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Monday, July 1, 2019

"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

A Story of Faith, Adventure, and Failure

Monday, July 1, 2019

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...

#TranslationTuesday

Monday, July 1, 2019

“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

#CommunityDevelopment

Saturday, June 1, 2019

"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

Why They Remain Unreached

Saturday, June 1, 2019

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...

#TranslationTuesday

Saturday, June 1, 2019

"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...

Must They Learn to Read?

Saturday, June 1, 2019

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...

#CommunityDevelopment

Saturday, June 1, 2019

"Rise up, O men of God! His Kingdom tarries long: Bring in the day of brotherhood, and end the night of wrong." —William Merrill

#TranslationTuesday

Saturday, June 1, 2019

"God is no further—and no closer—than the language of common discourse, which makes translation a safeguard against believers becoming strangers to God and to one another, and against reducing believers to the status only of clients; translation exists to define the ground of our adoption as God...

A Vehicle for Truth to the Weno

Saturday, June 1, 2019

We feel like language is becoming a means of communication rather than just a wall of noise. It feels good being functional and not a total outsider linguistically.

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“Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17

“Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And you are witness of these things.” Luke 24:47, 48

“Go therefore, and make disciples of all nations.” Matthew 28:19

“In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” Genesis 12:3

“That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ through the Gospel.” Ephesians 3:6

“That they all may be one; as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us; that the world may believe that You sent Me.” John 17:21

“Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations’?” Mark 11:17

“Ask of me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance.” Psalm 2:8

“Behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes.” Revelation 7:9

“Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified.” 2 Thessalonians 3:1

“All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” 2 Timothy 3:16

“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105

“As cold water to a weary soul, so is good news from a far country.” Proverbs 25:25

“More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.” Psalm 19:10

“All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations shall worship before You.” Psalm 22:27

“Truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.” Numbers 14:21

“Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples. For the LORD is great and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.” Psalm 96:3, 4

“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.” Habakkuk 2:14

“That all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.” 1 Kings 8:60

“For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles; in every place incense shall be offered to My name, and a pure offering; for My name shall be great among the nations.” Malachi 1:11

“All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, and shall glorify Your name.” Psalm 86:9

“For as the earth brings forth its bud, as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.” Isaiah 61:11

"Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" Psalm 46:10

"This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth." 1 Timothy 2:3, 4

"You are worthy. . .; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, and have made us kings and priests to our God." Revelation 5:9, 10

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