Pisteuomen - πιστευομεν - T. Michael W. Halcomb

First of all, Happy New Year. Secondly, thanks to everyone who kept up with Pisteuomen through 2009, I hope 2010 is great for you! I enjoyed the year in blogging but, of course, there's much more to life than a weblog, so, here's a quick little review of some of the highlights of my hear. Here's a list of 10 great things that happened to me in 2009. If you have a minute, share some great things that happened to you as well: 10 . I moved out of the state of KY for the first time, to MI, and am so glad I did 9 . I was able to start my own graphic & web design business 8 . Was elected to create & chair a Focus Group on the Gospel of Mark for the Stone-Campbell Journal Conference 7 . Was elected to be the SBL student representative for the Eastern Great Lakes Region 6 . Was invited to teach at Evangelical Theological College in Ethiopia in the summer of 2010 5 . Purchased my first home 4 . Got a full-ride scholarship for PhD work 3 . Made it through my 1st semester...

The 38th installation of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is now live! In this section of my "Notes", I focus on the Present and Imperfect Active Indicative paradigms of ειμι in Koine Greek. There are some helpful tables and tips here, so, if you get a chance, check it out!!! This has also been added to the GettingGreek website. To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the GettingGreek site or to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 9 " + Link: ...

For all of you Koine Greek lovers out there, take a few minutes and test your "" skills! Check out this interactive hangman module I've worked up! Click the image-link below to play:

5 new readings have been added to the GettingGreek Podcast. Each of the readings covers 1 verse (Gal. 1.3-7). The readings start slowly and each time through, progressively get faster so as to help with "out loud" reading skills. To go to the podcast click the image-link below. Enjoy! Getting Greek Podcast Page

The time has come for me to add a podcast to my GettingGreek.blogspot.com site! I have just uploaded the first 4 episodes. Two of the episodes are readings from the Greek New Testament (Galatians 1) and two are from the Greek Septuagint (Genesis 1). To go to the podcast page, click the image-link below. Enjoy! Getting Greek Podcast Page

The 6th GettingGerman.com podcast is live. Here, Elke reads Mk. 3.1-12. To listen, click the image-link below:

Part 37 of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is now up! In this section of my "Notes", I focus on the aorist formation in Koine Greek and take a look at primary the principle parts. There's some helpful info. here, so, if you get a chance, check it out!!! This has also been added to the GettingGreek website. To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the GettingGreek site or to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 9 " + Link: " Notes On Koine...

Portion 36 of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is now live! In this section of my "Notes", I focus on the aorist and imperfect tenses in Koine Greek and take a look at primary & secondary tenses and suffixes. So, if you get a chance, check it out and brush up on your Greek!!! This has also been added to the GettingGreek website. To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the GettingGreek site or to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 9 " + Link:...

Segment 35 of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is now online! In this section of my "Notes", I focus on Aspect in Koine Greek and particularly on the aorist, imperfective and perfective aspects as well as the imperfect and aorist tenses. There are some useful examples and tips as well. Check it out!!! This has also been added to the GettingGreek website. To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the GettingGreek site or to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Gree...

Part 34 of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is now live! In this section of my "Notes", I focus on Aspect in Koine Greek and particularly on the aorist, imperfective and perfective aspects. There are some helpful notes on the neutral morpheme rule as well as useful examples and tips contained in this post. Check it out!!! This has also been added to the GettingGreek website. To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the GettingGreek site or to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: ...

Part 33 of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is up and ready for interaction! In this section of my "Notes", I focus on Koine Greek Adjectives, particularly the adjectival quantifier. There are some helpful examples and tips contained in this post. Check it out!!! This has also been added to the GettingGreek website. To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the GettingGreek site or to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 9 " + Link: " Notes O...

Installation 32 of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is up and ready to be used! In this section of my "Notes", I focus on Koine Greek Adjectives, particularly the predicate use. There are some helpful examples and tips contained in this post. Check it out!!! This has also been added to the GettingGreek website. To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the GettingGreek site or to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 9 " + Link: " Notes On Koin...

Portion 31 of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is now ready for review! In this section of my "Notes", I focus on Koine Greek Adjectives, particularly the substantive use. There are some helpful examples and tips contained in this post. Check it out!!! This has also been added to the GettingGreek website. To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the GettingGreek site or to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 9 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Gree...

Installation 30 of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is now posted! In this section of my "Notes", I focus on the Koine Greek Adjectives, particularly the the attributive use. There are some useful examples and tips here. Check it out!!! This has also been added to the GettingGreek website. To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the GettingGreek site or to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 9 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 10 "...

Portion 29 of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is up!!! In this section of my "Notes", I focus on the Koine Greek Adjectives, particularly the suffix morphemes. There are some useful tables and tips here. Check it out!!! This has also been added to the GettingGreek website. To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the GettingGreek site or to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 9 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 10 " + Link: " ...

You've already seen my "Getting German" website, well, now I have launched 1 of several more sister sites: "Getting Greek". Getting Greek will contain all of the Greek resources that I have created, in addition to some other useful things. Currently, you can see my "English 2 Greek" type tool, my Interactive Greek Modules, my "Notes On Koine Greek" and several other items there. I plan to update this site frequently. I plan to launch 3 more sites which deal with theologically important languages (e.g. Hebrew, Aramaic & French). So, stay tuned for those updates (those sites are currently in queue). To visit the new site, copy and paste the url or click the image-link below: βίβλος γενέσεως ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ υἱοῦ δαυὶδ υἱοῦ ἀβραάμ. GettingGreek.blogspot.com

So, I'm bringing some works out of the Pisteuomen vault. Here is a compilation of posts from last year's Christmas series on Pisteuomen titled "Jesus' Birth In Context". I have also listed some back posts from the Christmas before that. So, here's a list of twelve posts dealing with the birth of Jesus and the Infancy Narrative(s). Enjoy. * God-man Talk At Christmas: Jesus' Birth In Context, Pt. 7 * Was Mary Scandalous? Was She Raped?: Jesus' Birth In Context, Pt. 6 * The Magi: Jesus' Birth In Context, Pt. 5 * Was Jesus' Birth Unique?: Jesus' Birth In Context, Pt. 4 * A Miraculous Conception?: Jesus' Birth In Context, Pt. 3 * Jesus & Prophecy: Jesus' Birth In Context, Pt. 2 * Born Of A Virgin?: Jesus' Birth In Context, Pt. 1 * Jesus' Genealogy At Christmastime * Why December 25th? * Rethinking "The Inn": Christmas Tradition Vs. Scripture, Pt. 3 * Was Jesus Born In A Cave? Christmas Tradition Vs. Scripture, P...

Portion 28 of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is up and ready for use. In this section of my "Notes", I focus on the Koine Greek Prepositions. There are some useful tables, charts and mnemonic devices. Check it out!!! To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 9 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 10 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 11 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 12 "...

While I have already set a few other things in motion regarding helping & raising awareness for the destitute slums of Korah, located in Ethiopia's capital city Addis Ababa (or Abeba), one of the things that I'm doing that I'm trying to make as visual as possible is creating and maintaining a website. Until now, information on Korah has remained well hidden online. So, I'm attempting to remedy that. So, if you get a few minutes, please, head over to the new website and take 5 minutes to educate yourself. To get to the site, click the image-link below:

For the intensive course that I'm going to be teaching at ETC this summer, I've been asked to create "a reader". I've been told that I can either do a traditional "reader" and compile a number of great essays / chapters / articles totaling about 100 pages. Or, I can write my own, which will be about the same length. I'm having a hard time making the decision. What do you all think I should do? Please, share your thoughts with me?

The 27th installation of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is up and ready for interacting with. This section of my "Notes" focuses once again on the Koine Greek Definite Article and offers a new, non-traditional image along with some tips for memorizing the the functions of the indefinite article. To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 9 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 10 " + Link: " Notes On...

The 26th installation of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is posted. This section of my "Notes" focuses once again on the Koine Greek Definite Article and offers a new, non-traditional image along with some tips for memorizing the the role of the definite article and its generic uses. To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 9 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 10 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek,...

The 25th entry of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is posted and ready for review. This portion of my "Notes" focuses more on the Koine Greek Definite Article and offers a new, non-traditional image along with some tips for memorizing the the role of the definite article as a function marker. To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 9 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 10 " + Link: " Notes On Koin...

The 24th portion of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is posted and ready for reading. This portion of my "Notes" focuses more on the Koine Greek Definite Article and offers a new, non-traditional image along with some tips for memorizing the the uses & functions of the definite article in relation to substantives. To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 9 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 10 " + ...

The 23rd round of my "Notes On Koine Greek" is up. This portion of my "Notes" focuses more on the Koine Greek Definite Article and offers a new, non-traditional table and some tips for memorizing the case-number suffix morphemes. To see the other "Notes" in this series, go to the bottom of this post and click the links. Enjoy! + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 1 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 2 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 3 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 4 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 5 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 6 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 7 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 8 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 9 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 10 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Greek, Pt. 11 " + Link: " Notes On Koine Gree...