webmaster220.blogspot.com, when I was in seminary, I was in a class full of students who, for the most part, just didn't put the time into their Greek.  

 

This meant that when it came time for exams, they were completely unprepared.


Let me tell you a story about Sam, a stereotypical student. Sam doesn't really exist, but the story is typical of kind of behavior we'd see repeatedly in seminary. 

 

Sam thought he could treat Greek like history, or a theology class.

By that I mean that he didn't do the work on a day by day basis to develop the skills necessary for understanding Greek. He thought he could just do some reading the night before, and then rock up to class or an exam the next day.  

Of course after the exam, we'd be talking about it over lunch and he would tell us how he stayed up all night studying to prepare. 
 

But as you can probably guess, Sam struggled with his required Greek courses. 

Now, when I started studying Greek, I quickly figured out that while that might get me through exams (maybe) it wouldn't allow me to really understand the language, and it would prevent me from moving on. 

So, I developed the methods I now teach, and used key exercises to help me internalize the concepts and understand morphology. 

Anyway, back to Sam, who looked at the few of us who were not struggling like he was. 

People like Same would often ask, "How are you so ahead with your Greek? Every week you seem to know all the words we're learning and you can actually read our texts on the fly. What's the deal?" So I'd explain it, and when I told them that I was learning to read Greek for my devotional time, they seemed impressed and said, "cool." 

But for Sam and students like him, this kind of attainment seemed out of reach. 

So when Sam finished the required Greek courses, he stopped taking Greek, and eventually lost it all. 

This story is hardly unique to one person. Even today, I continue to hear from people like Sam who struggled through Greek once and now want to get it back. 
 

And that is really the point. Having got a taste of the benefit of Greek, so many people come back years later and want to get those benefits for themselves. 

 

They end up torn. They know that the Word is living and active and sharper than any two edged sword, but they also find themselves frustrated by the lack of attention they gave Greek back in the day. 

 

As you probably realize, studying God's word is one of the most rewarding things we can do. The word teaches us about the grace and mercy of God, teach us to love and obey, and powers our ministry to be effective and impactful.  

 

Why? Because the word of God is living and active, sharper than a double edged sword (Heb 4:12). Our lives can be dramatically changed for the better by our dedicated study of it.  

 

Reading in Greek is the ultimate way to study the word. It has been likened to "putting contacts in for the first time". It's like you've always read those exact words, but now they've got a clarity that was eluding you all this time.  

Learning Greek is not that it is that hard.

But the early stages of learning Greek takes more time and consistency than people like Sam are willing to give it. 

But then later, they realise the blessing they had in their hands, and yearn to regain what they lost.

But only a few commit themselves to doing the daily work to make it a reality. 
 

So, I want to help you do it right so that you don't give up, and so that you do get the clarity, confidence and pure joy that comes from reading the New Testament in the language it was inspired in.

The first steps are the key. 

And that's what we've been working on. 

How to help you take the first steps to acquire the basic skills, so that in just a few days you'll be able to understand some simple Greek, get a taste of the benefits and start doing the key tasks so that you can start reading the New Testament in Greek.  

 

Keep an eye out for my next email for the BIG REVEAL.   

 

In Christ,  
Darryl  



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