We are having a blow-out sale. We want to close out our stock of DVDs for the video series on Greek for the Rest of Us. The sale will continue until all our stock is gone, and the supply is limited.

Normal price: $69. Sale price: $49 (plus shipping).

What can you do with what you will learn from these videos?

  • I want to have access to the Greek behind the English in my translations.
  • I want to understand the information my Strongs Bible gives me.
  • I want to do Greek word studies, not English.
  • I want to use better dictionaries and commentaries, and not be frightened by the Greek words.
  • I don't have the time to do all the memory of traditional language learning.

Learn more about these video lectures and screen casts, and everything else we have to help you learn enough Greek to know your Bible better. Remember, if you purchase the DVDs you also get online access to the latest resources on our online class.

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Monday with Mounce

Whose Wrath? (Rom 5:9)

No matter how word-for-word a translation tries to be, there will always be some confusing sentence that requires interpretation. Sometimes, the more word-for-word translations just leave it confusing, but other times even the NASB and ESV (for example) feel the need to interpret.

Rom 5:9 says, “Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath...

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What is an “Accurate” translation?

A friend asked me this question the other day, and I thought I would take this opportunity to flesh out what I think the answer is.

The standard answer is that a “literal” Bible is the most accurate, and by “literal” they generally mean word-for-word. If the Greek has a verb, the English should have a verb. If the text uses the same Greek three times, the same English word should be...

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Donald Miller and the Aorist (Mark 8:34)

Thankfully, the days are long gone when we think that an aorist verb automatically describes a punctiliar action. No more describing the aorist as the bat hitting the ball (although the error is still present in some older commentaries).

I was reading Miller’s latest book, Scary Close, and it reminded me of a verse that illustrates the aorist.

What is discipleship?...

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