Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Thursday, September 11, 2008
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).
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
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!
Thursday, February 28, 2008
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
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Charity Bandanas
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.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Darwin or Design
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Moscow City Council
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!
Friday, October 05, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Monday, August 27, 2007
McIntosh - Grieser Office Hours
- Wed. 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
- Tue. 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Monday, April 23, 2007
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Christ is risen!
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!
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Saturday, March 03, 2007
Of Bede, Malmesbury, & Hollister
A Few Historical Personages
Ethelbert
- King of Kent
- Had a Christian wife, Bertha
- Talked with Augustine, finally converted to Christianity and was baptized
- Pope Gregory corresponded with this king
- Died in 616 – he ruled for 56 years
Edwin - Ruled over all England except Kent
- Became a Christian through the teaching of Paulinus – baptized 627
- Married Ethelbert’s daughter Ethelburh
- King of Wessex sent Eomer to assassinate him
- Received correspondence from Boniface and Honorius
- Brought peace to Britain
- Died in 633 at the Battle of Hatfield Chase
Oswald - King of Northumbria
“the most Christian king of the Northumbrians” – Bede - Asked for a bishop from Ireland (Aidan came)
- Ruled 9 years
- Killed at the battle of Maserfelth
Alfred - d. 899
- Crowned king by Pope Leo in 872
- Son Edward took the throne in 901
- Buried in Winchester
- Occupied London 886
Canute - Denmark / England
- Reigned from 1016 – 1035
- Laid everything to waste from Sandwich to Wessex -1016
- 1017 – 1031 Reigned in England
- Went to Rome in the fifteenth year of his reign - to atone for sins
- Died and was buried at Winchester
Edward the Confessor - Reigned 1042 – 1066
- Son of Etheldred the Unready
- Crowned at Winchester
- Promised the kingdom first to William of Normandy, and then to Harold Godwin
Harold Godwin - 1066 - was crowned Jan. 5, (having been promised the kingdom on the deathbed of Edward the Confessor
- died in October 1066 at the Battle of Hastings, against William of Normandy (who was the first to be promised the kingdom by Edward the Confessor)
William of Normandy (William the Conqueror) - Lived from 1035 to 1087
- Ruled England from 1066 to 1087 after beating Harold Godwin at the Battle of Hastings
- Ended Saxon age of England, fused Norman culture to that of England, thereby establishing the start of modern English culture
William Rufus - William the Conqueror left the throne of England to Rufus
- Rufus scorned religion, exploited the church, ruled with a rod of iron.
- 1089 seized the lands of Canterbury
- (Rufus was killed by an arrow while hunting.)
Henry I - ruled from 1100 to 1135
- Anselm threatened to excommunicate him in 1105 AD
- Norman & Saxon combine under his reign, and he married a Saxon (Matilda)
- "Henry I's reign marks the coming of age of the royal administration. Indeed, some historians have sen it as the seedbed of the modern state. The functions of the royal household officials were growing in importance and specialization." - Hollister, 135.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Saturday, February 03, 2007
My Life For Yours: Bleed!
Yes, I gave blood today, barely. The nurse who helped me said my blood was starting and stopping, I think I didn't drink enough fluids. I was afraid there was some major problem, or that they would reject me and throw away my blood, but the nurses seemed fine with it going slow. "We're just happy to have the blood!
It didn't really hurt, and if it does I think about all the sick people who don't have a choice, who have needles and IV's stuck in them day after day after day. At least we have a choice to give willingly of our clean blood. And you can't help but feel good about that.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Greek!
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Our Battle Field
If you are unsure of who to vote for, here is a good guide:
Right-Mind (Dale Courtney)
Doug Wilson
See you at the Polls!
Homo proponit, sed Deus disponit. O Socii, Proponite!
Saturday, October 28, 2006
NSA Reformation Banquet
Madames et Monsieurs,
it is my supreme privilege to present to you
the photos of The New Saint Andrews 2006 Reformation Banquet
www.danielfoucachon.com/nsa/nsa_reformation_06/
If perchants there be a lady among you,
who upon seeing a distressing photo
wishest that photo to be removed,
there existeth a solution.
http://www.foucachon.com/complaint_form
If there be a gentleman among you,
who upon seeing a photo is distressed,
get over it.
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Reformation Week Events
During Reformation week and Prospective Student Weekend, NSA will be holding events in which students can interact with prospective students.
On Saturday, Oct. 28th:
- Bishop's Orchard Trip (Garfield, ID) Leave NSA at 2 p.m., return between 5/5:30 Bring: $4 for cider and your own gallon jug (Mr. Rench recommends the .60 water jugs from Winco)
- Ice Skating (Palouse Ice Rink) from 7-9 p.m. Bring: $1.50 for skate rental (or your own skates)
So try to carve a few hours out of your schedule to enjoy the outdoors and meet the new Freshman class!
