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Bible Translation

The Dedication of the Kouya New Testament

Some vignettes from the Kouya New Testament dedication ceremony.

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Observations

The Peatbog Faeries

A couple of weeks ago, four of us went to an arts venue in north London to see the Peatbog Faeries a folk band from Skye. Now, the idea of a folk band from the north west of Scotland might put you in mind of bagpipes, fiddles, kilts and lots of reels and celidh music. […]

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The Future of the Global Church

The Future of the Global Church, the latest book  by Patrick Johnstone is well worth getting hold of. As you can see from the picture above, it is full of maps, pictures and graphs and is a delight to browse through. I don’t suppose that anyone will actually read through this book from cover to […]

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Africa Bible Translation Church: World

A very Kouya celebration!

Yesterday I arrived home from a visit to Ivory Coast to attend the dedication of the New Testament in Kouya. It took place in the village of Dema, which is where we first lived when we moved to the Kouya area almost 25 years ago. In a number of ways this wasn’t a typical dedication. […]

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Do Not Use

Bible and Mission Links 16

I’ve not been blogging very much over the past few weeks, but that hasn’t stopped other people writing lots of good stuff. Here is a bit of a catch up! Bible Translation As I mentioned yesterday, the World Evangelical Alliance will be taking a long hard look at some of Wycliffe and SIL’s approach to […]

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Bible Translation

Open To Scrutiny

If you’ve ever wondered how Bible translation actually happens on the field, it would be worth taking a few minutes to look at this slideshow. What the slideshow demonstrates is that the initial translation of a Biblical text will be revised many times over before it is ready for publication. Of course, it is necessary […]

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Bible Translation

An Old, Old Problem

Archaeologists have recently unearthed fragments of a prayer letter from the first Roman missionaries to England along with part of the a response from one of their supporters. You might find it interesting. Dear Friends, Well we’ve been in England for a year now and we are slowly getting used to life here. You wouldn’t […]

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Observations

The Reinvention of the Church

This week, I’m supposed to be in Mali speaking at a retreat for people involved in Bible translation and language development in that country. Unfortunately, on many levels, there has been a military coup and I’ve ended staying at home. However, I have recorded some of the talks I was planning to give and you […]