Equipping the Church to Translate the Word
John Calvin was one of the most influential leaders of the Protestant Reformation. In 1536, he published his most significant work, Institutes of the Christian Religion. He continued to revise and expand this work over the course of his life. However, a year before publishing this influential work, Calvin wrote a concise statement about Christ and the …
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What comes to mind when you think of Bible translation? Millions without a Bible and no way to know Christ? Or the image of a missionary preaching with an open Bible in hand? Or how about the need for a faithful translation in your own language? Yet there is another image that we should consider. In Revelation, the apostle John had a vision of …
If you are interested in Bible translation, you have probably heard of such terms as 'accuracy,' 'naturalness,' 'biblical languages,' and 'key terms.' In the last couple decades, translators have started using the term 'translation brief.' A translation brief is a document which describes the translation project and includes the purpose, timing of the …
Why do we read the Scriptures aloud as part of our worship services? Is it just tradition? Is it part of preparing the congregation for the sermon? Or it is more? I would like to present ten reasons for reading the Bible aloud as part of congregational worship, starting with the commands of Scripture and finishing with the benefits of …
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In the first article in this series, I proposed that the importance of the ministry of Bible translation cannot be fully appreciated unless we grasp its relationship to the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit ministers in each and every language, both through the spoken and written Word of God. It follows that the translators of Scripture have a critical part …
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