Greek practice

so I've been doing a bit of studying for my final greek exam and i thought people might like to get a small taste of what I've been studying. So here are a bunch of greek words in both greek and english.... see if you can guess what they mean!

1. αγγελος -angelos
2. ανθρωπος- anthropos
3. αποστολος-apostolos
4. ζωη-zoe
5. θεος-theos
6. κοσμος-kosmos
7. λογος-logos
8. αδελφος-adelphos
9. μητηρ-mehter
10. πατηρ-pahter
11. δαιμονιον-daimonion
12. χρονος-chronos
13. μεγας-megas
14. πολις-polis
15. νεκρος-nekros

and the bonus.....

αμαρτια= hamartia

1. angels 2. man 3. apostles 4. life 5. God 6. world 7. word 8. brother 9. mother 10. father 11. demon 12. time 13. large, great (from where we get the prefix mega) 14. city (metropolis= mother city) 15. dead, dead body (necrophobia = fear of death) Bonus= sin (hamartiology is the study of sin)


If you got that bonus one, give yourself a big pat on the back. You're pretty good if you knew that one.

On a less serious note:
Did you know that αμαρτια, the word for sin, is a feminine word? Reminds me of that mathematical proof we use to joke about back in the day...





























Looks like we have some biblical proof to that now, don't we?



*For a more detailed explanation, the word for sin actually is feminine, but it doesn't mean that sin is just for women. To be fair, the word for sinner αμαρτωλος is masculine. So gender in greek doesn't always apply to man and women gender (although it can with pronouns).

Thanksgiving

So for thanksgiving, the family went to NYC and for church on sunday, we went to the Brooklyn Tabernacle led by Jim Cymbala and it was really awesome. I really loved his straight forwardness in preaching. I also loved the choir and the worship... especially where we sang "Oh come let us adore him," which is my favorite Christmas song. It was really touching and while we were singing the words, the image that was running through my mind was of Jesus's 2nd return. Jesus was standing there, and while everyone was there, it was as if it was just me and Jesus. And while we were singing the 2nd verse, I could see all the things that we value (houses, cars, ipods, bf/gfs, etc), being left behind as He alone was (and is) worthy of our worship. It was truly a sight of heaven, where we will not only be freed from all our sinful desires, but where we'd see Christ in all his glory!


Oh come let us adore Him
Oh come let us adore Him
Oh come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord

For you alone are worthy
For you alone are worthy
For you alone are worthy
Christ the Lord

We'll give you all the glory
We'll give you all the glory
We'll give you all the glory
Christ the Lord


Here's some other things that I've learned at CIU's chapels:

-It is easier to become a Christian than it is to become a disciple
-tough times don't last, but tough people do.
-ministry is long and ministry is hard
-one of the evidences of a calling is when the church recognizes it
-we equate calling with fruit nowadays, but that's not calling... no matter if there's fruit or not, its a calling and we go for God's glory!