The whole point of Bible translation is that the Word of God be read or heard by those who did not have this access before. Unfortunately, many Bible translations have been completed after years of hard work and the Bibles are not read by their intended audience. Obviously, no Bible translation...
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“The measure of our compassion lies not in our service to others but in our willingness to see ourselves connected to them.” —Gregory Boyle
Dangerous Love: a story of tragedy, faith, and forgiveness
Ray and Helene Norman lived in Mauritania serving the Muslim people over the time of 9/11. What follows in their family’s life shows that God gives courage, not only to face...
"Undoing Babel would imply eliminating linguistic difference and giving everyone a single language to speak. In fact, the gospel does something quite different—uniting people in one community whilst retaining their different ethnic, social and cultural differences." —Ian Paul
Cross-cultural mission work is hard. The difficulty of learning the local language and culture often presents missionaries with a seemingly insurmountable task. It is in the grind of everyday missionary life that overseas workers are tempted to take shortcuts. In his book, No Shortcut to...
Translators navigate a constant tension between form and meaning. English Bibles, for example, may keep the word order of the original writing in one passage (maintaining more of the form), but in other passages change words around so it is easier to understand (clarifying the meaning). Is there...
"It is not sufficient for the Church to attend to tactics: she must attend first to truth." —Lesslie Newbigin
"In the early years, it's easy to keep going; it's easy to think, Next year will be the year. But when the next year passes without seeing the fruit we hoped for. . ."
At Camp Week, E. Wagoner shared lessons learned—or that certainly have sunk in deeper—since first being sent to...
"When we think about the gospel and the Great Commission, it’s all about coming and going. Come is the invitation. Go is the imperative. Both were given by Jesus and both demand a response from the ones to whom he was speaking." —Bobby Hile
Tuesday, November 15, at 7:00 pm ET
Join us on November 15 for a 1-hour update with DW from a town in southern Colombia. Learn why we are building a team there and what their role is in reaching the jungle peoples.
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