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Observations

He Isn’t A Tame Lion

The pastel-tinted, self-affirming spirituality of Facebook Christianity is of no comfort to those who suffer violence and threat.

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Observations

An Informal Bit of Research

A short blog post which asks for responses to a couple of questions.

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Observations

What’s Next Around Here?

Some thoughts about the future of this blog.

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Reviews

Book of the Year 2015

My best book of the year isn’t about mission, theology or history. It’s about sheep.

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Reviews

Books I Have Read: Traduire Le Testament De Dieu

This is a good book and one that I would recommend to anyone who speaks French and who is interested in mission and particularly in the relationships between mission agencies and churches in Africa.

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Observations

Happy Birthday To Us!

On August 1 2005, the very first blog post appeared on kouyanet. Ten years is a long life for a blog, but in one crucial way, we’ve been a failure!

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Language and Society

Heart Language Problems

We might have to revisit some of the way we talk about and publicise mission work and translation. Things are a little more complex than easy sound bites might suggest.

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Church: World

The West is Not the Future of the Church

Some reflections on the shift of the centre of gravity of the church and a suggestion as to what our problem is and how we might deal with it.

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Bible Translation

Loving and Loving

A nice seven minute video which might make you think twice about some of the New Testament Greek that everyone knows.

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Observations

Get Your “Tidied Up” Bible Here

If you’ve always been frustrated by the verse numbers, annotations and two column layout of the BIble, then be frustrated no more; according to the Independent, help is at hand!