[B-Greek] Reply OFF-LIST: Use of Greek in sermons

theomann at comcast.net theomann at comcast.net
Thu Nov 5 13:28:57 EST 2009


At the very least, those who preach and teach should recognize the potential they have for misleading listeners when they include references to Greek and Hebrew in their messages, especially since untutored congregations tend to trust their pastors and teachers and assume they know what they're talking about. Care should be taken. On the other hand, I sometimes pass along information I read on this list, when the source seems to be highly qualified. However, I tell people it was Carl Conrad who said it, not me :) 


T. 

Theodore H. Mann 
theomann at comcast.com 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey T. Requadt" <jeffreyrequadt_list at hotmail.com> 
To: "B-Greek Mailing List" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org> 
Sent: Thursday, November 5, 2009 12:14:58 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [B-Greek] Reply OFF-LIST: Use of Greek in sermons 

Greetings to the list. I haven't written since the summer, but I have been 
following most of the discussions. Something about teaching and having a new 
baby really takes up your time. 

Please reply strictly off-list, since this issue is beyond the parameters of 
B-Greek, but I know of no better group of people to respond to my questions. 
What would you say are guidelines or parameters for a preaching using NT 
Greek (or Hebrew, because it's the same issue) in a sermon, almost always 
with an audience who has no education in biblical languages? Related to this 
is, what is the value of learning Greek (and Hebrew) for the different 
purposes of studying and preaching? And a third question is, what is the 
value of teaching a few years of Greek and Hebrew to seminarians? I have my 
own opinions on the matter (some of which have surfaced in the list, I'm 
sure), but I really wanted to hear what other people have to say, especially 
those who have been serving in ministry. 



Jeffrey T. Requadt 

Dietz Elementary 

(520) 731-4000 



"I like to talk. I also like to think. Sometimes they go together." ~ Jeff 
Requadt 

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