Idolatry in the Modern Missions Movement
Titus 1:10-11,13- 16 (ESV)
For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. 11They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
13 This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them sharply, [...]
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:
Biblical Missiology:
The Petition: Here is the Petition, We [...]
The Fact Check with replies to all of Wycliffe’s comments can be found in its entirety here: Fact Check: Biblical Missiology’s Response To Wycliffe’s Comments On “Lost In Translation”(PDF).
If you have not already, please sign the petition and keep sharing it via email, Facebook, Twitter and your voice with every believer you [...]
Lost In Translation: Sign the Petition
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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 3
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
PART I: Letters from a Missionary Wife, Part 1
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 [...]
A Few Thoughts Made While Crossing a Minefield
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 [...]
Book Reviews: Allah: A Christian Response by Miroslav Volf
We have two reviews of this book.
Written review by: Imad Shehadeh Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary, Amman, Jordan Video interview of Pastor Thabiti Anyabwile (Video below the Written Review) Review by Imad Shehadeh: Born and raised in former Yugoslavia, Miroslav Volf currently serves as professor of theology at Yale Divinity School. His writings have earned him the [...]
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