Begin your journey out of addiction
Alcohol, drugs, pornography, and many forms of abuse are devastating worldwide problems. These, along with other seductive beliefs and behaviors, have been wrecking havoc on individuals, families, entire communities, and even churches. The good news is that there is an…
RichardSeptember 19, 2022
The Scripture Engagement Guide is designed to help you understand your situation and decide how to encourage your people to use the Bible. The Scripture Engagement Guide (SE Guide for short) is a web-based tool for local communities to explore…
RichardSeptember 5, 2022
In The Bible Translator, Vol 73, Issue 1, 2022
Translanguaging as both a theoretical and andragogical lens respects established language-use preferences of end users and seeks to create engagement opportunities that correspond most naturally to a community's current language-use patterns. Use of Scripture should mirror language-use patterns observed elsewhere…
RichardAugust 9, 2022
How the Bible can be Relevant in all Languages and Cultures
Second Edition (2022) When Jesus was born to Mary, God “translated” himself into our human world. This act of God’s translation continues today wherever the gospel is expressed, in each language and lived out in each culture that makes up…
RichardJune 18, 2022
The Pioneer Bible Translators Deaf Group is working on a Sign Language translation of the Action Bible (ABSL).
RichardMay 17, 2022
Exploring the Role of Language in the Mission of God
From the book description: What is language? “Language is more than syntax and morphology; it is the vehicle for assuming the weight of a culture,” writes John Pobee, quoted in Michel Kenmogne’s Foreword to this volume. More than that: language…
RichardApril 21, 2022
In a word, the current State of the Bible is “under-engaged.” Perhaps the Bible has been neglected or simply taken for granted as people dealt with the challenges of reassembling their lives after a disruptive pandemic. A significant number of…
RichardApril 7, 2022
Summary of thesis: The purpose of this thesis is to examine how Christians, within a minority people in the southern Philippines, view the Bible conceptually as a source of spiritual authority and also how they read and interpret the Bible,…
RichardMarch 9, 2022
A multiagency research program of Dallas International University
Dallas International University (DIU), in collaboration with SIL’s Pike Center for Integrative Scholarship, has launched the Scripture Engagement Research Initiative (SERI). The SERI program hosts a series of large grant-funded Scripture Engagement research projects. Research topics are proposed both by…
RichardMarch 3, 2022
