In Nanjing, China, the Nanjing Amity Printing Company is cranking out a bunch of Bibles and is on track to soon become the biggest printer of Bibles in the world. Since its first Bible rolled off the presses two decades ago, Amity has printed more than 50 million copies in 75 languages and exported to more [...]
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Dead Sea Scrolls Online
In case you haven’t heard, the NY Times ran an article about the Israel Antiquities Authority’s plan to digitally photograph and make available online all of the Dead Sea Scrolls. In a crowded laboratory painted in gray and cooled like a cave, half a dozen specialists embarked this week on a historic undertaking: digitally photographing every [...]
Continue ReadingWho Translated Your Bible
Temper Longman has a helpful article on the NLT Blog (New Living Translation) pointing out why it is important to know who translated your Bible: So why does the NLT list the names of its ninety translators? It’s not to stroke the egos of the scholars. Indeed, I get embarrassed when people ask me to autograph [...]
Continue ReadingTo Translate or Not to Translate
There is a great article at Christianity Today on the controversy surrounding the translation of the Bible into patois, Jamaica’s Creole language. The debate stems around a couple points. First, paois is a primairly a spoken language and has no standard writing system. Along with this, the official language of Jamaica is Standard [...]
Continue ReadingESV Study Bible Blog
The ESV has launched a new blog about their upcoming ESV Study Bible. So far the site already has a lot of resources about this upcoming release, including the intro to the Gospel according to Luke, examples of the different types of notes that the study bible will contain, an intro and 2 chapters of [...]
Continue ReadingGospel Music Isn’t Scipture Based?
The American Bible Society Announced the first “Scripture Song” award at the Gospel Music Association 34th Annual Music in the Rockies. The awards (there were 3 class levels) were “established by the American Bible Society and the Gospel Music Association to celebrate the Gospel and to promote Bible engagement.” (Article available on Marketwatch) While the [...]
Continue ReadingIndian Bible Gone Too Far?
CathNews.com reports that an “Indianized” Bible will be published soon that, among other things, will include ancient HIndu texts and references to Mahatma Gandhi. “The Biblical texts remain the same but verses from the Vedas and Upanishads (ancient Hindu religious texts) have been used to interpret Christian teachings,” he (Church spokesman Paul Thelakat) said. … “We are [...]
Continue ReadingArcheology and Bible Proof
David Gibson has a good article on reporternews.com regarding how archaeological discoveries rarely disprove the Bible. The article looks at some recent “discoveries” that have been touted as damaging to the Christian faith, but in the end turn out to be much less. It is a good article and probably worth passing on to “that [...]
Continue ReadingBible Reading Plans
The Bible is God’s word to us. As a christian it is vital to read, study, and mediate on God’s word. However, sometimes it can be difficult to know how and where to start. Thankfully there are lots of Bible reading plans that can serve to give you some assistance (we’ve listed [...]
Continue ReadingFree Chinese-English Bilingual Bibles to be Distributed in the Olympic Village
Crossway sent out a press release today stating that China will be giving away 10,000 bilingual bibles in the Olympic Village. The bible will have the CUV (Chinese Union Version) and the ESV (English Standard Version) appearing in two side-by-side columns per page. Here’s the release: Bilingual ESV Bibles Provided Free During Olympic Games Contact Michele Bennett: [...]
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