Bill Mounce is a Greek Ninja. Of all the people who can kung-fu greek style – he’s one bad dude you don’t want to mess with (imagine if he and Con Campbell double teamed you!). He’s written a flippin’ sweet blog post on how to use Greek in the pulpit:
“Before the ESV was available, I used another translation that was a little freer in its translation philosophy. There were two Sundays in a row where I had to correct its interpretation to make what I thought was the true point of the passage. After the service a new Christian came to me and asked, “Can I not trust my Bible?” Ouch! So here is one of the big no-noes from the pulpit. Do not correct the English Bible. Ever! Never say, “the translators got this wrong.” The damage you can do to a person’s trust in Scripture is unimaginable.”
Read the whole thing. His post helps Pastors to not be jerks in the way they use greek from the pulpit – this is a must read for all wannabe preachers/greek ninjas. Seriously.
(h/t acl)
