So, when are we leaving for Cameroon? This is the top question we get right now; the short answer is “spring and summer 2019, God willing”. First, recall that we’ve accepted an assignment with the Linguistics Services Team (LST), based in Yaoundé, Cameroon, but serving the Central African Basin in Read more…
As we have thought through our messaging lately, one thing we saw friends do was develop a personal ministry hashtag. This is not just to try to be trendy (though hashtags are integral to communication these days), but to communicate a particular repetitive theme in a terse manner. I think Read more…
We have been communicating about our Wycliffe ministry for almost two decades, and during that time we have tried to communicate well in both content and form. Our first newsletter was very plain, with a small picture and lots of text: By our next newsletter, we had a title, header, Read more…
Have you ever wondered how people make their first alphabet? Starting this summer, we are giving people a taste of Bible Translation work in Africa, through small group meetings designed to be interactive and engaging. We introduce people to the language work we do with Wycliffe Bible Translators, in three Read more…
Going through Romans 7, I find a lot of our discussions could use more background than we have. When talking about “the Law”, there are two questions I have found very helpful in finding my way through Biblical texts, as well as conversations about them with others. The first I Read more…
Here is my mindmap of this passage: Here is the scrolls. Here are some more questions: 1. What question opens this section? 2. How is it answered? Why? 3. What images are used to describe our unrighteousness? 4. What are/aren’t they? 5. What do/don’t they do? 6. What are their Read more…
Here is my mindmap of this passage: Here are the scrolls. Here are some more questions: 1. What question opens this chapter? How is it rephrased? 2. What is the answer to the question(s)? 3. What other answers could be expected? 4. How does Paul connect advantage/profit with belief in Read more…
Here is my mind map of this passage: The scrolls is here. And here are a few questions of my own: How does Paul describe what a Jew does? How does he describe who a Jew is? How does he describe their teaching? What good deeds does Paul explicitly mention Read more…
This passage begins with something of a break in subject matter, though with a lot of continuity. If Romans 1:18-23 is really best summarized as “they are without excuse” (v20), then this passage can be seen as building on and extending that point with a different audience in focus: “you Read more…
Here is my mind map for this section: You can get a copy of the scrolls for this section here. And here are a few questions of my own: Who is Paul addressing now? How does the reader condemning himself? What is God’s judgment based on? What is the purpose Read more…