Thoughts on the Greek and Hebrew for Life Conference at SBTS
I traveled to Louisville last weekend for the Greek and Hebrew for Life Conference hosted at my alma mater, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. They do conferences called Southern Academy for alums and friends. This is the second time they've done Greek and Hebrew for Life.
Here are a few thoughts:
- I appreciated that they focused on using biblical languages in ministry and devotion. Ultimately, ministry should come from devotion and lead to devotion.
- Dr. Betts' breakout on Hebrew noun morphology was amazing and changed my life. Other students in the class were blown away too. I went to his next breakout on verb morphology, and it was such a help too. A student in that class also was exclaiming about how his explanations made so much sense.
- The best place to learn Hebrew right now is probably Boyce College with Dr. Adam Howell. What he's doing is incredible by combining morphology, reading the Old Testament, hearing, speaking, and reading. It is so good.
- I loved being at a conference where the presenters can use Hebrew and Greek in their slides and it is neither proud or self-conscious.
- It was good to see my sisters on Friday morning and also hang out with an old friend for 3 hours Friday night.
- Quills Coffee in St. Matthews is the best coffee shop I've ever been to, mainly because it feels like they take coffee very seriously. I loved it.
- This was my first trip in our new-to-us 2011 Toyota Camry and it got 33-34 mpg. That is 10 mpg than our van would have. It was amazing.