Hello, readers! Just this morning, I was sitting with a local seeker discussing the Kingdom of God. My friend was trying to grasp this concrete yet elusive reality of God’s reign on earth. And it was rough going. “Why?” he asked, “If I have worked hard to provide for my family and have prayed for […]
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“So where’s the link between Bible translation and literacy? Through a holistic approach, literacy restores and strengthens basic human identity by linking people to their true identity in Christ through interaction with God in His Word. Literacy provides a means of restored dignity through the recognition that one’s personhood and language matter to God. And
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“Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.” John 12:23 All-Nations Camp Week this year again included some helpful and challenging topics. From dying to self, to overcoming barriers that arise between scholars-in-training and their home churches, to exploring models used in
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“Wisdom says: leave success ratings to God, and live your Christianity as a religion of faithfulness rather than an idolatry of achievement.” — J. I. Packer
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What is God’s desire for how His children should live together in a broken world? We look forward to the day when God will restore all things and know that we will have a rich community on the new earth. However, what is God’s plan for how we should live today? I believe the answer
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“Reading the Indonesian translation was like reading in moonlight. We were only getting bits and pieces. Now in Kupang Malay, it’s like reading in bright sunshine. We see so much more.” — Indigenous pastor, quoted by Gilles Gravelle
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Every answer to prayer is a miracle. Today I would like to highlight some of the answers to prayer I’ve witnessed in my years of living in the Tarahumara mountains. When we first moved to Guagueyvo fifteen years ago, the people were very suspicious of us. They were afraid we were coming to take away
“…Pastors and churches had to preach in French. Many speakers of regional languages don’t understand, thinking God is the God of other people. But now, when we hear Scripture in Obamba, we know: God speaks my language! He’s our God, too!” — Prescillia, a lady from Africa
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“I have undertaken to translate the Bible into German. This was good for me; otherwise I might have died in the mistaken notion that I was a learned fellow.” — Martin Luther
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Adam Boyd, a translator friend that has spoken at a number of events for All-Nations, serves with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Papua New Guinea. He recently posted the following: After ten years of translating, a year of recording and typesetting, and many months of planning, the Enga New Testament dedication will take place tomorrow in
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