All-Nations Bible Translation

#TranslationTuesday "The way in which God pulled the Bible together is altogether remarkable. He could have written the words himself, or he could have given us a definitive list of what to include and what not to include. Instead, the relational God embarked on a process that took over a thousand years; to work with people. He inspired some to write down their understanding and experiences of his actions and he helped others to draw together these writings into the collected whole we have as the Bible today. The Bible itself is one of the most amazing demonstrations of God’s desire to draw people into a relationship with him."Eddie Arthur

PENTECOST REDEEMED BABEL! "Ultimately, the Holy Spirit, working through Peter and the disciples, wanted all those who were assembled to hear the mighty deeds of God in their own languages. It was good news for them to embrace themselves and for them to take with them to their own communities in turn.'....." Read on here--> https://allnationsbt.org/bl/quotes/pentecost-redeemed-babel

#TranslationTuesday "That Jesus requires His disciples to observe all that He commandednot just some easy-to-understand concepts in a foreign languagefurther suggests the enterprise and necessity of Bible translation." Chris Tachick

#CommunityDevelopment Throughout history, those left without the ability to read the Word on their own have been put in a place of dependence on ‘religious leaders.’ . . . Millions have been deceived [and led to] to a Christless eternity. Matt and Starr Arnold (LITERACY - ONE KEY TO A MATURE CHURCH, From NTM OUTREACH Magazine)

#TranslationTuesday The beauty and glory of Christianity is that we believe God works in all different languages. Dana Roberts

Join Us for a Live Projects Report! What: All-Nations Today: Live Projects Report a live 1-hour update for you... We cannot come to you, but you can join us for a one-hour update about current All-Nations projects. This will include a member sharing briefly from the field. When: Thursday, April 30, 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, 7-8 p.m. Choose which evening works best for you! How: Join this live presentation from your computer or smartphone, or listen in with a dial-in number. For security reasons, we are not posting the information here. Please request your link email. To request your link, please share the following: First and last name Your preference of April 30 or May 5 email [email protected]. Help us get the word out! Share this post with friends, family, and church. Check out the blog page on these events here--> https://allnationsbibletranslation.org//join-us-live-proje

#TranslationTuesday If one should think it worth his while to write my life, I will give you a criterion by which you may judge of its correctness. If he gives me credit for being a plodder, he will describe me justly. Anything beyond this will be too much. I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything. William Carey

#TranslationTuesday "Bible translators quite rightly get excited about the Bible. However, we need to constantly remember that Jesus did not write a book, he called a community. The purpose of the Bible is to equip and shape that community to be the people that God wants them to be. The community is the purpose, not the Bible." Eddie Arthur

TEXTUAL CRITICISM by Adam Boyd "When translating the New Testament, the key question we are always asking ourselves is, HOW do we translate the Greek text into the target language. But there is a secondary question that we must also take into consideration at times, namely, WHICH Greek text do we translate. This secondary question is addressed by the field of Textual Criticism.... The books of the Greek New Testament were all composed within the first century AD. But as copies were made, changes were introduced in a few different ways...." READ on here--->https://www.allnationsbibletranslation.org//textual-critic

#CommunityDevelopment "Our vision is so small compared to the Lord's. Where we imagine a hole in the grounda hole that we might not even get to see filled with waterHe sees a haven for the birds and cattle, a garden in the desert. The growth of the Kingdom is largely mysterious to us, just as Jesus told us it would be. 'A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how'" (Mark 4:26,27). Malcolm Hunter from the book "To The Ends of the Earth".

#TranslationTuesday Bible translation is not an optional missions strategy; it is essential. It is assumed, as we have seen, in central missions paragraphs of the New Testament, and many language groups long for not just part of God’s revealed word but for the whole Bible both New and Old Testaments. Oh, how vital Bible translation is for the global church! Chris Tachick

#CommunityDevelopment "[Congregations] exist where many of the believers have a Bible in their own language, carry it to church, and sleep with it on their chest as protection from the evil one, but have no ability to read one word from its pages. It is simply not enough to place Bibles in the hands of new believers who cannot read them. Without the ability to read, the Bible is simply an amulet . . . a sophisticated Christian good luck charm." Don Edwards from "Is Hearing Enough?"

"God’s Word: Enduring through the Ages" is a two-hour film series featuring minister and apologist Paul Shirk, All-Nations advisor and Bible teacher Joe Root, and Wycliffe Bible translator Adam Boyd. Follow along as Paul, Joe, and Adam explore historical and archaeological evidence for the Bible’s inspiration, preservation, and canonization. Inspiration: Can we be sure the Bible is the inspired truth of God? Can the existence of biblical events and people be corroborated by ...sources outside the Bible? Preservation: How was the Bible passed down to us over the millennia? Was any of it corrupted? Canonization: Is our modern-day Bible different from what the early church used? Is there more to the Bible than the 66 books we use? And don’t forget the power of the Gospel to change lives! The film shares about real people whose lives God touched through His Word. WATCH on YOUTUBE here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRQjan0LmCU&t=991s GO to our website where we have the film divide into 9 sections for your convenience. You can also can order DVD's here as well --> https://allnationsbibletranslation.org/gods-word-enduring-t ------- "Let no one cause to depart from the standard that is laid through the letter of the Scripture which is revealed by the blood of Christ and of many witnesses of Jesus." Michael Sattler