by Linda Gari | Oct 26, 2021 | News, Official Blog
The organ thunders the beginning chords. The congregation takes a few deep breaths in anticipation. Together they sing what has become one of the most well-known hymns in the world. No Reformation service would be complete without it. “A Mighty Fortress is Our God” is...
by Linda Gari | Oct 19, 2021 | News, Official Blog
A recent LBT blog suggested that the spirit of the Reformation remains strong as people continue to come to an understanding of God for the first time through translated Scripture. As a Bible translation organization, we can provide numerous examples to illustrate our...
by Linda Gari | Oct 12, 2021 | News, Official Blog
You may not think of the Reformation as a grassroots movement, but you could say that’s how it started out. One man listed the issues he had with the church, others copied and distributed the list, the copies spread from region to region, and soon people all over...
by Linda Gari | Oct 5, 2021 | News, Official Blog
In a previous post I mentioned Ulfilas, who translated Scripture into Gothic in the 4th century. Only portions of Ulfilas’ translation still exist but an abundance of materials written by and about the early church reformers—Wycliffe, Hus, Calvin and Luther—are...
by Linda Gari | Sep 28, 2021 | News, Official Blog
Is it really worth the time and effort to translate the Bible? If you ask Jim Laesch, the answer is an emphatic YES! “I’m sure glad that someone else took the time and effort and devoted their life to translate the Bible from Greek and Hebrew to Latin and German and...
by Linda Gari | Sep 21, 2021 | News, Official Blog
You’ve probably never heard of Ulfilas (I certainly hadn’t), but he may well have been the first to create an alphabet for a completely oral language. In the 4th century! Ulfilas was a Christian bishop serving as a missionary among the nomadic Germanic people known as...
