The issue of “gender neutrality” in Scripture translation became a matter of grave concern earlier this year. The International Bible Society (IBS) had commissioned its Committee on Bible Translation (CBT) to make the Bible more gender-sensitive. Susan Olasky of WORLD magazine publicly criticized the IBS, CBT and Zondervan Publishing for their plans. In response, Zondervan […]

If you put twelve men with strongly differing viewpoints on a controversial issue in one room, what do you get? If they are Christian men who are willing to pray together, and who share a desire that the Bible be translated accurately, then you just might get a surprising agreement. That was exactly what happened […]

The day was November 19, 1863, and the president of the United States had traveled by train to the site of the tragic Battle of Gettysburg. A portion of that bloody battleground was being dedicated as a cemetery for those who had died, and Mr. Lincoln was scheduled to address the gathering. At the appointed […]