My First Grade Koine Greek reader

The author Thomas Moore is the son of Fon

Moore, a former United Airlines pilot who in

WWII was a pilot of a C47 Skytrain fl ying “the

hump” from India to China, in the China Burma

India theatre. When Tom was a sophomore

at Thousand Oaks High School, CA. his dad

and older brother were killed in a car accident

on the Conejo Grade in 1967. Tom then threw

himself into the arms of Father God and desired

to obtain a close personal relationship with God

through the Lord Jesus Christ as his personal

Savior. In 1969 he joined the Navy and when

assigned to an oiler stationed in Long Beach,

CA. he became the object of hatred and abuse

as he was heavily persecuted for his Christian

faith. He refused the invitation to join the crew

at a brothel in the Philippines, which they took

as a personal judgment against them. Tom returned

love for their hate and decided by faith

to always be full of joy. Three years later Tom

led exactly 10% of the ship’s crew to faith in Jesus. Tom’s love for the Lord Jesus and

His Word, led him to work on learning Koine Greek. He developed his own learning

program by making elementary style school readers in the Koine Greek. This not only

greatly accelerated his learning the Greek but found that reading a collection of elementary

Greek Scriptures became his favorite devotional. It is Tom’s hopes that others will

fi nd the joy in learning and reading the Greek text as he does. Castle Rock, CO. 7/30/24