"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
Word of God
"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...
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...
"We must allow the infallible guide, the Word of truth, to inform our theology, which will inform our missiology, which will inform our methodology." —Brooks Buser
Why Translate the Bible?
Why, really, could it be worth risking your neck to get the Scriptures translated into an obscure language, just one out of over 7,000 spoken today? Is there even sufficient cause to give one'...
“I have here translated, brethren and sisters most dear and tenderly beloved in Christ, the New Testament, for your spiritual edifying, consolation, and solace.” —William Tyndale
"Men do not reject the Bible because it contradicts itself, but because it contradicts them." —E. Paul Hovey
"Our motivation and vision for mission start with the incarnate Christ, bursting upon history holding nothing back but emptying himself and eventually submitting to death on a cross. As Christ came to the world, so his people spread out across the globe spreading the Good News of a God who...
Over 1,600 people groups sit in darkness with no Scripture in their heart language. All-Nations Bible Translation (ABT) is an organization that is passionate about putting God’s written word into the hands of every nation on earth. Several unique emphases of ABT set them apart from other Bible...
“Thanks be to God, I can now say I have attained. I have knelt down before him, with the last leaf in my hand, and imploring his forgiveness for all the sins which have polluted my efforts in this department, and his aid in the future efforts to remove the errors and imperfections which...