(The Importance of Using Familiar Language)
At All-Nations, one of our translation values is accessibility: translating into familiar, present-day language. This goes beyond the obvious choice to translate into the Mixtec language for Mixtec-speaking...
"If clear understanding is one of the main goals of translation, then enjoying and receiving the messages of the New Testament in their fullness requires having access to the Old." —Peter Yuh Kimen
"Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving; meanwhile praying also for us, that God would open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in chains, that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak." —Apostle Paul
Colossians 4...
"What are the qualifications for working in Latin America? There’s really only one. . . . Same qualification you would need to go any place else in the world to serve: that is a broken heart. . . . 'While you’re waiting for God to open the door, praise him in the hallway.' And when we learn...
“When a European has been living for two or three years among strangers, he is sure to be fully convinced that he knows all about them; when he has been ten years or so amongst them, if he is an observant man, he finds that he knows very little about them, and so begins to learn”. (R. H....
In South American jungles live many people who have never learned to read and write their own language. Not only does this feed their sense of inferiority; it also makes them vulnerable to being taken advantage of. And how will they ever read the Bible?
Breaking Barriers to Literacy...
“Church planting is actually strategic warfare and is similar to attempting to establish a beachhead in enemy territory." —Fred Herron
Yesterday a neighbor inquired, “Could you give us a ride to a birthday party an hour away, since you have a van?”
We still don’t know whose party it is, but Dad consented, so now he’s taking out the back seat and spreading our rug for them to sit on. It’s time to go! All dressed up, our...
“If you have begun to steep yourself in the Word of God, and are preparing yourself with basic, useful tools to tackle the job of evangelism and church planting, God will, in turn, find places in His kingdom where He can put you to work for His honor and His glory.” —Roland Muller
