. A federal grand jury charged the three men with multiple counts of mail and wire fraud in the alleged kickback scheme. The college was not named in the indictment.

Paris paid a total of $267,500 to Shelton’s consulting firm over the two years without the knowledge of Ecclesia’s Board of Governance, according to the indictment. He also had the college hire a secretary in the summer of 2013 at the behest of Woods, paying her a salary of $43,000 and increasing her bonus from $4,000 to $7,000 during the hiring process, the charging document alleges.

It’s rare for a college president to face such a serious set of charges. But Paris has not signaled any intent to leave Ecclesia, a work-learning interdenominational Christian college founded by his parents. Paris, his mother and his brother-in-law are all on the Board of Governance. His sister, Christian singer-songwriter Twila Paris, is on the college’s Board of Regents.

On Thursday the Board of Governance issued a statement backing Paris, writing that while the charges should be taken seriously, its members believe the president acted with integrity and is a “godly leader.”

 Angie Paris Snyder is charge of the college website,
so I would not take any of the "facts" posted there
too seriously.
Thanks to excessive spending on themselves, the Paris family
has let the Third World college facilities run down even more.
No gym. No stand-alone library (just a room in the old octagon building). Three "classrooms" upstairs are separated by a
folding plastic curtain on a track.
One classroom near the dean's office is little more than a broom closet with desks there.

Start Roses by Pruning Them

We had a long summer last year,
a great time for large, almost flawless roses.
Beneficial insects and spiders ate most of the
rose destroyers, though Japanese beetles did have some fun.

Facebook tells me not to neglect the Creation Gardening Page, so I will feed their software another post. I put the gardening posts on my main page, but the Creation Gardening Page is only gardening and Creation related posts and articles.

 Creation Gardening: By Him Were All Things Made -
Every time you click, a butterfly gets his wings.

 It worked, it worked!

Many plant roses but relatively few prune them. If I could teach people the best activity for roses, it would be -

1. Prune the roses.
2. Prune the deadwood off.
3. Prune the crossed canes away.
4. Prune the spent flowers before they produce seed (hips).\
5. Toss the clippings in the garbage can. Read John 15:1-10.

Frequent pruning encourages more growth above and below ground.

Trimming is a large part of caring for the yard. Frequent mowing at a decent height is very good for grass, but terrible for weeds. The grass cuttings feed the soil and make the grass even denser. Weeds go to seed opportunistically. If the weeds are allowed to seed themselves, they will continue to vex the gardener. But, if the weeds are cut off just when they want to create another generation, they will greatly diminish.

Some of us like to prune. For weeks I would work on the Crepe Myrtle bush, knowing that all the extra twigs and false starts were holding it back. I kept working on the canes until they were no longer trying to twig out. The results showed in a smooth, attractive base and a wild explosion of long-lasting blooms on the top.

I never poison or pull out dandelions. They are perennial herbs, sometimes called lawn nails, and difficult to remove. But why do that? They bring up calcium in their leaves and shed those leaves on the soil. They feed the bees and provide seed fluff for birds' nests. Dandelions also produce the most nutritious leaves for salads, but not so appealing after being soaked in broad leaf weed-killer.

This double red KnockOut looks like a painting.
Usually beneficial insects follow the rose to the vase
and continue working.

Pruning Is a Habit Formed by Its Rewards
The supposed chore of pruning is not so awful when the job is rewarded with beautiful flowers. Leaving the blooms on the roses will mean they will aim toward turning to seed. Cutting and sharing them promotes immediate new growth and more flowers.

Soon a few rose bushes will rotate blooming and giving up the flowers for the vase. More flowers mean color and fragrance in the garden while sharing the roses.

A rose can be cut as soon as the five sepals are open. Four open sepals are not enough. Even if the bud seems closed and not ready, the five sepals that first covered it at will signal when the rose can be put in a vase. Our late neighbor remembered when I told her, "This rose bud does not look like much, but watch it open up in the vase." She was skeptical, but it happened just as I predicted. That gave her more time to admire a single flower as it opened.

Prolific bloomers like KnockOut roses need more pruning to produce more roses. Grandson Alex learned to flick a bloom with his finger to see if petals were ready to fall off. If a flick made some petals fall, the flower was cut away.

 I pruned half the Crepe Myrtle,
so we all enjoyed this second bloom.

How Much Pruning?
I will prune all my roses back at least 50%. The power is in the cane growth and root expansion.

KnockOuts will be pruned back that much, several times over during the season, a tribute to their rapid growth. If we have a long, soaker rain that beats them down (by softening their canes and loading the bushes with water), I will cut the KnockOuts back instead of letting them look like last week's laundry left on the floor.

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If a rose looks bad and sad, cut it way back and pamper it with rainwater. If you have not stored rainwater in a barrel, then store tapwater in a barrel, so the chlorine gas can evaporate out. Pampering means watering it twice a week, not every day until it is dead.

Make sure the rose is well mulched with a combination of cardboard and plant material (grass or shredded wood). Mulch holds water, diminishes water and wind erosion, and stores a mass of decaying matter that ultimately feeds the the roots.

Any grassy weeds around or in the rose bush should be snipped away to keep the invader small and weak. Sometimes a planted nut tree will spring up in the middle of a rose plant. The culprit is probably a squirrel storing his food, or more ominously, assuming his plant will outlive mine.

Roses are royal and must live and grow without competition. Garlic or chives can grow among roses and help them. Other plants - larger and more aggressive - crowd them out (Mark 4) and that is not good for either one.

Pat Boone remembers he's on Ecclesia board

 Now I remember.

Pat Boone remembers he's on Ecclesia board: "Home / News / Arkansas

82-year-old singer says memory jogged
By Bill Bowden

This article was published today at 4:01 a.m. Updated today at 4:01 a.m.


Oren Paris, president of Ecclesia College, is shown in this Thursday, April 11, 2013 file photo.

Pat Boone has had a revelation.

The 82-year-old singer, who last week denied ever having heard of Springdale's Ecclesia College, said his memory has been jogged.

Boone said he apparently agreed in 2012 to serve on the Christian college's board of regents, but he had forgotten all about it.

"I've had to go back and review correspondence and consult memories of others than myself about my being on the board at Ecclesia College," Boone wrote in an email Wednesday to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and Oren Paris III, president of Ecclesia College. "My memory was vague but clearer now."

On March 1, Paris was charged in federal court with nine counts of honest-services wire fraud and one count of honest-services mail fraud in a kickback case involving state legislators and hundreds of thousands of dollars in state funds. The scheme involved bribing the legislators and thus denying "honest services" by the elected officials, according to the indictment.

Attempts were made last week to reach members of the board of regents regarding the indictment of Paris, so a call was placed to Pat Boone Enterprises in West Hollywood, Calif.

Through his assistant, Boone said on March 7 that he had never heard of Ecclesia College and didn't serve on its board of regents.

Boone apparently heard from someone at Ecclesia College after an article was published in the Democrat-Gazette on March 9.

Boone began his email Wednesday with, "To whom it may concern: (and obviously it concerns many)."

Boone wrote that Paris "evidently" contacted him in 2012 about serving on the board. Boone said he had known Paris for a couple of years.

Boone wrote that he also was contacted by George Hiller, a "highly respected investor manager and analyst in Atlanta and devoted Christian," about being on the Ecclesia board. Hiller didn't return a phone call Thursday.

"As I remember, I proposed I'd be on a board of advisers, but was told that the board of regents as expressed by Ecclesia was more of a 'board of reference,' and an endorsement of the goals and objectives of the school," Boone wrote in the email.

"So, on that basis, I accepted, and since then have had little, if any, contact with Oren or the school. I meant my name to be used as an endorsement of the goals and aspirations as they had been expressed to me, and because of those expressing those goals and my confidence in them, felt I could lend my name to the enterprise."

Regarding the charges facing Paris, Boone wrote, "Since I know nothing of what has happened since then, I can only hope and pray that the problems that Ecclesia faces momentarily can be settled by complete transparency, explanation and records. We need more Christian education not less in America.""


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Oren Paris III is standing  where an addition was built,
one large room - not "a classroom building."

GJ - Pat Boone is one of three who said they did not know they were on this Board of Regents, as they call it. The other two said they knew about the college but did not know they were on this board.

This so-called board is just window dressing and does not meet. Three years ago, one faculty member said, "If Pat Boone is on this board, why have we never seen him?"

Oren Paris III was not seen very often and did not engage in much work at the college, but he spoke as if he were over-worked.

Twila Paris Defends Brother Indicted for Bribery at Christian... | Gleanings | ChristianityToday.com

Their dishonest website, deceptive Board of Regents,
and alleged involvement in bribery to obtain tax money
may taint the claims of Angie Paris Snyder...a wee bit.

Twila Paris Defends Brother Indicted for Bribery at Christian... | Gleanings | ChristianityToday.com:


"The story is a tangled one, and it starts with the school. Sitting on 250 acres in Springdale, Ecclesia offers 17 degrees to about 283 students. It’s a “work college,” which means students do jobs on campus in exchange for lower tuition.

 Pat Boone never heard of Ecclesia College,
but Angie Paris Snyder
had him listed as a member of their Board of Regents.
Two others also expressed shock they were listed.

Ecclesia is like a family. Like the Paris family.

Twila’s parents established the small Christian liberal arts college in 1975, along with Twila, her three younger siblings, and their grandparents. In the beginning, it hosted training schools for YWAM (Youth With a Mission), which was founded by Twila’s uncle Loren Cunningham.
In 1996, the campus transitioned into a Bible college, accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education. In 2005, it received accreditation as a liberal arts school. The college sits under the umbrella of Ecclesia Inc, which also covers Strategic Missions, Ecclesia Relief and Development, Bibles For the Nations, Ecclesia Children’s Ministries, Happy Few Unlimited, and Twila Paris Productions.

Twila’s father led the institution until her brother, Oren Paris III, took over as president in 1997. Twila’s sister Angie Snyder is the director of communications; brother-in-law Mike Novak is the financial development director and runs IT. Her mother Inez Paris is the chancellor and sits on the eight-person board of governance; so does Twila’s husband Jack Wright and Oren Paris III himself.

In all, seven family members draw salaries from the school, Snyder told CT. The indictment charges Paris with receiving more than $300,000 in compensation over four years; in all, his family recieved more than $1 million."

How many college presidents only have a BA
and - after many years - an online DMin?
Could anyone in the Paris family teach at a community college?
No one is qualified to teach or manage higher education.

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Scott Barefoot - WELS or LCMS - Unfriends Everyone

SP Matt Harrison gave up his facial hair for this pose
with Scott Barefoot, who may be leaving WELS.

 Oh Scott, your posts are better than
Ski's photos with aging celebrity skanks.
Please keep writing.

Never question WELS' ability to jump on fads
at the end of their lives. First, they harumpf.
Then they go to educational conferences.
Finally, they endorse with Enthusiasm.
Note the irony of the painting.

This Pastor Visits Homes All the Time! Wisconsin LCMC pastor accused of stealing parishioners' meds

 Jon Mark Paquette, LCMC.
"A house-going pastor means a church-going congregation."
His sermons are still posted on YouTube.
Below is one featuring the livery of the 
Green Bay Packers quarterback.

Wisconsin pastor accused of stealing parishioners' meds:

"A Wisconsin pastor is accused of stealing prescription medications from members of his parish.

Jon Mark Paquette, pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Birchwood, Wis., was arrested on suspicion of burglary Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, after a search warrant was executed at the church parsonage. (Photo courtesy Barron County sheriff’s office)
Jon Mark Paquette, 56, is pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church in Birchwood, Wis. He was arrested Thursday after a search warrant was executed at the church parsonage, according to the Barron County sheriff’s office.

Investigators believe Paquette was targeting his own parishioners."


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This is serious stuff in Wisconsin.

Former Cottage Grove ELCA pastor pleads guilty in federal child porn case – Twin Cities

ELCA Pastor Helker is facing federal charges,
but WELS PR head Joel Hochmuch got immediate public absolution from WELS SP Mark Schroeder
and a very light sentence with work release time.
Hochmuth re-offended and went back in the hoosegow for five years.

Former Cottage Grove ELCA pastor pleads guilty in federal child porn case – Twin Cities:



"Investigators linked Helker to the case through a Facebook profile, which included an All Saints email address that was used in the international porn exchange. Investigators found evidence of pornography involving children as young as 5 years old.

Upon Helker’s arrest, All Saints quickly placed him on administrative leave and then dismissed him. The church issued a statement that in part asked for “prayers for all affected.”

Authorities executed search warrants at the church and at Helker’s home in Pine City, about 75 miles north of Cottage Grove. There they found a laptop with 120 gigabytes of data, most of which appeared to be child pornography images and videos.

The federal court plea agreement notes that Helker had 900 child porn images and 300 child porn videos in his possession, and that he created “sexually explicit collages” with superimposed photos of four known juveniles. "



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Hochmuth's resume had a number of red flags,
and he had been caught before.
Did WELS report him previously, as mandated by law?

 WELS fire extinguisher guy Scott Barefoot issue his own divine call for a "ministry" where he seeks confidential information
by email and shares details on his Facebook page.
He invites himself to various congregations and
claims to be invited.

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Mid-Week Lenten Service, 8 PM Tonight, Central Daylight Savings Time

Mid-Week Lenten Vespers, 2017

Pastor Gregory L. Jackson

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bethany-lutheran-worship

Bethany Lutheran Worship, 7 PM Central Daylight Time

The Hymn #145 -          Jesus Refuge of the Weary           
The Order of Vespers                                             p. 41

The Psalmody                   Psalm 23                  p. 128
The Lections                            The Passion History

                                                 2 Thessalonians 2

                                             
The Sermon Hymn #149           Come to Calvary's Holy Mountain

The Sermon –    

 
The Prayers

The Lord’s Prayer

The Collect for Grace                                            p. 45

The Hymn #660 - Heaven Is My Home   

The Power of the Word - And of False Doctrine

2 Thessalonians 2 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,

2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time.

7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

9 Even him, whose coming is after the working [efficacy] of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,

10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion [efficacy of error], that they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:

14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,

17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

This letter was written early in the ministry of Paul. As with all his letters, he dealt with congregational problems, which were universal themes. As an Apostle chosen by the Risen Lord and taught by Him, Paul had as much authority as the rest and a special relationship to the Law and Gospel. He lived his life as the best of all Pharisees, meaning he truly believed in perfecting himself according to the Law. To reverse his persecution of the Gospel and understand the true place of the Law was quite a powerful effect of the Holy Spirit in the Word. This is how he dealt with such matters in relation to the end times.

One disturbance there was "Why work. The end is coming." They had to live in the paradox, as we do, that the end could come at any moment but also in hundreds of years. God only knows, as Jesus said in Mark 13.

3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away [apostasy] first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition [Antichrist];

The falling away is quite different from unbelief. The apostasy means that vast numbers of Christian believers no longer believe but reject and ridicule the Gospel. I could name many "confessional Lutherans" who fit into this category, and the numbers grow with each denomination.

Pope Francis is a perfect example, who seems determined to control and wreck his own denomination, but the previous "conservative" popes fit into that category too - they were just a lot less obvious - JP II and Benedict XVI, at the very least.

However, this does show that the first indicator is already glowing red. 

4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.

These are the attributes of the Antichrist. Luther and the Concordists had no trouble calling the papacy the Antichrist, because each pope is devoted to subverting and persecuting the Gospel. Although the Reformation popes were far more violent, the current popes are more effective in their smooth management of Protestant leaders, who practically throw themselves on the shoulder of the pope, bawling with great tears, begging that the terms of reconciliation be lenient.

I looked over a recent list of Lutheran apostates, and they were clergy leaders I met or knew about. One wrote that he joined Rome to "undo some of the damage done by Martin Luther." How thoughtful of him.

The Christian Gospel is Justification by Faith, which takes the burden of self-justification by works away from the tortured believer. Those who attack Justification by Faith are in league with the Antichrist, whether they comprehend it or not.

1. opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God - The pople and his ilk have their own divine message, against the Scriptures.
2. or that is worshipped - the pope and other false teachers demand honors, luxuries, and the appearance of divinity.
3. so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God - the pope invents dogma (as others do) and tells people the Holy Spirit has revealed this to his heart.
4. shewing himself that he is God - the pope and the little Antichrists are infallible, like God.

5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?

Paul often referred to what he taught in person. Remember those things.

6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

God the Father withholds the final consummation until the time He alone has determined. The work of the Antichrist (iniquity) began in apostolic times, when false teachers blocked entrance to joining the church and denied key articles of faith.

The power of the Antichrist has begun and also is helped along by the little Antichrists, but they are restrained until God's time has arrived. In that time many more millions are born and converted by the Gospel.

8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth [the Word], and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

No one will doubt the End. It will not be a rumor but a revealed final act of global revelation.

9 Even him [the Antichrist], whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

If you doubt this, watch one of the Roman Catholic miracle movies (The Song of Bernadette) and look up their websites. Lourdes is difficult to believe in its scope. There are many other major religious metroplexes as well.

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

This needs to be understood, because the power of the false word is also powerful and efficacious. The more people listen to falsehood, the more they love it and blind themselves to the truth. They are like the people who break into power stations and dare to cut away large power cables. True, the cables destroy them with their power, but the thieves bring this on themselves by their false motives and greed.

13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, 17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

Paul closes by reminding them of God's grace in calling them with the Gospel and establishing them in truth. Like every passage where Paul thunders with the reality of sinfulness, he offers comfort with Gospel comfort and forgiveness -- accomplished by God's Holy Spirit in the powerful Word.

Two Lutheran Elephants: Negligent House Pastors and Divorce | Steadfast Lutherans

Foxy copycat, no?

Two Lutheran Elephants: Negligent House Pastors and Divorce | Steadfast Lutherans:



Not much there to read, folks.



But I noticed a headline similar to mine 24 hours earlier. Is this another furtive Ichabod reader? 

Deny it at all costs!



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Tenth New Testament Greek Lesson. Finishing John 2. Greek Helps.

Modern translations need modern artwork - no?

This is a handy lexicon to use when puzzled over a word. Avoid inter-linear versions because the eyes go to the English and the new language is not learned. That is a hint from the late Father Ferrel, who had several advanced degrees in ancient languages.

If you wonder what the basic word is in Greek, so you can look it up, check out the Mounce.

12 μετα τουτο, κατεβη εις καπερναουμ, αυτος και η μητηρ αυτου και οι αδελφοι αυτου και οι μαθηται αυτου, και εκει εμειναν ου πολλας ημερας

13 και εγγυς ην το πασχα των ιουδαιων, και ανεβη εις ιεροσολυμα ο ιησους

14 και ευρεν - εν τω ιερω - τους πωλουντας βοας (from bous) και προβατα και περιστερας και τους κερματιστας καθημενους (ex cathedra, cathedral)

15 και ποιησας φραγελλιον εκ σχοινιων παντας εξεβαλεν εκ του ιερου τα τε προβατα και τους βοας και των κολλυβιστων, εξεχεεν το κερμα και τας τραπεζας ανεστρεψεν

16 και τοις τας περιστερας πωλουσιν ειπεν "αρατε ταυτα εντευθεν μη ποιειτε τον οικον του πατρος μου οικον εμποριου"

17 εμνησθησαν δε οι μαθηται αυτου οτι γεγραμμενον εστιν ο ζηλος του οικου σου κατεφαγεν με

18 απεκριθησαν ουν οι ιουδαιοι και ειπον αυτω τι σημειον δεικνυεις ημιν οτι ταυτα ποιεις

19 απεκριθη ο ιησους και ειπεν αυτοις λυσατε τον ναον τουτον και εν τρισιν ημεραις εγερω αυτον

20 ειπον ουν οι ιουδαιοι "τεσσαρακοντα και εξ ετεσιν ωκοδομηθη ο ναος ουτος - και συ εν τρισιν ημεραις εγερεις αυτον?"

21 εκεινος δε ελεγεν περι του ναου του σωματος αυτου

22 οτε ουν ηγερθη εκ νεκρων εμνησθησαν οι μαθηται αυτου - οτι τουτο ελεγεν αυτοις και επιστευσαν τη γραφη και τω λογω ω ειπεν ο ιησους

23 ως δε ην εν ιεροσολυμοις εν τω πασχα εν τη εορτη, πολλοι επιστευσαν εις το ονομα αυτου θεωρουντες αυτου τα σημεια α εποιει

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