by Rob Plummer | Jun 15, 2019 | Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Other Texts, Scripture Passage
A student came up to me during a class break and asked, “How does Jesus’ circumcision as an 8-day old boy impact our salvation?” He was reading Colossians 2:11. Does the text of Colossians 2:11 speak to that issue?...
by Rob Plummer | Jun 8, 2019 | Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Other Texts, Scripture Passage
When Paul was converted/called on the Damascus Road, he had traveling companions with him. Did they hear or not hear the Lord speak to Paul? Do the accounts in Acts disagree?...
by Rob Plummer | Jun 1, 2019 | Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Other Texts, Scripture Passage
Have you ever noticed that all of the imperatives (requests) in the Lord’s Prayer are in the aorist tense? In today’s weekend edition, we explore the reasons for this pattern....
by Rob Plummer | May 25, 2019 | Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Greek Resources, Other Texts, Scripture Passage
Dr. Plummer is a big fan of micro-learning, or learning in bite-size chunks. Today, he recommends a Weekly 5-minute podcast on church history, www.5minutesinchurchhistory.com. The episode from February 20, 2019, “The 3 Foot Manuscript,” is about the famous Greek...
by Rob Plummer | Apr 13, 2019 | Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Special Editions
In today’s weekend edition, Dr. Plummer looks at several texts in the New Testament that specify a certain point in the day. How did people tell time in antiquity? When modern Bible translations differ in their renderings of temporal indicators, we see an example of...
by Rob Plummer | Mar 30, 2019 | Extended Exegetical Discussions, Grammar, Special Editions
In today’s weekend edition, Dr. Plummer reviews a function of the genitive case – the epexegetical genitive....
