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Category: Translation

  • Westminster Confession of Faith in Tagalog

    Nollie, at Two Ages Pilgrims, has posted a translation of the Westminster Confession of Faith in Tagalog, a language that is apparently still dominant in some parts of the Philippines. (link) As noted, the project is not in its final form, and comments, encouragements, and assistance from Reformed folks that know Tagalog would doubtless be…

  • Responding to Churchfellaway

    Churchfellaway (CFA) has provided a video responding to Dr. White’s response to a Muslim fellow. (link) CFA begins badly, having to ensure the audience that he is not defending the Muslim. He wants to respond to the fact that Thomas called Jesus “God.” His first argument is that Thomas didn’t speak English (ok …) and…

  • Let the Nations be Glad, by John Piper, in Farsi

    Terry Maveus, at Desiring God, reports the release of Let the Nations be Glad, by John Piper, in Farsi. John Piper has a lot of good things to say: he’s a great preacher, if not always a careful or systematic theologian. (link to Terry’s article, as well as to information on how to get the…

  • KJVO vs. KJV Translators

    A while back I came across the following article that is germane to the KJVO debate (link). This article relies on the testimony of the translators themsevles in discussion the issues. Doug Smith appears to have prepared this as part of a series – though I don’t recall seeing the rest of the series. If…

  • Reformed Blog in Farsi

    To some extent, I have to trust my Farsi-reading viewers to confirm that the blog I’m linking to below is in fact Farsi and is in fact Reformed. Nevertheless, based on the information I have, if you are interested in the Bible and more familiar with Farsi or a related language, this blog may be…

  • The Rock Christ – A Sermon by Francis Turretin

    THE ROCK CHRIST1 Cor. 10:4, “And that Rock was Christ.”(Translated from Turrettin for the Reformed Presbyterian and Covenanter.)(Originally appeared in the Reformed Presbyterian and Covenanter September 1868) In the whole history of the Israelites wandering through the desert, there occurs scarcely anything more illustrious and wonderful, certainly nothing more mysterious, and which shadows forth Christ…

  • The Real Turretin on: Ordination

    “While the ministry flourishes in the Church, it (the Church) ought indeed to use it (the ministry) in the calling of pastors, nor can pastors be ordinarily instituted except by a ministry already constituted ” (says Turrettin). (source – p. 270 – no specific citation to Turretin) Turrettin lays it down that “the pastors exercise…

  • Virgin Shall Conceive

    I stumbled across this very odd video of a young man who thinks he has found an error in Christian doctrine. His point is this: Sam Harris, in “The End of Faith” claims that the idea of the Virgin Birth comes from a mistranslation. Now, unfortunately the young man does not get it. He does…

  • Redundancy in James?

    In the King James Version, the James 5:16 seems to contain a little redundancy and/or truism: James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. The redundancy is “effectual” and “availeth much.” If it is effectual…

  • A Quick Footnote to the Luther Citation Dialogue

    UPDATE: I note that as of this update, Armstrong has micharacterized this post as: ” that [] Robert Bellarmine is the original Latin source (at least for the quote in isolation, if not its translation) .” That’s not what this post says or means. I invite readers to read the post for themselves. I’m not…