There is a wonderful obituary to Bible translator and Linguist Des Darbyshire on the UCL web page. I only met Des a couple of times and never had the opportunity to get to know him well, but he was clearly a most remarkable man. Please take the time to read the full obituary – you […]
I was delighted to come across this blog today on my Google news reader for Bible Translation. Subtitled The Musings of a Methodist Octogenarian, Olive Morgan’s blog shows that she has a more active mind and a greater sensitivity to culture than many people half her age. She is also an active supporter of Bible […]
Jim Harries has just posted a paper of mine on the Vulnerable Mission discussion site on the subject of vulnerability in Bible translation. God the Son took on human flesh in God’s supreme missional act of self-revelation. Through the process of the incarnation, death and resurrection, God not only revealed his nature to his creation, […]
Following on from Nick Norelli’s very successful Trinity Blogging Summit (and other similar events) I’d like to propose a similar ideafor those with a specialist interest in Bible translation for minority language groups. The idea would be to draw together papers on both the theory and practice of minority language translation work (including ethnomusicology, Rob). […]
You can listen to a talk I gave at the Wycliffe UK half day of prayer here. The theme is what does it mean for us that God is the Lord of the Harvest from Matthew 9:35-38. The target audience is clearly the team I work with, but others may enjoy it. I recently had […]
Jim Harries, has just posted an excellent paper on his website which he has also submitted to the International Journal of Frontier Missions. I don’t have the time to comment in detail on what he says, but it is a wide ranging paper covering everything from translation theory to post-colonial politics. You can find the […]
There is an interesting post at Roman Christendom that is worth a read. The author has some interesting remarks about the origin of the canon of Scripture and the early history of Bible Translation. To my mind, the post is rather spoiled by the author going so far out of his way to push a […]
Having read this quote at Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth, I’ve decided that I must buy The Living Church: The Convictions of a Lifelong Pastor by John Stott. Some Christian people seen to be in bondage to words and formulas, and so become prisoners of a gospel stereotype. They wrap up their message in […]
An Australian, a Togolese and a Geordie open the boxes of the Moba New Testament as they arrive for the first time in Northern Togo. Years and years of work go into reaching this point, but it’s now that the really exciting stuff can start as God starts to work in the lives of the […]