The nice people at Wycliffe Australia have put my essay about the changing face of the World Church on their website. I suspect this is the last time that I’ll be listed alongside such luminaries as Patrick Johnstone and Philp Jenkins, but I’ll take the kudos while I can! The title of my essay isn’t […]
Month: September 2006
PhoneyBible
PhoneyBible is a superb little application for you mobile phone which was developed by a friend of our Sam’s. The website says: PhoneyBible is avaible in 34 translations. It allows you to start reading from any book, chapter or verse. From there you can scroll forward or back, or choose somewhere new to read. PhoneyBible remembers […]
Translation Workshop Week 3
Well, the weather seems to be warming up somewhat – we are no longer huddled in jumpers and jackets in the mornings. On Saturday we had the opportunity to enjoy the sunshine and go walking in the hills about 20 miles south of Antsirabe. It was really good to get out of town and to […]
Jesus: Marriage and Divorce
In my sermon at Above Bar Church this evening, I mentioned a paper which was of interest – you can find it here. If you have any thoughts on the paper, or on the sermon, I’d be grateful if you left a comment. If you would like to listen to the sermon itself, you can […]
The BBC News website has a very optimistic article about a new treatment for malaria which could save the lives of many thousands of African children. It’s hard for us, living in the West, to appreciate how difficult and how prevalent malaria is in other parts of the world. Any treatment which can help it […]
100 People
What would the world look like if the population were reduced to 100? There is an excellent and very informative short movie on this site which is well worth a look.
Translation travails
I suppose 6 deg C isn’t that cold – but it certainly feels it without heating! The days are starting cold and if there is a cloudless sky, it warms up to 22 or 23 deg, cooling again as soon as the sun goes down around 6 pm. Coming from England, these are temperatures I’m […]
Brand’s Beat
My friend John Brand of AIM has just started a new blog and has been friendly enough to give us a mention. John is the European director of AIM and I’m sure that his blog will develop as a good source of information on the Christian scene in Africa.
Suzanne McCarthy has just made a terrific post at Better Bibles Blog which, to my mind, captures some of the real missional spirit of Bible translation. In the end it isn’t all about technical questions or whether the NIV is better than the ESV, it’s about our God reaching out to his broken world. Link […]
Almost a year ago, I wrote a review of Carson’s book on the Emerging Church. At the time, i wasn’t too impressed by the book which seemed to imply that any new forms of church life would inevitably unorthodox in their theology. However, anyone who is even slighlty au fait with the emerging scene knows […]