Posts from the Past: I Speak Bible
One of the occupational hazards of life as a Bible translator is having to answer well meaning people when they ask how many languages you speak. ...
Recent Posts
Floods and the Truth
If I can't trust you when you are talking about events in New Orleans in 2005, or Houston in 2017, why should I believe what you say about events in Palestine in AD 30?...
SBU35: The St Bega’s Ultra
In which I follow in the footsteps of a legendary Irish Princess; though I suspect she wasn't wearing trail running shoes. ...
Posts from the Past: When Will Mission Stop
In which I dare to suggest that John Piper's famous quote about the purpose of mission may not tell the full story. ...
Of the Making of Conferences There is No End
These days, you cannot throw stones between Easter and September for fear of hitting a marquee full of Christians in a field somewhere. ...
Who Said John 3:16?
You have to get punctuation right in English if you are to convey the correct meaning. The problem is that the Greek and Hebrew Bibles don't use punctuation, which is a relatively modern invention. ...
It’s Not About Ignorance
It's not so much that people don't want to engage in serious thought about issues of faith, it's just that they earnestly believe that there is nothing to engage with in the first place....
It’s Not About Individual Salvation
it is doubtful whether the New Testament provides a single example of an individual convert, a "saved individual," left to plough his lonely furrow without family or congregation....
Posts from the Past: Globalised Worship
At a time when more Bible translation is going on that ever before and the diversity of the Church is being celebrated, it would be a shame if we drifted into a hooked-on, soft-rock worship conformity...
Three Unmentionable Things
Three areas that we don't like to think about, but which need to be part of any church's thinking about world mission. ...