Tag: Bible

So that’s what Jesus meant …

So that’s what Jesus meant …

Have you ever taken part in a harvest? Jamie and Char Hunt can now say they have. The Nivacles in the Paraguayan village where Jamie and Char Hunt minister planted sesame as their cash crop this year. Each family has two to ten acres of sesame planted. In order to spend time with the people […]
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Santa Claus is coming to Christ?

Santa Claus is coming to Christ?

Santa Claus isn’t a believer. Yet. Don’t be a doubter – he’s real! At least, the one I’m talking about is real. He’s a 10-year-old Sekadau boy. And his name is kind of normal. Missionaries Paul and Bella Gervasi have encountered a number of seemingly odd names among the Sekadau people of Indonesia, including Aspirin, […]
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Now THAT is dedication

Now THAT is dedication

What’s dedication look like to you? Got a picture in mind yet? Now compare that with this Bible teacher from the Abau tribe in Papua New Guinea, who teaches in a neighboring village each week. Here’s what he said: “Every Wednesday I leave our village and go to this other village to share God’s talk […]
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Finding a word for God

Finding a word for God

What word do you use for God? When you’re translating the Bible, you can often simply use “God.” That word was introduced to the English language, after all, and many tribal people have heard the word and have some familiarity with God. Although it’s often a flawed and shallow understanding, that can be corrected by […]
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‘A monumental task’

‘A monumental task’

Did you ever study Romans? I mean, really study it? If you have, you’re just starting to understand the difficulty of the task before missionary Terry Reed and his co-worker Santos as they translate Romans into the language of the Guarijio people of Mexico. Romans is a complex book, presenting some heady ideas. But at […]
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Encouragement, Part 3: It’s all Greek to me

Encouragement, Part 3: It’s all Greek to me

The problem we have with encouragement gets deeper when we see the depth of what the Bible means. But solutions also start to come into focus. Now I’m going to do something that I generally try to avoid. I’m going to go back to the original New Testament Greek. I usually try to avoid this […]
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Too much Bible?

Too much Bible?

Can you ever have too much Bible? Maybe. Right now, NTM missionaries have 30 Bible translations in progress in Papua New Guinea. A total of 21,000 verses are ready to be checked, so they can be published and used. Great news, right? Not if you’re waiting for the verses to be checked, like one tribal […]
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