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Wycliffe, SIL & Frontiers Controversy In the Media

Editor — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:13:51 +0000

We wanted to have a page that has updated articles discussing the exposé Biblical Missiology has brought before the public about the mistranslations that organizations like Wycliffe, SIL and Frontiers are committing. We will continually update these pages as more articles are written:

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The Petition: Here is the Petition, We [...]

Lost In Translation: Sign the Petition

Editor — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:33:57 +0000

Sign the petition here: http://www.change.org/petitions/lost-in-translation

Western missions agencies Wycliffe, Frontiers and SIL are producing Bibles that remove Father, Son and Son of God because these terms are offensive to Muslims.

Some examples:
• Wycliffe/SIL produced Stories of the Prophets, an Arabic Bible that uses “Lord” [...]

Letters from a Missionary Wife, Part 4

Editor — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:00:55 +0000

PART I: Letters from a Missionary Wife, Part 1

PART II: Letters from a Missionary Wife, Part 2

PART III: Letters from a Missionary Wife, Part 3

Dear Leadership,

We have printed out [...]

Letters from a Missionary Wife, Part 3

Editor — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:40:53 +0000

PART I: Letters from a Missionary Wife, Part 1

PART II: Letters from a Missionary Wife, Part 2
In response to our home office asking us our thoughts on IM:

Dear Leadership,

Being a believer in Christ has always been [...]

Jumping from the Sinking Wycliffe Ship: Why Theology Matters

David Irvine — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:57:52 +0000

In April of 2011 my wife and I had three weeks left before flying back to a part of the world where I had grown up. After 39 years I would be living among a people and in a culture that spoke my “heart language”. We had become members of Wycliffe Bible translators, reasoning that [...]

John Piper’s Church Takes a Stand on Contextualization

Editor — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:34:20 +0000

Biblical Missiology writes much about contextualization and its application, both the good and bad. We do this because we believe that a healthy and good biblical theology produces good and healthy biblical missiology. That a good and healthy biblical theology of missions is not only good for you, it is important for you to know [...]

Letters from a Missionary Wife, Part 2

Editor — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:00:40 +0000

PART I: Letters from a Missionary Wife, Part 1

Holy Ambassadors

John Span — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:00:11 +0000

“So what do you do?” asked the curious student. “I am an ambassador,” I replied. “For the Canadian government?” he queried. “I didn’t know you were in the diplomatic service…how do you get a job with them anyway?” Another student, curious about the conversation raised his hand and asked sheepishly, “Well what is an ambassador [...]

Tottering at the Abyss: Pergamum and Thyatira’s Courtship with False Religion

Basil Grafas — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:41:11 +0000

There and Then

The Book of Revelation, unfortunately shrouded in mystery and confusion, is perhaps the most practical book in the Bible. It is the text God used to launch forth an army of martyr witnesses that neither Imperial Rome nor intransigent Judaism could intimidate or silence. This army, the church of [...]

A Few Thoughts Made While Crossing a Minefield

Basil Grafas — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:07:07 +0000

As one trained and at home in the fields of history and theology, discussing exegesis, hermeneutics and Bible translation, may be something akin to waltzing through a minefield; inadvisable at best. Nevertheless, I stumbled on an old article by then Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) that started me thinking. It is [...]

Letters from a Missionary Wife, Part 1

Editor — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:24:58 +0000

J and her husband (also J) have been in ministry to Muslims for 16 years. They have seen much fruit in follow-up ministry in North Africa, as well as in media ministry and training nationals to create radio broadcasts to reach their own people. Below are excerpts from J’s correspondence with their sending agency and [...]

Peacemaking Perspectives from a Peace-breaking Missionary

Basil Grafas — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:49:26 +0000

I am supposed to write with sagacity about peacemaking. Now, before I make a complete fool of myself, let me offer up a confession or two. First, I may know a thing or two about peacemaking, but I know it principally because I am skilled (I would say qualified) at peace-breaking. As far as I [...]

Global Church, Global Mission

Basil Grafas — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:00:57 +0000

I used to pastor a small, rural church in another denomination. There was a lot I liked about the work. We had people come to Christ and lives were changed. I learned the value of repentance and the value of community. On the other hand, we were a highly autonomous congregation that had little if [...]

“Give me____________or I die”

John Span — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:00:39 +0000

Missions in the late 20th and early 21st centuries appears to have a strong bent towards getting certain methodologies just right. “Make the material Muslim-friendly” ….so the line goes…”and you will overcome all of their cultural hang-ups” ….so it is promised…”and you will be soon delivering glowing reports on mass movements [...]

Rediscovering the Revelational Church

Basil Grafas — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:00:59 +0000

This is a long article, to fit your needs, it is downloadable as a PDf as well: Rediscovering the Revelational Church:PDF

Introduction: The World in Search of Identity

The following is a brief ecclesiological statement intended to serve as the basis for both a more [...]

PodCast – Episode 01- Arab Spring

Georges Houssney — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:00:33 +0000

Welcome to the first Biblical Missiology PodCasts.

In this episode a panel talks about the Arab Spring.

Episode: 01

Title: Arab Spring Discussion

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Panel:

Georges Houssney – Lebanese born, is Author of “Engaging Islam” and Director of Horizons International in Boulder, Colorado, [...]

Muslim Follower of Jesus, is this possible?

Georges Houssney — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:05:12 +0000

In the last twenty years or so, the phrase “Muslim follower of Jesus” has been used to identify those who allegedly accept Christ in their hearts, acknowledge him in their mind, yet still retain their Muslim identity. My big question is: “Can you call yourself a follower of Christ, and by the same breath deny [...]

How to Explain the Trinity to Muslims

Georges Houssney — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:06:42 +0000

Many of those who desire to share the Gospel with Muslims struggle with how to explain the Trinity to them. Muslims are quick to argue against the concept, saying things like “you Christians worship three Gods,” or “God cannot have a son.” These difficulties have caused many to avoid the subject altogether, developing methods that [...]

Timothy Tennent on World Religions

John Span — Tue, 03 May 2011 15:33:08 +0000

In 2010, one hundred years after the historical 1910 Edinburgh Missions Consultation, Timothy Tennent, president at Asbury Theological Seminary, authored Invitation to World Missions: A Trinitarian Missiology for the Twenty-First Century.

Following Part One’s wide overview of “Megatrends That Are Shaping Twenty-first Century Missions,” Part Two is subdivided into the members of the Trinity. Under [...]

Analysis of Paul’s Acts 17

Georges Houssney — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:29:09 +0000

Paul’s speech to the Greek philosophers in Athens takes up a space of just 11 verses, yet it has occupied theologians and missiologists for decades. There is hardly a book on missions that does not use this story to support a variety of views on missiological theory and practice.

Back in 1974 when I first [...]