Believers who read the New Testament book of Ephesians recognize foundationalspiritual truth presented in Ephesians 4:10-16. It may surprise you to discover that the phrase “speaking the truth in love” in Ephesians 4:15 is not present in the original language ofRead more…
Progress in Bible translation
Many of the salient points of the Cape Town Commitment are difficult to measure tangibly: love, faithful witness, and discipleship, among others. Helpful indicators of actual progress for some of the topics referenced, however, are much easier to pinpoint. OneRead more…
The Door43 Project
Door43 is a web platform to create, translate, adapt and redistribute unrestricted discipleship resources in every language, in multimedia and text formats, accessible over the Internet, on any mobile device and in print. The resources are being created by anyoneRead more…
How to Cut-and-paste from the Nepali Bible
The question came to us about cutting and pasting text from the Nepali Bible. Is there an easy way to do this? Well, here’s what a few of us have come up with for now. 1. Go to this pageRead more…
A response to The Oral Story Bible: A Breakthrough Strategy in Rapid Engagement Among Unreached People Groups
As part of my preparation for attending Cape Town 2010 I’ve been reading the advance papers. The latest is The Oral Story Bible: A Breakthrough Strategy in Rapid Engagement Among Unreached People Groups by Ron Green. Below are a fewRead more…
The Oral Story Bible: A Breakthrough Strategy in Rapid Engagement Among Unreached People Groups
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Ron Green as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “Crafting an Oral Bible Story.” Responses to this paper through the LausanneRead more…
TThe Oral Story Bible: A Breakthrough Strategy in Rapid Engagement Among Unreached People Groups
Editor’s Note: This Cape Town 2010 Advance Paper has been written by Ron Green as an overview of the topic to be discussed at the Multiplex session on “Crafting an Oral Bible Story.” Responses to this paper through the LausanneRead more…
Importance of Using Indigenous Languages in Africa
This contains many references to and quotes from the paper: The local language – a neglected resource for sustainable development by Thomas Bearth, 2004, found at: http://www.inst.at/trans/15Nr/06_4/bearth15.htm Introduction, I found this paper by Bearth to be extremely insightfulRead more…
Jealousy and Witchcraft: Africa and the World
‘Do you believe in witchcraft’, people ask me every now and then. This issue seems to puzzle the West. They hear that Africans ‘believe in witchcraft’, and are absolutely amazed. How can they, Westerners ask themselves? Then they set aboutRead more…
World Missions Atlas Project
This has all the maps you need for missionsRead more…