My Home is in Heaven

    Is it shrewd? Is it sneaky? Is it artful? Is it wily? I have written a lot so far talking about my objections to the MAST process of Bible translation recently adopted by Wycliffe Associates. But I also have other concerns beyond the questionable and highly error-prone translation process they use, and it seems I am not alone in worrying. I have spoken with many people familiar with Bible translation, and many of them have shared alarming things with me. I am not alone in the unrest that I feel about Wycliffe Associates.   Here is a list of 8 strikes against them as pertains to the inner workings of the organization. 1.                 Keeping the Name: The worst example of their poor behavior is their keeping the name Wycliffe Associates . They had 48 fruitful years of assisting Wycliffe Bible Transla...

What Type of Ministry? In the Christian world, there is room for all kinds of ministries: Bible Translation, Evangelism, Relief, Development, Publishing, Technology, Education, Media, Christian Growth, Foreign Missions, Support, and Advocacy, to name a few. Where would Wycliffe Associates’ ministry fall in this array? 1.      Hmm, Bible translation? Wycliffe Associates, who call themselves ‘one of the world’s leading Bible translation organizations’ [i] , boasts of doing translations in two weeks, with people who have no more than two weeks of training. They are not willing to do the long-term work that Bible translation needs. Their mission statement is ‘Accelerating Bible Translation’, so I guess it’s not Bible translation, or at least not honest, hard-won Bible translation. It’s more like the fast food version of Bible translation: it looks good and fills you up (for now), but you’ll pay for it in an assortment of unpleasant ways later. 2.    ...