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Languages

Can you close the door?

What could be simpler than asking someone to close the door you mightthink? But whenever you try and translate something from one language to another you come across the phenomenon of language and culture beingso closely bound together that they are almost impossible to separate. Let me give you an example. Here in Madagascar, someone […]

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Theology

The Bible and Narrative Theology

There is a superb, longish quote from NT Wright on Keith McIlwain’s blog which is well worth a read. “It’s not, for a start, a list of rules, thought it contains many commandments of various sorts and in various contexts. Nor is it a compendium of true doctrines, though of course many parts of the […]

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Bible Translation Madagascar Mission

The Church In Madagascar

As Sue starts to think about packing for her next trip, I thought this quote from The Penguin History of the Church: History of Christian Missions by Stephen Neil might interest you: When a reckoning was made it was found that the Christians were four times as many as they had been at the beginning […]

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Do Not Use

How to read the Bible Right.

Make sure that your sense of humour is engaged and then click on this link for instructions on how to read the Bible. Historical context doesn’t matter, so you can throw it in the trash along with the Old Testament. It was invented by evil atheists, and is just another clever disguise the Devil gives […]

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Church: UK Church: World Observations

Jesus; I’m not in love with you.

A few months back I got a fair bit of response, not all of it entirely positive, to a couple of blog posts on worship songs (here, and here). That response makes me wonder how people will comment on this wonderful post by John Stackhouse. It really is terrific and gets to grips with the […]

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Church: UK Computing/Internet

Christian Blog Awards

I’ve not received my invitation to tonight’s Christian Blog Awards ceremony. I guess this means I won’t be winning one! Mind you, looking at the list of categories, I can’t see where I would fit in. More to the point, I can’t see where most of the blogs I read and respect would fit on […]

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Do Not Use

Roll Over Beethoven

YouTube has lots of clips of classic comedy sketches. I’ll post a few over the next few weeks, starting with this amazing bit of piano playing by Dudley Moore.

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Computing/Internet

Get More Traffic

I’ve just signed up for a new system called blogrush which promises to promote your blog and to bring more traffic. You can see some of the recommendations they have provided for us at the bottom of this page. In the meantime, if you want to sign up yourself, follow this link.

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Languages

Being bilingual ‘protects brain’

This headline caught my eye and reassured me that there is hope for us linguists yet! Apparently: “Being fluent in two languages may help to keep the brain sharper for longer, a study suggests.” Read more here. I’m off to Madagascar for a translation workshop next week, so when my brain is hurting from trying […]

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Observations Politics

As it happens

This clock updates a lot of information about our world as it happens. Some of it is rather alarming… HT Hamo