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Pearl Audio Players

The Pearl Audio Players from the Digital Bible Society are rugged, solar-powered devices built to deliver clear, accessible audio Bibles and training content anywhere. They support hundreds of languages and can permanently lock media, ensuring content stays secure and unchanged.…
Richard
June 10, 2026
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Open Bible Images

Open Bible Images is an open visual Bible library built to serve translators, teachers, churches, ministries, and digital platforms around the world. The focus of the team is on faithfulness to Scripture, historical and cultural honesty and making images freely…
Richard
May 25, 2026
Healthy Bible Translation Programs: Successful L1 Scripture Engagement in Previously L2 Dominant Churches Healthy Bible Translation ProgramsLanguage IssuesResearch

Healthy Bible Translation Programs: Successful L1 Scripture Engagement in Previously L2 Dominant Churches

This article responds to Anonby, et al, through a systematic review of eighteen separate Scripture Engagement studies that examined seventy-three distinct language communities in twelve countries on four continents. In sixty of these seventy-three language groups, languages of wider communication…
Richard
March 9, 2026
When the High language wins – and when it doesn’t: How diglossia and the timing of translation affect vernacular scripture use Sulawesi Research PilotLanguage IssuesResearch

When the High language wins – and when it doesn’t: How diglossia and the timing of translation affect vernacular scripture use

The non-use of completed local language (LL) Scripture translations is a persistent and costly problem for the Bible translation movement. This article opens a broader Vernacular Scripture Use research program with a pilot study conducted across eighteen language communities in…
Richard
February 26, 2026