by Emily Wilson | Jan 11, 2022 | News, Official Blog
Everything else, arts or literature, is pursued and practiced day and night, and there is no end of labor and effort; but Holy Scripture is neglected as though there were no need of it…But its words are not, as some think, mere literature; they are words of life…...
by Emily Wilson | Jan 4, 2022 | News, Official Blog
Twenty years ago, an executive director of Lutheran Bible Translators traveled to Liberia for the dedication of the Krahn New Testament. One afternoon he and three others accompanied a colleague from the village of Jarwode to the nearby village of Gbarkeh where the...
by Emily Wilson | 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 Emily Wilson | 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 Emily Wilson | Aug 23, 2021 | Messenger, News
Continue the Reformation Fall 2021 Wartburg Castle where Luther translated the New Testament. Martin Luther sparked the Reformation with 95 theses on the Wittenberg door. Lutherans across the globe celebrated the 500th anniversary of that event in 2017. But the...
