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Africa Bible Translation

Mother Tongue Scripture Use.

This terrific video gives an insight into the impact of mother tongue Scriptures around the world.

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Africa

Africa Still Needs Missionaries

A while ago I mentioned an article by the atheist Matthew Parris which said that Africa needs God. A little later, I reflected a bit more on that article, this time not seeing it in quite such a positive light.  With these thoughts in mind, it was good to see an article on Ben’s blog […]

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Africa

The Future of African Villages

As you probably know, Sue and I (with Dave and Sam) lived in the Ivorian village of Gouabafla for a number of years while we were working on the translation of the New Testament into Kouya. There is an interesting piece on the BBC website at the moment with various people giving their view on […]

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Mission

Spiritual but not Religious

The BBC Website has a very interesting interview with Mark Berry in the magazine section. Mark isn’t all that pleased with it as you can read here. On balance, I think it is a positive article, though the last paragraph doesn’t really fit with what the writer is saying, which is a bit odd. While […]

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Observations

Disasters Emergency Committee: Gaza Appeal

As far as I am concerned, this is a humanitarian appeal for aid. No more, no less. I’m closing comments on this post because I don’t a political discussion on the rights and wrongs of the war to overshadow the aid issue.

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Mission

How Not To Talk to Atheists

The Daily Telegraph has an alarming story about wildlife documentary maker, David Attenborough. Sir David Attenborough receives hate mail from viewers because he does not credit God in his nature programmes, he has disclosed. The BBC television presenter and conservationist said he expected to be sent more such letters when his latest project, a documentary […]

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Theology

Insiders and Outsiders

Pastors are floundering in the proclamation of the Bible. Too many sermons are merely preach to the choir of those who already agree with them. A missional approach to the Bible reminds us that the message of the Scripture is for both insiders and outsiders to the Gospel message. The Bible is interested in converting […]

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Observations

Some Good Resources

The resources page at the l’Abri UK website has some excellent looking resources available. I was particularly impressed with Ranald McCaulay’s paper entitled ‘The Great Commissions‘. Failure properly to relate the Gospel Commission of the New Testament to the Commission of Genesis (the Creation Mandate) lies behind much of Evangelicalism’s current weaknesses and internal conflicts. […]

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Africa Mission

Africa Needs God. Who Says So?

A while ago I posted a link to a Times article by Matthew Parris which said that Africans need God and that Christian missionary work accomplishes far more than secular NGOs (read my initial post here). Since then, I’ve been emailed more copies of the article than I can count (which shows how few of […]

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Observations

Gaza and Jonathan Ross

I’ve always been a great fan of the BBC. Their public service ethos and guaranteed funding mean that they can produce great TV and even greater radio. Anyone who has had to listen to the interminable adverts interspersed by music or speech that is American radio would instantly appreciate the quality of the BBC national […]