Weekly Blog
Jun 14, 2023
As we saw in previous posts, in the early Church, the New Testament was translated into many different languages. However, over time this process stopped. Why did this happen?
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Jun 07, 2023
As we saw in previous posts, the Old Testament was being translated long before the time of the New Testament. But what about the New Testament? When did it begin to be translated into other languages?
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May 31, 2023
This week I decided to do something new on the blog – give a brief review and recommendation of a book I recently read. I will do these periodically when I read a book that I think will be of interest to the members of BRCC.
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May 24, 2023
God’s people have long recognized the necessity of translating the Scripture into new languages so that they can be read and understood. We see evidence of this within the Bible itself.
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May 17, 2023
how do we get the Bible into our own language? This is the process of translation. We will look at the process of translation in this and upcoming posts.
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May 03, 2023
This post is scheduled for Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Tomorrow will be the National Day of Prayer. This is a great time for a brief reminder of the importance of praying for our nation.
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Apr 26, 2023
Recently we have taken a brief look at the very technical and difficult process of textual criticism. So I wanted to take a step back this week to remind us of the confidence we can have in God’s Word that we have in the Scripture today.
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Apr 19, 2023
Today I want to take a quick look at how scholars decide which manuscripts are more likely closer to the original reading of the actual writings of the New Testament. Textual criticism is a complex practice, but there are a few things that we can observe.
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Apr 12, 2023
In recent posts, we have looked at some of the oldest and most important manuscripts of the New Testament. Previously, I had mentioned that there are thousands of fragments and entire manuscripts of the New Testament. Today, I want to briefly look at the fact that these manuscripts are largely contained in two major manuscript families: the Byzantine (or Majority) and the Alexandrian.
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