Samuel Marinus Zwemer was referred to during his lifetime as "the modern apostle to the Moslem World"”Personals: The Rev. Samuel M. Zwemer,” The Missionary Review of the World LIII [Old Series], No. 10 (Oct 1930): 799, 801;...
The Desecration of Bible Translation, Part IV: Eugene Nida’s Troubling Pattern of Deception
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 In the last paragraph of Part I of this series, I presented several facts about Nida that would seem to have made it highly unlikely that he would be able to revolutionize Bible translation. Towards the end of Part II, I quoted Nida in which...
Jesus Prophesied His Death: Downloadable Booklet in English and Arabic
Jesus’ crucifixion is central to the message of salvation from sin (i.e. the Gospel). In the four accounts of what Jesus Christ said and did while on earth, they all make prominent His atoning death on the cross. This focus is in keeping with the emphasis in the Old...
Islam and the Bible: Questioning Muslim Idiom Translations
Note: The author thanks Dr. Ant Greenham, the book's editor, for clarifying the penultimate paragraph. The review is incomplete without Dr. Greenham's comment left on Dec. 4, 2023, 6:34 PM. The current, treacherous state of the world of Bible translation is in large...
Book Review: Whatever Happened to Christianity? A Tafsir for Muslim Scholars and Thinkers by Fred Farrokh
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...
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The Desecration of Bible Translation, Part III: Eugene Nida Defines Dynamic Equivalence
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 4 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...
The Desecration of Bible Translation, part II: the Linguistics Background of Eugene Nida’s Dynamic Equivalence
Part 1 | Part 3 | Part 4 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...
The Desecration of Bible Translation, Part I: Introducing Dr. Eugene A. Nida (1914-2011)
Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 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...
Good Money for Bad Bibles?
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...
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HeGetsUs.com Strikes Out in Its Baseball Messaging
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...
The Missionary Review of the World: A Journal Worth Rereading
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...
What Does God’s Word Teach Regarding Heaven & Hell? Downloadable Arabic/English Evangelistic Tract
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...
Arabic-speaking Christians Condemn Muslim Idiom Translations & Liberal Commentaries Produced By Western Missions Agencies
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...
Making the Bible More Islamic Than the Qur’an Through the First Half of the Islamic Creed (the Shahada)
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...
“Adam the Son of God”: Why Literal Meaning is Essential
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...
Relevant Ramblings on Bible Translation: Dr. Seuss vs. Dr. Eugene A. Nida
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...
Book Review: Ministering in Honor-Shame Cultures: Biblical Foundations and Practical Essentials by Jayson Georges and Mark D. Baker
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...
Who Is the Messiah and Why is He Named “Jesus”? Downloadable Arabic/English Evangelistic Tract
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...
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