Do as I say – not as I do. I’m squandering precious time and energy on the “Anglican Covenant”. Don’t. I have regularly joked: what would happen if the CofE didn’t sign up to the “Anglican Covenant”? Clearly the drafters of the “Anglican Covenant” were so cocksure of CofE support that such an option isn’t
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This post is third in a series. The other two are: Wycliffe wades into wild waters translating Father & Son My passion for the Bible being translated as accurately as possible is not new-found. When I was training for the priesthood in the late 80’s, when the presumption still existed that stipended priests would train
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There are several mnemonics to help cover the various dimensions of prayer. Some of them use five fingers: The thumb is nearest to us, closest to our heart. The pointing finger reminds us of teachers, doctors, clergy… The longest, tallest finger reminds us to pray for those in authority. The ring finger is weak –
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In a response to my recent blog post I was accused of possibly furthering the work of Satan because I sought, as much as possible, that in translation of the Bible it be done as accurately as possible. I think the discussion is worth another couple of posts. If you are new to the issue,
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A Church of England clergyman who is active in social media pointed me to the above video saying: The figures are three years out of date (a long time in this game) but the central message of this episcopal church video more than stacks up. As the local Church often comes to terms with this
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Wycliffe Bible Translators has been coming in for criticism of its translation for Muslim contexts where, in Arabic and Turkish translations of the Bible, the word “Father” is replaced with “Allah” (meaning God in Arabic), while “Son” becomes “Messiah”. One example of this change in the text is in Matthew 28:19, where instead of “baptizing
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