Missiology, Mongolian Language, Terminology, The Bible
By Tom Terry, July 14, 2008
It was with disappointment that I read this article from Thaindian News: Indianised Version of the Bible Hit Among Christians.
The new Catholic translation of the Bible, which apparently went on sale in India this month, has sold like hotcakes, with 15,000 grabbed up in just 10 days. Those are big numbers.
It?s also a big problem.
Apparently the new translation draws ?references to other religions like Hinduism, Buddhism and Sikhism.? This means that the terms from these religions are used in the Bible?s text to explain Christianity. Actually, this is not an unusual concept. The same is done in Mongolia with one of two Bible translations called, in English, The Blue Bible. While the translation is popular here, for many it is also controversial.
Missiology
John Piper April 9, 2008
As we think seriously about contextualizing the message of the Bible, let?s remember that we must also labor to bring about, in the minds of our listeners, conceptual categories that may be missing from their mental framework. If we only use the thought structures they already have, some crucial biblical truths [...]
Missiology, Mongolian Language, Teaching, Terminology
John Piper October 6, 2004
As I write this, my wife No?l is in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she went to speak to a women?s conference. Among her topics was a biography of Lilias Trotter. Trotter went as a missionary to Algeria in 1888 and founded the Algiers Mission Band. One of the most remarkable things about [...]
Missiology, Terminology
February 13, 2008? |? Bill Walsh
Recently I was challenged by this quote from the Lausanne Willowbank Report: Consultation on Gospel and Culture:
We believe that the principal key to persuasive Christian communication is to be found in the communicators themselves and what kind of people they are. It should go without saying that they need to [...]
Teaching
John Piper July 2, 2008
Since there are some Arminians who are more godly than some Calvinists and some Calvinists who are more godly than some Arminians, what is the correlation between true knowledge of God and godliness?
The best of both groups have historically admired the godliness of those in the other group. Whitefield, the Calvinist, [...]
Mongolian Language, Terminology
These definitions of Borhan are taken from the 2006 Mongolian National Dictionary; the first comprehensive national Mongolian Dictionary issued since 1966.
First Meaning:
Borhan?- (noun) religious word [Sanskrit Buddha; Tibetan San Jai] A person, who, according to the rituals of the Buddhist religion, reaches the condition of enlightenment and who dominates everything, having made themselves completely perfect [...]
Mongolian Language, Profiled, Terminology, The Bible
Although the writing of this paper about Mongolian Bible translation and terminology was begun in July 2004, it is an article that we have desired to write for many years. Because of the prevalent misconceptions and misunderstandings that have circulated among the foreign and national Christian communities regarding this subject, we have often sensed a [...]
Missiology, Profiled, Studies
The following is an edited transcription of an audio message by John Piper.
Does our ability to act morally depend on who we worship?
Yes. If we don’t value God for who he really is then our behavior, which is intended to be the fruit of our valuing of God, is going to reflect that skewed [...]
Profiled
From the 2008 Report on International Religious Freedom
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and other laws and policies contributed to the generally free practice of religion.? However, the law limits proselytizing.
There was no change in the status of respect for religious freedom by the Government during the period covered by this report.? Some religious [...]
Missiology
C. Philip Slate
IF NOT DONE WISELY, MISSION EFFORTS MAY DIE WITHIN A FEW GENERATIONS OF THE FIRST CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY.
In south-central Colorado, nestled between gentle, tree-covered mountains and resting beside a placid lake, lie the Big Meadow campgrounds.? At one edge of the lake begins the Archuleta Trail? which leads into the Weminuche [...]
