“Words are not coins, dead things whose value can be mathematically computed. You cannot quote an exact English equivalent for a French word, as you might quote an exact English equivalent for a French coin. Words are living things, full of shades of meaning, full of associations; and, what is more, they are apt to […]
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“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. The opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.”—Elie Wiesel When Buchenwald was liberated by the United States Army in 1945, Elie Wiesel was 16-years-old. He, his parents,
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“Translation of the Bible was undertaken in the early centuries because there was no idea that the sacredness of the Bible was to be sought in its incomprehensibility.” —Lamin Sanneh
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These men risked their lives to make contact with an unknown people group in the Venezuelan jungle. But why did so many years pass before the people were truly evangelized? Paul Dye told this story of faith, adventure, and failure at our Camp Week 2019. It happened 50 years ago, and highlights some of the
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“I have one desire now – to live a life of reckless abandon for the Lord, putting all my energy and strength into it.” —Elisabeth Elliot
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“Open your mouth for the speechless, In the cause of all who are appointed to die. Open your mouth, judge righteously, And plead the cause of the poor and needy.” —Proverbs 31:8-9
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Lessons from the Conquest of Canaan It has been said, “When it comes to missions, the low-hanging fruit has already been picked.” In Joshua 13:1 we read of a time where the Lord spoke to Joshua saying, “Thou art old and stricken with years and there remains yet very much land to be possessed.…” This
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“If there is a single thread running through the whole story of the Reformation, it is the explosive and renovative and often disintegrating effect of the Bible, put into the hands of the commonality and interpreted no longer by the well-conditioned learned, but by the faith and delusion, the common sense and uncommon nonsense, of
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This is a video about reading and writing, Moses and Joshua, Bible translation and church planting—and what they all have to do with each other. It’s about being able to access God’s Word, and a primary way God intended for that to happen. The video was recorded last month at EXPLORE ABT 2019. Aaron demonstrated
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“Rise up, O men of God! His Kingdom tarries long: Bring in the day of brotherhood, and end the night of wrong.” —William Merrill
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