My thoughts on the WEA report
After reading the report and being involved in a number of discussions about this report since its release, here are my thoughts on the WEA report. Things I think they got right: 1) The report...
View ArticleDynamic Equivalent Translation – Revisited
Today, too many bible translators have failed to recognize the distinctions between acceptable modern literary translation practices and acceptable bible translation practices. While there are...
View ArticleQuestions for our missionaries
Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis published the following set of questions to be answered by the missionaries they send. These questions are an excellent resource for every church missions board....
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That’s just your interpretation!
The cry “That’s just your interpretation!” is something that is echoed over and over again in discussions about theology and Scripture today. In our postmodern culture, both inside and outside of the...
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The PCA General Assembly’s consideration of the Insider Movement report
Written by Andrew C. | Wednesday, June 26, 2013 The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) met in Greenville, South Carolina 17-20 June 2013 for its 41st General Assembly. Commissioners flying and...
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Is Allah the God of the Bible?
It is becoming increasingly common to hear Evangelical Christian missionaries suggest that “Allah” is the name we should be using for “God” in Islamic contexts and many bible translation organizations...
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The failure of the local church
“The best kept secret of mission agencies in our day—speaking ever so broadly–is that the mission force is less equipped for service than the people they serve.” Rollin Grams Rollin Grams has written a...
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Review: One Bible, Many Versions
Many of issues addressed in Dave Brunn’s new book are things that I wish every Christian knew about bible translation and at points I found myself almost cheering for Brunn as he began his explanation...
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Turkey’s government is concerned about deceptive practices of some western...
For several decades some missionaries[i] from organizations like Frontiers, Wycliffe, SIL, YWAM, and others have adopted a form of contextualization known as C-5 contextualization (or “Insider...
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