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Tue 3 Jan 2012, 18:24The latest IJFM 28:3 (International Journal of Frontier Missions), is devoted to Bible translation, especially the choice of meaningful key terms.
Articles include:
- A New Look at Translating Familial Biblical Terms - Rick Brown, Leith Gray and Andrea Gray
- A Brief Analysis of Filial and Paternal Terms in the Bible - Rick Brown, Leith Gray, and Andrea Gray
- When “Literal” is Inaccurate: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Translating Scripture Meaningfully - Donna Toulmin
- Ideological Challenges for Bible Translators - Roy E. Ciampa
- Basic Principles and Procedures for Bible Translation - Forum of Bible Agencies International
You can download each of the journal articles for free, as well as previous issues. [more...]
admin | Wed 28 Dec 2011, 16:03"There are lots of ways to read the Bible in a year, and I won’t try to capture all of them. But here are numerous options, in no particular order. You may want to look through it and see what you think would work best for you."
It's a good time of the year to think about how you're going to read the Bible in 2012. Justin Taylor gives us a long list of different Bible reading plans on his blog.
These include book/chapter plans to print out as bookmarks, links to web pages and ways of getting the reading for the day on your phone. [more...]
admin | Thu 22 Dec 2011, 14:09The solar-powered Proclaimer was launched several years ago by Faith Comes By Hearing for audio Bible listening groups around the world. Since then, we have seen a number of developments in the technology in response to field experience, resulting in new models of the Proclaimer - both large and small.
Here's what the new M2 version of the Proclaimer will look like for groups receiving them in 2012:
The most obvious difference compared to previous models is the new circular layout of the navigation buttons and the lack of an LCD screen. New Testaments are embedded within the player. The M2 dimensions and weight are essentially the same as the previous version.
Most of the other solar-powered audio players have done without an LCD screen (Saber, MegaVoice Ambassador, Renew Papyrus, Audibible, mini-Proclaimer). The key is to have the name of the book and the chapter announced at the start of each track, so users can find the right place by listening. [more...]
admin | Thu 22 Dec 2011, 13:15The Audacity digital recording software is a popular choice for recording audio Scripture engagement products: Scripture recordings, songs, radio programmes, etc.
A new version, 1.3.14, was released on 11 December 2011 and is available for download here.
For those learning to do audio recording, we have an Audacity manual on the Scripture Engagement site: How to do Recording on your Computer. Please feel free to download and print a copy. [more...]
admin | Tue 22 Feb 2011, 17:05As part of the Biblefresh initiative in 2011 (timed to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible), churches around the UK are taking up the E100 challenge.
The E100 Bible Reading Challenge is 50 readings in the Old Testament and 50 readings in the New Testament. It's designed to help people get back into reading the Bible and also help them better understand the Bible story.
The programme was pioneered by Scripture Union in the USA where it is now a joint project with American Bible Society. Australia, New Zealand, Germany and Argentina are implementing or planning nationwide E100 campaigns.
A consortium comprising the national Bible Societies and the Scripture Union movements of England and Wales, Ireland Northern Ireland and Scotland, along with Wycliffe Bible Translators has been formed to promote the programme throughout Britain and Ireland. [more...]
admin | Sun 3 Oct 2010, 21:41Cape Town, South Africa, 16-25 October 2010 and at GlobaLink sites around the world.
In October 2010, the Forum Of Bible Agencies International will participate in the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization in Cape Town, South Africa.
It has been a privilege to contribute to this effort in multiple forms, including:
- Submission of a paper on “Three Major Priorities in Eradicating Bible Poverty”
- Participation in the Scripture in Mission Global Conversation leading up to the event.
- The development of a series of five videos designed to challenge attendees to ‘eradicate Bible Poverty’, to be shared in the morning Bible exposition time (these will be made available following the October Congress).
- Presentation of a Multiplex session that complements our paper submission, as well as leading four Dialogue sessions on Scripture in Mission – focusing on the majority world urban setting, the majority world rural setting, in the setting of other major religions and in the post-modern world.
Please be in prayer for the Lausanne Committees responsible for this incredible event, as well as attendees who will convene from around the world. You can learn more about the Congress and discover ways to interact with others as the Congress convenes by visiting the Congress website.
From: http://ifoba.org/about_ifoba/default.aspx?id=872 [more...]
admin | Fri 2 Apr 2010, 21:26"Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?" (Luke 24:32)
Wherever you are in the world this Easter weekend, whoever you are celebrating with, whoever you are talking with, may you know the risen Lord speaking clearly as you 'open the Scriptures'.
Here are some Scripture Engagement resource ideas for Easter:
- SGM Lifewords Easter Resources (visual, audio and liturgy)
- God's Wonderful Surprise (video from the Jesus Storybook Bible)
- The Easter Story Podcast (dramatised audio Scripture from Faith Comes By Hearing)
If you are a member of the WWSE Community, do remind yourself of the four Bible Reflections from last year's consultation, as we reflected on Scripture Engagement in different aspects of the Emmaus Road story. [more...]
admin | Wed 3 Mar 2010, 13:27How can I keep up to date with changes on this website?
There are several ways to do this:
- Email Updates - To receive website updates by email, scroll down to the 'Subscribe' block on the right of the Scripture Engagement home page. Enter your email address and click the Subscribe button. You will receive an email asking you to confirm this.
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- Twitter - Every time a new article is posted, we tweet a link to it on Twitter. The Twitter name to follow is @ScriptureEngage.
Note for WWSE Community members
All the above methods will notify you of changes to the public website but will not include details of changes to the password-protected WWSE Community pages.
If you are a member of the WWSE Community, you can choose to receive email updates of forum posts, new comments, and any other site content changes. You can choose to receive such update emails as soon as new content is posted, or in a digest email every day or every week.
To set this up:
- Log in to your account.
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- Click on the 'Notifications' tab and then 'Content type'.
- Follow the instructions on the bottom of the screen.
admin | Fri 5 Feb 2010, 07:45To keep in touch with current discussion on Scripture Engagement, here are some of the blogs to watch:
"Being in Malaysia at the WWSE conference has given me a small insight into what is happening to the church globally. I believe the church is going through a reformation of sorts, on many levels. Scripture engagement is playing a huge part in that. In fact, Scripture engagement may be the most important element..." [more...]
"Recently I've been spending a fair bit of time reflecting on the practice of reading the Bible in community. So much of the efforts I have seen to get young people into the Bible take a very individualistic and privatized approach with poor results. Some people are beginning to turn to the ancient traditions of reading in community..." [more...]
[more...]"The best way to win the culture war is not for Christians to hyperventilate about those who don't believe the Bible. Instead, it's for the church to "read it and live it" themselves. Until we do that, our message and our mission will never be fully successful." [more...]
admin | Thu 12 Nov 2009, 14:04Christianity Today has just posted an article by Mark Galli, entitled 'Yawning at the Word'.
He remarks how people are increasingly bored when preachers quote passages of Scripture:
It is well and good for the preacher to base his sermon on the Bible, but he better get to something relevant pretty quickly, or we start mentally to check out. Don't spend a lot of time in the Bible, we tell our preachers, but be sure to get to personal illustrations, examples from daily life, and most importantly, an application that we can use.
In response to this, Galli reflects on how incredible it is that we could possibly be bored with the very revelation of God!
Whenever the Bible is read, a hush should come over us. We should be inching toward the edge of our seats, leaning forward, turning our best ear toward the speaker, fearful we'll miss a single word—the deeds and words and character of Almighty and Merciful God are being revealed! In a world of suffering and pain, of doubt and despair, of questions about the meaning and purpose of existence, we are about to hear of God's glory, forgiveness, mercy and love, of his intention for the world, of his promise to make it all good in the end, of the way to join his people, of the means to abide with him forever! And there we sit, tapping our feet, mentally telling the preacher to get on with it.
