Wycliffe Bible Translators

Version Information The goal of any Bible translation is to convey the meaning of the ancient Hebrew and Greek texts as accurately as possible to the modern reader. The New Living Translation is based on the most recent scholarship in the theory of translation. The challenge for the translators was to create a text that would make the same impact in the life of modern readers that the original text had for the original readers. In the New Living Translation, this is accomplished by... Read Full Story

I just joined a new site titled Creative Worship Tour, a site created by Augsburg Fortress, the publishing arm of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The intent of this site appears to be to create a community of churches interested in creating vibrant, relevant, contemporary worship targeted towards the seeker crowd. There is a wide variety of worship opportunities within ELCA churches yet the prevailing perception is that the Lutheran church is a shrinking, mainline church... Read Full Story

Dear Friends at West Lebanon Baptist Cornish, Thank you for the $300 received in Orlando January 21st. I appreciate it so much. The revision of the Bakairi New Testament is progressing. Marinete and her two daughters (one of who recently graduated from the Indian Bible School not too far from here) returned home last Friday. With them I was able to finish the last half of John that I had started last month with Marinete and Jair and get almost through Matthew. I am expecting Marceni and... Read Full Story

Depending upon how you have been influenced, you may think that the English-speaking people didn't have access to the Bible in their common tongue until the translation of the King James Bible in 1611 or perhaps if you know your history a bit better you may realize that other English translations preceded the KJV -- such as the Geneva Bible of 1560.  But almost 200 years before even the Geneva translation, the first complete English translation was made by the hand of a Christian scholar... Read Full Story

Yesterday I was reading the blog of a translator whose view of translation agencies was rather unfavorable. Among the general complaints expressed was that agencies under pay, or take a long time to pay, and in essence give little ‘love and respect’ to the language specialists they work with. While I hope this view is not [...] Read Full Story

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Rank from 1 to 5 the best English Bible Translations for deep theological study. 1 being the best and 5 being the least. 1st will give 4 points 2nd will give 3 points 3rd will give 2 points 4th will give 1 point 5th will give 0 points Read Full Story