The current, treacherous state of the world of Bible translation is in large part due to the acceptance of cultural relativism in which precision in translation has been sacrificed on the assumption that language can never express anything that is true for all...
Whatever Happened to Christianity? is a question posed to “Muslim scholars and thinkers” by Dr. Fred Farrokh, a former Muslim and regular contributor to The Journal of Biblical Missiology. According to Islam, Christians have “gone astray” from Jesus’ teaching. In...
Part 1 | Part 2 Nida’s “revolution” in Bible translation could have never been accomplished without the coining of “dynamic equivalence.” In addition to it catching people’s attention in contrast to the more technical terms that he used thirteen years prior in Bible...
Part 1 | Part 3 Nida’s first monumental step to make Bible translations less literal began when he attended the third Camp Wycliffe (which was later renamed, the Summer Institute of Linguistics, or, SIL) in the summer of 1936.Hugh Steven, Doorway to the World:...
Part 2 | Part 3 When dealing with that which is true, precise translation is always possible. If technical manuals and medical books, instead of being translated, were rendered as loosely as have been numerous versions of the Bible since the mid-1960s, it would be...
Earlier this year I received a request from YouVersion (a.k.a. https://www.bible.com/) to support their “Bible for Everyone” campaign by email (if you are on their email list you should have received it as well).email to author, Jul 27, 2022, 5:08 AM “What if the...
If you are wondering what connection baseball has to do with this website, I am sure that you are not alone. On July 5, I was watching the New York Yankees play against the Pittsburgh Pirates, hoping to see the Yankees mount another comeback win, which unfortunately...
I am thrilled to call your attention to an invaluable resource for all Christians who care about the Great Commission (Matt 28:18-20) – open access to digitized copies of every issue of The Missionary Review of the World (a.k.a. The Review) available at...
English Tract (printable) Arabic/English Tract (printable) This article contains the text of an evangelistic tract that I wrote to acquaint Muslims with some of the primary things that the Bible teaches about Heaven and Hell. Below is a link to download the...
A number of Coptic and Evangelical churches and organizations in Egypt recently released public statements condemning The True Meaning of the Gospel of Christ, a “Muslim Idiom Translation” (MIT) of the Gospels and Acts, its companion volume, The Bold Proclamation of...
Muslims have long claimed that Jews and Christians changed the Bible so that neither of them would accept Muhammad as the final prophet from God. While history stands as a witness against this baseless allegation, Muslims need no longer to rely on their polemical...
Some of the greatest gems of truth lie in the Bible’s genealogies. The end of Luke 3:38 contains one such treasure, equally exquisite for both its richness and rarity: “Adam, the son of God.” Inherent within this description of our very first forefather is a witness...
Only in a fallen world would an author like Dr. Seuss afford readers a biblical view of language while the man most responsible for influencing how Bibles have been translated since the mid-1960s deprive us of this very thing! To mention Dr. Seuss is to...
Publisher: IVP Academic (September 1, 2016)ISBN-10: 0830851461 / ISBN-13: 978-0830851461 Christians involved in cross-cultural missions quickly find out that their assumptions are not universal. Each culture has ideas of what is acceptable and unacceptable. To...
This article contains the English text of an evangelistic tract that I wrote to acquaint Muslims with the truth of the Gospel and call them to repent, believe in and follow Jesus. It makes use of several Old Testament prophecies about Jesus, parts of His birth...
This article abstract contains a link to download Adam Simnowitz's "Muslim Idiom Translation and Insider Movements for Muslims: a Response to Harley Talman and John Travis." An abridged version of the article has been included in the recent book Muslim Conversions to...
This is part two of a two part series on the Trinity. Part One: Unity has Plurality (Apr 16, 2018) Part Two: God's Love as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Apr 23, 2018) In 1919 after the end of the Paris Peace Conference, then Emir Faisal (or Feisal), along with his...
This is part one of a two part series on the Trinity. Part One: Unity has Plurality (Apr 16, 2018) Part Two: God's Love as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Apr 23, 2018) Selected references for God’s triune nature from the Old and New Testaments are provided at the...
Charles Montagu Doughty, the Englishman who traveled throughout parts of the Arabian Peninsula in the latter part of the eighteenth-century gave the following account under the subtitle, “fanaticism”: In an evening I had wandered to the oasis side: there a flock of...
Muslims need the Gospel! Distributing Scripture to them is one of the most relied upon ways to expose them to this glorious message of salvation from sin by faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Unfortunately, increasing numbers of what is termed Scripture or...
Since its start in 1993, the annual, 30 Days of Prayer for the Muslim World prayer guide by WorldChristian.com has grown to play a significant role in the lives of many evangelicals. Written to coincide with the Islamic month of Ramadan, the 30 Days prayer guide has...