Tag: Old Testament
Updated on March 29, 2019 by Eddie
Reading OT prophecy, misunderstanding the mission movement, two ways to look at consumerism and some thoughts about change.
Posted on February 19, 2018 by Eddie
Bible translation can be quite complicated, you know!
Posted on September 18, 2017 by Eddie
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Whichever way you look at it and with all of the possible caveats in place, there is still huge amount of Scripture translation work that remains. Suggestions that the task of Bible translation is close to completion are very premature.
Updated on February 7, 2017 by Eddie
Messianic and missional reading of the Old Testament – that’s what Jesus instructed his disciples to do. We have been fairly good at the first, but pretty lamentable at the second.
Updated on May 19, 2016 by Eddie
Sometimes people say that at Pentecost, God reversed the Tower of Babel, but that is exactly what He didn’t do. At Pentecost, God underlined the linguistic diversity that He introduced at Babel.
Posted on April 15, 2016 by Eddie
The Old Testament is, in fact, a good news story, even if the good news has not arrived yet.
Posted on April 11, 2016 by Eddie
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Without the biblical worldview, constituted by the biblical story, our understanding and presentation of the Gospel will be deficient.
Posted on February 25, 2016 by Eddie
Yes we have to obey Christ’s command at the end of Matthew’s Gospel, just as we have to obey all his commands. But the Bible’s story of mission doesn’t start and end there – and nor should ours.
Posted on December 2, 2015 by Eddie
4 Comments
Some great news about Bible translation and an awkward little niggle.
Updated on March 23, 2015 by Eddie
there could be no mistaking where Paul got his marching orders: they came from the Old Testament. The case for evangeliszing the Gentiles had not been a recently devised switch in the plan of God, but had always been the long-term commitment of the Living God who is a missionary God.
Tag: Old Testament
Bible and Mission Links 33
Updated on March 29, 2019 by Eddie
Reading OT prophecy, misunderstanding the mission movement, two ways to look at consumerism and some thoughts about change.
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Category: Observations Tags: change, Chris Wright, mission, Old Testament, post-modernism, prosperity gospel, SIL
When Lord Doesn’t Mean Lord
Posted on February 19, 2018 by Eddie
Bible translation can be quite complicated, you know!
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Category: Observations Tags: Bible Translation, Greek, Hebrew, languages, New Testament, Old Testament
A Different Take On Bible Translation Statistics
Posted on September 18, 2017 by Eddie
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Whichever way you look at it and with all of the possible caveats in place, there is still huge amount of Scripture translation work that remains. Suggestions that the task of Bible translation is close to completion are very premature.
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Category: Bible Translation Tags: Bible Translation, Old Testament, Wycliffe
The Whole Bible and Mission
Updated on February 7, 2017 by Eddie
Messianic and missional reading of the Old Testament – that’s what Jesus instructed his disciples to do. We have been fairly good at the first, but pretty lamentable at the second.
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Category: Bible & Mission Tags: Bible & Mission, Chris Wright, Old Testament, Paul
Pentecost, Babel and Diversity
Updated on May 19, 2016 by Eddie
Sometimes people say that at Pentecost, God reversed the Tower of Babel, but that is exactly what He didn’t do. At Pentecost, God underlined the linguistic diversity that He introduced at Babel.
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Category: Bible & Mission Tags: Acts, languages, mission, Old Testament
The Old Testament is A Good News Story
Posted on April 15, 2016 by Eddie
The Old Testament is, in fact, a good news story, even if the good news has not arrived yet.
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Category: Quotes Tags: Chris Wright, Old Testament, Quotes
The Purpose of the Old Testament
Posted on April 11, 2016 by Eddie
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Without the biblical worldview, constituted by the biblical story, our understanding and presentation of the Gospel will be deficient.
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Category: Quotes Tags: Chris Wright, Old Testament
Mission In the Old Testament
Posted on February 25, 2016 by Eddie
Yes we have to obey Christ’s command at the end of Matthew’s Gospel, just as we have to obey all his commands. But the Bible’s story of mission doesn’t start and end there – and nor should ours.
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Category: Mission Tags: Bible & Mission, Chris Wright, great-commission, Old Testament
Scripture Access 2015
Posted on December 2, 2015 by Eddie
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Some great news about Bible translation and an awkward little niggle.
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Category: Bible & Mission, Bible Translation Tags: Bible Translation, Old Testament, Wycliffe
Books I Have Read: Mission In the Old Testament
Updated on March 23, 2015 by Eddie
there could be no mistaking where Paul got his marching orders: they came from the Old Testament. The case for evangeliszing the Gentiles had not been a recently devised switch in the plan of God, but had always been the long-term commitment of the Living God who is a missionary God.
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Category: Reviews Tags: 2015 Reading, mission, Old Testament, Paul
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