New Saint Andrews Christmas Concert 2009

Four settings of Psalm 100 – NSA Reformation Banquet

Psalm Sing

I recorded one of the recent Psalm Sing’s at Christ Church. Here are a few of the songs:

Collision Conversation – John Piper and Doug Wilson

Faculty Skit

Faculty Skit from the Class of 2009’s Last Disputatio.

O God of Earth and Altar

NSA Promotional Video

Student-made promotional video for New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, ID.

Last Disputatio of the Class of 2009!

Can you believe it? We just had our last Disputatio as a class at NSA?

God has been very good to us, allowing us to travel thus far. I am very grateful for such a wonderful class, and I hope we all keep in touch. To that affect, I plan to keep this blog going as a place where we as Alumni can come and keep getting NSA info, or see what’s going on in Moscow.

Here are the two videos I presented at Disputatio.

• The first is a slideshow of some photos I through together of our 4 years here. It is only a tiny sampler of all the photos I have!
• The second is a compilation of spliced videos from our 4 years. Again, only a sampler of what I have! I had to cut some GREAT stuff! (such as some of our declamations).

I uploaded a bunch of videos not shown here on a YouTube playlist called “Live in Moscow as an NSA student,” which you can find HERE

 

Enjoy!

 

NSA Spring Concert Video

The NSA Spring Concert Video is up:

http://www.foucachon.com/nsa_spring_concert/

New Saint Andrews Christmas Concert

Wilson vs Hitchens Documentary Preview

Hitchens/Wilson sneak peak from LEVEL4 on Vimeo.

Creation, Evolution, and Genesis

Greetings class!

I wanted to encourage you to take, or at least audit, Dr. Wilson's Creation, Evolution, and Genesis elective! As Christians, we need to be equipped to interact with the  secular arguments aimed at destroying the basis for Christ's authority: that He is Creator, and we are the Created.

We are blessed to have Dr. Wilson, who has not only learned all these issues in depth, but has much experience in actually debating the champions of Evolution.

So sign up for his class before it gets too full!

(remember, the class schedule has changed so that Dr. Wilson's elective doesn't conflict with other electives.)

 

This course surveys the watershed issues in the creation/evolution controversy. Students will learn important definitions and make key distinctions to avoid misunderstandings and ill-informed straw-man arguments. They will also gain a basic understanding of the following topics: creation according to scripture, science and its limitations, origins according to secular man, irreducible complexities, created kinds and the natural limits  to biological change, the fossil record and the age of the earth. The students will be reminded how to properly wield this knowledge rhetorically with those who differ, believers and unbelievers alike, so that if it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone (Rom. 12:18).

Happy Birthday Luke!

Today is Luke Nieuwsma's birthday! Happy Birthday Luke, and blessings on your very significant 22nd year! May the Lord richly bless you and give you wisdom, joy, peace, and faith as you go from being a bachelor to a head-of-household during this next year!

Here's a toast to Luke: May  you always enjoy the good things of life, such as good beer and good wine!

 

Vocab list for Greek Mark Exam

This is most of the list, minus chapter 16, for those of you who would benefit from a digital format.

Mark 8

σπλαγχνίζομαι – have pity, feel sympathy

προσμένω – I remain, stay

νηστις, ὁ, ἡ - not eating, hungry

μακρόθεν – from far

πόθεν – from where

χορτάζω – fill, satisfy

ἐρημία, ἡ - wilderness, dessert

παραγγέλλω – give order, command, instruct, direct

εὐχαριστέω – give thanks

χλάω – break

παρατίθημι – set before

ἰχθύδιον, τό - little fish

ὀλίγος – little, few, small

εὐλογέω – bless

παρίσσευμα, τό - what remains, scraps, abundance

χλάσμα, τό - fragment, piece, crumb.

στιρίς, ή - basket, hamper

τετραχισχίλιοι – four thousand

ἐυβαίνω – embark, go in

μερός, τό - pl. district, region

πειπάζω – test, tempt

ἀναστενάζω – sigh deeply

γενεά - generation

ἐμβαίνω – embark, go in

ἐπιλανθάνομαι – forget, neglect

ζύμη – leaven

ουπω – not yet

νοέω – consider, perceive

σινίημι – understand

οῠς, τό - ear

μνημονεύω – remember

πέντε – five

πεντακισχίλιοι – five thousand

πλήρης – full, filled

ἐπιλαμβάνομαι – take hold of, grasp

ἐκφέρω – lead, carry or bring out

πτύω – spit

ὄμμα, τό - eye

δένδρον, τό - tree

εἴτα – then

διαβλέπω – look intently, open one’s eyes wide, see clearly

ἀποκαθίστημι – restore, give back

ἐμβλέπω – look at

ἅπας - all

βαπτιστής – Baptist

πάσχω – suffer

ἀποδοκιμάζω – reject

παρρησία, ή - outspokenness, openness, confidence; plainly, openly

φρονέω – set one’s mind on, think, be minded

ἁπαρνέομαι – deny

σταυρός, ό - cross

ἕνεκεν – because of, on account of

ὠφελέω – profit, benefit

κερδαίνω – gain

ζημιόω – (only passive) suffer loss, forfeit

ἀντάλλαγμα, τό - something given in exchange

ἑπαισχύνομια – be ashamed

μοιχαλίς, ἡ - adulteress; (adj.) adulterous

Chapter 9

γεύομαι – taste

ἕξ – six

ὑψηλός – high

μεταμορφόω – transform, transfigure

ἕμπροσθεν – before

λευχός – white

λίαν – very (much), exceedingly

οῐος – such as, what sort

λευκαίνω – bleach, whiten

συλλαλέω – speak together

σκηνή - tent, booth

νεφέλη, ἡ - cloud

ἐπισκιάζω – overshadow

πάσχω – suffer

ἐκθαμβέω – (only pass.) be amazed

προστρέχω – run up to

ἅλαλος – dumb, mute

καταλαμβάνω – lay hold of, seize, overtake

ὀδούς, τό - tooth

ἰσχύω – be able, be strong

ἀνέχω – (only mid.) bear with, endure

παιδιόθεν – from childhood

παλλάκις – often, many times, frequently

βοηθέω – help

ἐπισυντρέχω – run together

ἐπιτάσσω – order, command

μηκέτι – no longer

σταράσσω – tear, pull to and fro, convulse

ὡσεί - as, like

γένος, τό - class, kind; race

προσευχή, τό - prayer

κἀκεῐθεν – and from there

ἀγνοέω – be ignorant, not to know

σιωπάω – be silent

διαλέγομαι – discuss

μείζων – greater (comparative for superl.)

διάκονος, ὁ - servant, minister

κωλύω – hinder, forbid, prevent

ταχύ - quickly, at once

κακολογέω – speak evil of, revile, insult

ποτίζω – cause to drink, give to drink

μισθός – reward, pay

μικρός – little, small

περίκειμαι – lie, be placed around, wear

μύλος, ὁ - millstone

ὀνικός – pertaining to a donkey

τράκηλος, ὁ - neck

ἀποκόπτω – vut off

ἅσβεστος – inextinguishable

μονόφθαλμος – one-eyed

ἁλίζω – salt

ἅλας, τό - salt

ἄναλος – saltless, insipid

Chapter 15

συνέδριον, τό - council, Sanhedrin

κατηγορέω – accuse

θαυμάζω – marvel, wonder

ἑορτή - feast, festival

δέσμιος – prisoner

παραιτέομαι – ask for, request; decline, reject

στάσις, ἡ - insurrection, sedition

φόνος, ὁ - murder

φθόνος, ὁ - envy

ἀνασείω – stur up, incite

παρισσως – exceedingly, beyond measure, very

βούλομια – wish, will, want

ἱκανός – sufficient, fit, many

φραγελλόω – scourge, flog

στρατιώτης, ό - soldier

ἀπάγω – lead away, bring to

ἕσω - inside

αὐλή - courtyard, court

πραιτώριον, τό - governor’s official residence

συγκαλέω – call together, summon

σπεῐρα, ἡ - cohort

ἐνδιδύσκω – dress, put on

πορφύρω – purple, purple garment

περιτίθημι – put or place around, wear

ἀκάνθινος – thorny

στέφανος, ό - crown

χαῐρε – greetings

τύπτω – strike, beat

κάλαμος, ὁ - reed, stalk, staff

ἐμπτύω – spit on

γόνυ, τό - knee

ἐμπαίζω – mock, ridicule

μεθερμηνεύω – translate

οῐνος – wine

διαμερίζω – divide

κληρος, ὁ - lot

τρίτος – third

ἐπιγραφη, ἡ - inscription

αἰτία – charge, accusation, reason

ἐπιγράφω – write on

ληστής, ὁ - robber

εὐώνυμος – left

παραπορεύομαι – go or pass by, go through

βλασφημέω – blaspheme, slander

οὐά - aha!

καταλύω – tear down, destroy

ναός – temple

οἰκοδομέω - build

ὁμοίως – likewise

ἐμπαίζω – ridicule, mock

συσταυρόω – crucify together

ὀνειδίζω – reproach

ἕκτος – sixth

σκότος – darkness

ἕνατος – ninth

βοάω – cry aloud

μεθερμηνεύω – forsake utterly

γενίζω – fill

σπόγγος, ὁ - sponge

ὅξος, τό - sour wine, wine vinegar

περιτίθημι – put or place around

καθαιρέω – take down, bring down, destroy

ἐκπνέω – expire, breathe out

καταπέτασμα, τό - veil, curtain

ναός – temple

σχιζω – split, divide

ἅνωθεν – from above, from top

κάτω – down, bottom

κεντυρίωον – centurion

ἐναντίος – opposite, against

πτωμα, τό - corpse

σινδών, ὁ - linen

Charity Bandanas

The following is from Benjamin Nieuwsma. Please take a second to read!

We are raising money for the Community Action Partnership in Moscow . The charity works to reach out to poor people in our area in a number of ways. The partnership provides food for people unable to afford it, clothing and health related expenses. Often the elderly on fixed incomes are unable to afford their heating bill during the winter and this partnership helps with that as well. They also help pay for educational expenses.

Unlike many other charities, the Community Action Partnership works towards self-sufficiency as much as it can, so for many of the underprivileged families, they help by providing work for them.

I am the project manager of a team of about a dozen students who chose this charity to raise money for as class project and we have come up with a couple different incentives for giving money to the partnership:

Donate 1 Dollar

For anyone donating a dollar to help the underprivileged in our area, we will enter them into a drawing for one of three $50 gift certificates for the online sporting good stores:

www.buysnow.com

www.buywake.com

www.buyskate.com

Donate 4 Dollars

For anyone who donates $4 (essentially the price of a nice coffee), we will give them a free bandana. They are black with a golden U of I logo design on them.

This charity is tax deductible and upon request we can provide you with verification of your donation. Unfortunately, due to some supplier problems on the bandanas, we are running out of time for this project. We need to know about everyone who is willing to donate by next Monday, November 26.

So, if you would be willing to donate a few dollars, it would be a great blessing to the charity, and a huge help to me and my team.

Please send me an email. (BenjaminN@vandals.uidaho.edu) or feel free to call (208-310-1841)

Thanks!

Benjamin Nieuwsma

One thing Ben mentioned to me is that you don't have to pay him right away. So if you are away on break, just send him an email letting him know that you will be getting him the money whenever you get back.

Thanks!

Darwin or Design

Please come and support Dr. Wilson with your presence as he debates Dr. Mike Webster! And please pray that the debate will go smoothly, and that the cause of Christ will be advanced through it!

• Monday, November 12th, 7:30 pm
• UI Commons: Whitewater Room
  

Moscow City Council

O Socii, today is a great and honourable day. It is a day in which we can put to use our right as citizens of the Unitest States of America to elect our leaders. In days past leaders were often chosen through strength of arms. Men proved their courage on the battle field, fighting for their king, that they might live peaceful lives under their king. We have no bloody battle field on which to pour our blood and prove our valor, but we do have the Moscow Fair Grounds, and today, until 8 p.m. May it not be said of the students of New Saint Andrews college that they did not bother to go out and vote. Furthermore, this is going to be a close vote - 50 could turn the tide of the election. You may feel like it's not your place to vote in Moscow, but it does affect you. It affects NSA, it affects the families you're boarding with, and it affects our churches. If you've lived here for more than 30 days, you can vote! Please vote!

Please vote for Krauss and Carscallen for the 4 year seat (do not vote for a 3rd person) and Steed for the two year seat.

To the Polls!

Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit. O Socii, Proponite!

Thracymachus XIV

Have a great break, everyone!

Moscow City Council Candidates Forum

McIntosh - Grieser Office Hours

Mr. McIntosh's office hours are:

• Wed. 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Mr. Grieser's office hours are:

• Tue. 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Reminder: Mid-term paper due Sept. 7th, by 3:00 p.m.

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Greek Translater

	Webster's Online Dictionary with Multilingual Thesaurus Translation
	English Greek

First Species, Four-voice Counterpoint Cheat Sheet

Christ is risen!

Happy Easter, everyone!

What joy is ours, since we are Christians and have a God who would have His Son endure the pangs of death and the sin of the entire world, and then rise that we might rise with Him!

Many people talk (and have written) about how we ought not to put our joy in man or in material things. This is easy to see why, and yet we forget it often, and either trust and rely upon people or things we love to make us happy and joyful. But we would not have either without God! Our joy comes from Him and Him alone. Because Christ endured the cross and Sheol, we need not fear ever losing our joy. In Him we have risen and shall be resurrected!

Stopwatch

Need a stopwatch to self-time your quizzes?

Voila: NSA's Very Own Online Stopwatch!