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Posted 2015-01-28T19:43:40Z

Good News

We started a new semester at BFA on Monday, so today I was teaching a new group of juniors about biblical manuscripts and translations. One student asked me why we would choose to translate the Bible into so many languages when the Muslims believed it was sinful to translate the Koran because it risked skewing and misinterpreting the words of Allah. My response was that we are so excited to share the Gospel - the Good News - that we want to reach everyone with it and learning ancient Greek, Aramaic, and Hebrew might be a stumbling block to them. It's such a human response to want to share good news. As Christians, we are desperate to share the good news that Yahweh made a way to restore relationship with us that we have broken through our selfishness. We are so excited to share that message, that we will translate it into every language we can - we're still in the process.[...]

Posted 2015-01-18T11:41:00Z

Traumaversary

People are born every day, but you choose to mark the days that are connected with people you care about. One of the people I care about is my friend Hanna. Her birthday is January 18th, and last year, she wanted to go rock climbing in the morning and to dinner in Freiburg in the evening. I messed up her plans a little bit by falling from the top of the rock wall and hijacking the rest of the day.[...]

Posted 2015-01-11T21:09:11Z

If I Stand

I'll try to keep this short and sweet as next week I'll be sure to give a long reflective update (check your calendars for the reason why). Owl City recently released a cover of a great Rich Mullins song, and I've been listening to it on repeat the last two or three days. The chorus is as follows: [...]

Posted 2015-01-02T17:19:18Z

Christmas Miracle

What makes a miracle Christmasy? My mom asked that question a few days ago. It's a great question. The whole point if Christmas is to bring attention to Christ, so I'm all about claiming my personal miracles as Christmas miracles. For example, what happened to me on New Year's Day. Let me back up to almost midnight to tell you the whole story. Buckle up, it's a long one (but so freaking worth it).[...]