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Visual Arts

Making Scripture Attractive

"We make posters, bookmarks - laminated and non-laminated, bookmark kits for groups to make their own bookmarks, refrigerator magnets, note pads, stickers..." The Inakeanon People of the Philippines are seeing God’s Word in colorful attractive posters, bookmarks, key chains, greeting…

RichardDecember 10, 2010

Culture

Views about Scripture: a key to a well-used book?

"Any new holy writ will be filtered through the cultural presuppositions placed upon it by their existing beliefs." Beine examines how people’s view of holy writ influences their understanding and use of translated sacred writings. He looks particularly at the…

RichardFebruary 17, 2010

Culture

Crisis meets Culture, Culture meets Scripture: a Workshop Report

"Tensions naturally are high in a crisis, but when a person becomes a follower of Christ, some of those practices clash with Scripture, creating new and sometimes intense tensions." This workshop focused on equipping believers to resist those pressures toward…

RichardFebruary 9, 2010

Culture Language Issues

Why compete? Creating new functions for the use of the New Testament

The availability of Scripture in the traditional language is not enough to ensure shifting the patterns of language use already established in the church. In the Galat community the traditional language is used for informal, in-group communication in the domains…

RichardFebruary 27, 2009

Culture

Worldview Scripture Use Workshop

The changes necessary for worldview transformation can only be undertaken in culturally appropriate ways if the Christian community itself is in charge of the change process. This article reports on a Worldview Scripture Use Workshop held in the Philippines which…

RichardDecember 22, 2008

Language Issues Marketing and Distribution

Diglots in the Philippine Context

Then I asked them if they would prefer a diglot … even if the cost were double. They all answered yes. Titrud presents substantial reasons why the Caluyanun New Testament of the Philippines was published as a diglot with a…

RichardNovember 14, 2008

Audio Bible Study

Bible Study Cassettes

What excites us most is that people who have never before led a Bible study are now having regular studies in their homes. This article relates how Bible study cassettes on Genesis 1-11 and James have had a big impact…

RichardOctober 17, 2008

Making Scripture Attractive

Views about Scripture: a key to a well-used book?

Crisis meets Culture, Culture meets Scripture: a Workshop Report

Why compete? Creating new functions for the use of the New Testament

Worldview Scripture Use Workshop

Diglots in the Philippine Context

Bible Study Cassettes

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