Latest Koine Podcast Episodes
If Scripture is Inerrant, then Scholarship is Necessary | Dan Brown
Tool Talk - July 12, 2018 04:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsCommentators aren't infallible, even when their assertions are footnoted. That seems obvious, but it's easy to blindly accept scholarly consensus. Dan Brown, convinced of the harmony of Scripture, went on a journey that began with a mission trip to Thessaloniki, Greece, and ended with a PhD in Ne...
Why Your Exegesis Needs Discourse Analysis | Todd Scacewater
Tool Talk - June 04, 2018 04:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsYou probably know just how important grammar and syntax are to interpreting Scripture, but what about paragraphs, chapters, and sections? If you’ve studied discourse analysis, you know just how important it is to understanding the author’s intended meaning of any passage. If you haven’t, you’re o...
Sarcasm in Paul's Letters? Never. | David Dickenson
Tool Talk - April 30, 2018 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsEver wished there was a sarcasm font? If it's hard to tell when someone is being sarcastic or ironic in your native tongue, how much more Koine Greek! Travis sat down with David Dickenson, Adjunct Professor and PhD Candidate in New Testament at Midwestern Seminary, to talk about Paul's use of iro...
Believing the Bible About the Supernatural | Michael Heiser
Tool Talk - April 08, 2018 04:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsPsalm 82:1 says, "God has taken his place in the divine council; in the midst of the gods he holds judgment." Who are these gods? Why do so many interpreters gloss over this and other elements of the supernatural in the Scriptures? Travis asks Michael Heiser, expert in Ancient Near Eastern studie...
Doing Biblical Theology with Geerhardus Vos | Todd Scacewater
Tool Talk - March 20, 2018 04:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsWhat is Biblical Theology? Geerhardus Vos, an elite theologian of Old Princeton, knew. Travis chats with Todd Scacewater, pastor, founder of Exegetical Tools, and co-founder of Fontes Press, which recently re-published Vos’s contribution “The Teaching of Jesus Concerning the Kingdom of God and th...
Lies Pastors Believe About Their Preaching | Dayton Hartman
Tool Talk - February 26, 2018 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsPastor, you believe lies about your identity. Lies that hinder your ministry. Fight lies with the Gospel truth. That’s the message of “Lies Pastors Believe” (Lexham Press), a new book from Dayton Hartman, pastor of Redeemer Church in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. In this episode of Tool Talk, Trav...
A Vernacular Bible and the KJV-Only Crowd | Mark Ward
Tool Talk - January 22, 2018 05:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsHave you ever been a part of a church or met a believer who believed the "Authorized" version was the only proper English Bible? Maybe you know all the text-critical issues, but do you know how to explain the importance of a vernacular Bible to people in a patient, loving, pastoral way? Mark Ward...
How (Not) to Use Your Lexicon in Bible Translation | Todd Price
Tool Talk - January 01, 2018 05:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsYour lexicon is dangerous for your interpretation of Scripture if you don't know how to use it! Todd Price (PhD, Corpus Linguistics and NT) explains how not to use your lexicon and why more language nerds might consider being a missionary-scholar. As the Roma Bible Translation Coordinator for Pio...
Was Charles Spurgeon an Expositor? | Christian George
Tool Talk - December 12, 2017 05:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsCharles Haddon Spurgeon was the "Prince of Preachers," but was he an expository preacher? Were his sermons driven by the text of Scripture? Travis went to the beautiful Spurgeon Library at Midwestern Seminary, home to thousands of Spurgeon's handwritten notes and correspondence, to talk to Dr. Ch...
The Greek Text of James | William Varner
Tool Talk - November 27, 2017 05:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThe letter of James has been disputed and distorted by many through the centuries, but Dr. William Varner, Professor of Bible and Greek at the Master's University, has made the study of this inspired text a labor of love. In his new work, James: A Commentary on the Greek Text (Fontes Press), Dr. ...
Ad Fontes: A Review of the New Tyndale House Greek New Testament | Todd Scacewater
Tool Talk - November 15, 2017 05:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratings"Ad fontes," said Erasmus. Return to the sources! The brand new Tyndale House Greek New Testament uses a distinct methodology to attempt to do just that. Does it succeed? Dr. Todd Scacewater, founder of Exegetical Tools, explains the point of a new Greek New Testament and gives an in-depth review...
Sola Scriptura -- How Much Does Doctrine Inform Exegesis? | Matthew Barrett
Tool Talk - October 31, 2017 04:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsDoctrine must inform our exegesis, says Dr. Matthew Barrett, author of "God's Word Alone" and editor of Zondervan's "Five Solas" series and Crossway's "Reformation Theology." Dr. Barrett is Associate Professor of Christian Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and clearly a fan of ...
Interrogative Exegesis #1: Three Questions to Evaluate Historical Backgrounds
Tool Talk - October 17, 2017 04:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsEver read about some historical event or cultural custom and immediately think of a passage of Scripture? Sometimes jumping to conclusions is jumping off a cliff. In this episode of Tool Talk, host Travis Montgomery shares three questions to evaluate potential historical context for better exeges...
Literary Context and Statistical Probability | Mark Giacobbe
Tool Talk - October 03, 2017 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsStatistics, probability, and exegesis? Travis talks to Mark Giacobbe, Teaching Fellow and Ph.D. Candidate at Westminster Theological Seminary, about how something called Bayes' Theorem is informing his dissertation. Mark's unique path to scholarship includes a musical career, post-9/11 missions t...
Expectations vs. Reality for New Pastors | Kevin Moore
Tool Talk - September 19, 2017 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsTheological education teaches you "how" to study the Bible in-depth, but many pastors are asking a different question: "When?!" Travis called up Kevin Moore (@kevmoore_) to talk about Bible study expectations vs. reality in a new pastorate. Kevin is the Associate Pastor of Northpoint Christian Ch...
No Quick Fix: Analyzing Experiences Through Exegesis | Andy Naselli
Tool Talk - September 12, 2017 04:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsTravis chats with Andy Naselli (@andynaselli), author of “No Quick Fix: Where Higher Life Theology Came From, What It Is, and Why It’s Harmful,” available now from Lexham Press. This new book about “Keswick theology” is a great case study of thoroughly and biblically examining a popular doctrine....
What Does a Pastor-Scholar Actually Do? | Todd Chipman
Tool Talk - September 06, 2017 04:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsThe concept of the "pastor-scholar" has been en vogue in recent years, but what does it actually mean to be one? To answer that question, Travis sat down with Todd Chipman (@ToddRChipman), a real-life pastor-scholar. Dr. Chipman has been pastoring The Master's Church in Kansas City since he first...
Creeds in Real Life and the Descent of Christ to Hell | Todd A. Scacewater
Tool Talk - August 30, 2017 04:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsTravis sat down with Todd Scacewater, founder of Exegetical Tools, to discuss a thorny issue with the Apostles' Creed: did Christ really "descend into Hell?" What does that mean? Is it Biblical? Todd and Travis also discuss why and how pastors might incorporate the creeds into their church's wors...
Efficient Exegesis with BibleWorks | Jim Barr
Tool Talk - August 22, 2017 04:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsJim Barr has been working with BibleWorks software for the past sixteen years. Travis and Jim talk about how students, pastors, and scholars can use BibleWorks to get into the text of any Scripture passage quickly and effectively. Jim explains some of the more unique features of BibleWorks, like ...
Mere Devotion and Lifelong Learning | Mike Ackerman
Tool Talk - August 17, 2017 04:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsMike Ackerman is a Professor of New Testament and Church Planting at Ozark Christian College in Joplin, MO and a self-proclaimed autodidact. Travis and Mike discuss the importance of being "the dean of one's own lifelong learning," the necessity and benefit of a disciplined devotional life, and D...
Two Common Errors in Bible Study | Todd Scacewater
Tool Talk - August 08, 2017 04:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsFor this inaugural episode, Travis sat down with Todd Scacewater, the founder of Exegetical Tools. Travis and Todd talked about the purpose of ExegeticalTools.com and two common (and opposite) errors in Bible study. Check out ExegeticalTools.com for more great content, subscribe to the podcast, a...
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Greek Ollendorff Podcast - August 12, 2014 00:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGreek Ollendorff Lesson 16
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Greek Ollendorff Podcast - August 11, 2014 00:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGreek Ollendorff Lesson 15
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Greek Ollendorff Podcast - August 10, 2014 00:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGreek Ollendorff Lesson 14
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Greek Ollendorff Podcast - July 03, 2014 00:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGreek Ollendorff Lesson 13
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Greek Ollendorff Podcast - July 02, 2014 00:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGreek Ollendorff Lesson 12
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Greek Ollendorff Podcast - July 01, 2014 00:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGreek Ollendorff Lesson 11
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Greek Ollendorff Podcast - June 27, 2014 00:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGreek Ollendorff Lesson 10
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Greek Ollendorff Podcast - June 26, 2014 00:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGreek Ollendorff Lesson 9
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Greek Ollendorff Podcast - June 17, 2014 00:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGreek Ollendorff Lesson 8