Introduction: The Forgotten Missionary Hymnal The Psalms are often treated as a private devotional resource, a prayer book for personal struggles and joys. They comfort the afflicted, give words to our laments, and lift our voices in praise. Yet, if we read carefully,...
Everyone wants success. But as believers, we know that God’s definition differs greatly from the world’s. This world is full of people pursuing money, fame, and influence, striving to build their own kingdoms (Matt. 6:19–21). Even among those of us who follow Christ,...
Muslims are here among us. Indifference is not an option. How will we build bridges of friendship and love? How far are you from the nearest Islamic center? Perhaps closer than you think. North America alone is home to approximately 2700 mosques, 900 Islamic...
Every man or woman working among Muslim people faces at one time or another the inevitable question: What does it take to bring a Muslim to repentance and a personal relationship with the living God? We will attempt to answer this question by examining the spiritual...
It is no secret that communicating the gospel to a Muslim is one of the most difficult tasks, even for so-called experts. You face many roadblocks, some of them invisible, as you try to share your faith with your Muslim friend. If you cross the social barrier, you are...
This is the final part of a nine-part series on divine authority in Bible translation. The full series can be accessed here. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 The Task Ahead The need for Bible translation in the world is...
Editor’s note: This is part 3 of a 3-part series. Read part 1 and part 2 first, which lay out the problems with the commonly used methods of translation checking and argue that most of these problems will be resolved by giving native speakers editorial control over...
This is part 8 of a nine-part series on divine authority in Bible translation. The full series can be accessed here. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 In Part 7, we argued against the common claim that highly dynamic...
Editor’s note: This is part 2 of a 3-part series. In part 1, we examined the difference between translation quality control for majority languages versus minority languages, and asked whether editorial control over translations should be given to outsiders or to...
The Lord Jesus Christ stated, “I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.” (Mt. 16:18). In using the possessive pronoun “My,” Jesus laid to rest the question posed by the title of this article. The Church is the Body of Christ. He remains...
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...
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...
For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout up, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to sprout up before all the nations. Isaiah 61:11 Introduction With one-way airline tickets in hand to...
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;...
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...
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...
Adherents of the two great missionary religions of world history—Christianity and Islam—now comprise the majority of the global population. Of the world’s 8 billion inhabitants, 2.6 billion identify as Christian, while 2 billion identify as Muslim. These statistics...
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...
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