Regular readers of my blog will know I am in the middle of a series on social styles in church. I would like to suggest in this post that the four social styles I described in the last one are reflected in the styles of the authors of the four gospels. We can see this from the way each of them choose to start their gospels. Analytical Luke “It seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for... Read more
A Bible translation often obtains favor only in a narrow circle within the church and/or in certain denominational groups. It seems from the internet that a broader spectrum of Christians are being drawn to the ESV from different backgrounds. Are you encouraged by that? Previous Next <!– D(["mb","WatchrnVern Poythress respond (Windows Media). rnrn One of the questions is whether the Internet has beenrna factor in the possibility of spreading the news about a translation, gettingrnpeople aware of the qualities particularly... Read more
I love blogs. But I have limited time. I also have still never managed to get a traditional newsreader to work. With travelling around a lot, I decided ages ago that putting a few Christian blogs onto one page to aggregate would help me to keep up to date with what was going on in the Christian blogosphere. Thus the Blogdom of God was born. In gathering the new Blogdom of God list together I have relied on other peoples... Read more
Please pop over to Truth Laid Bear and have a look around at his entirely new site and the blogdom of God in particular. We can now list current posts, posts that people within the blogdom have been linking to and rank the blogs by the number of links that people within the 3500 strong blogdom of God have given them. For the first time the power of the God blogs is clear- if we all chose to link to... Read more
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Previous Next A Bible translation often obtains favor only in a narrow circle within the church and or in certain denominational groups. It seems from the internet that a broader spectrum of Christians are being drawn to the ESV from different backgrounds. Are you encouraged by that? <!– D(["mb","WatchrnBill Mounce respond (Windows Media format). rnrn As far as the ESV and the Internet is concerned, onernof the things I’ve been very encouraged about is the publisher srnwillingness to share it.... Read more
It is of note that the group of scholars who wrote the ESV include some great giants of evangelicalism. I wonder how important to the accurate translation of the Bible is an evangelical faith. How much does the doctrine one believes in influence the act of translation and the philosophy which lies behind it? Watch Paul House respond (Windows Media). We’re often asked how our evangelical convictions affect our translation principles. I would answer in the following way. Just for... Read more
This post follows on from one entitled recognising differences, and is part of a series entitled “Churches that change the world” The social styles system takes two dimensions that describe how we relate to other people and uses it to define four types of people. 1. The Amiable is a person who is focussed on people rather than tasks and who has a tendancy to ask rather than tell. Often seen as quiet and unassuming. They are warm friendly listeners... Read more
This is such an exciting blogging week for me! Not only am I putting the finishing touches to a major development for the Blogdom of God, I can now share the results of my recent interview with the ESV translators. I will be featuring the answers to the questions I asked them every weekday from tomorrow until we get to the end of them! Most answers feature a video of a member of the Translation Oversight Committee answering the question,... Read more
As you may know I have blogged much about the gospel in recent months. eucatastrophe: welcomes this and is looking for more gpspel-centered blogs. As he puts it “gospel-centered blogs will make much of the gospel of Christ in their blogging.” He has a couple of great quotes- 1st insfrom Tim Keller- The gospel is not just the A-B-C’s but the A to Z of Christianity. Eucatastrophe continues- “It is not merely that which gives us entrance into the Christian... Read more
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