The Great Commission is our Mission.
I’m glad we are on the winning side of spiritual war. In case you haven’t noticed yet, spiritual battles spill over into the natural realm. The enemy of our souls tries to distract us from doing what God calls us to do. Sometimes it is ordinary distractions. Sometimes the spiritual forces of darkness try a …
Read More Hacker attacks, bombs, spam wars…The one true God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is active today and working miracles in our generation. He is showing his love and reaching out to people all over the world, and He wants to show His love to you. Sometimes the miracles are spectacular, and sometimes they are very subtle, but they always …
Read More Jesus is ALIVE!One day in March 1994, I was discussing electronic Bible publishing with the Lord while driving between Boulder and Longmont in a Volkswagon Rabbit. I asked God directly what I should do about the lack of a modern English Bible translation that could be freely copied from computer to computer. He told me “You do …
Read More World English Bible “Essentially Done”!Elephant shower, a photo by kahunapulej on Flickr. Over the weekend, I finally succeeded in getting the “free” Windows 8.1 update from Windows 8 installed on my desktop computer. It took about 7 tries. Why did I even bother? Because in the world of software development, it is kind of like dancing with elephants. It …
Read More Dancing with Elephants and Software DevelopmentGot new Bibles!, a photo by kahunapulej on Flickr. Sound Bible Interpretation Bible Interpretation just means figuring out what the Bible is really saying. Sound Bible Interpretation is figuring out what the Bible is saying in a right way. It is possible to misinterpret the Bible, just like it is possible to misunderstand or misinterpret …
Read More Sound Bible InterpretationInductive Bible Study, a photo by kahunapulej on Flickr. BIBLE STUDY METHODS 1. Simple reading and listening 2. Meditation – speaking out loud and thinking about a passage of Scripture 3. Topical Bible study – search through the Scriptures to see what the Bible says about one particular topic, such as marriage, money, angels, etc. …
Read More Inductive Bible StudyChoose your next steps wisely!, a photo by kahunapulej on Flickr. I got some questions from some thoughtful people about why I recommended the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND+ license for Bibles, as outlined at http://PNGScriptures.org/terms.htm in my last post. It is NOT because I think it is the best possible license. I don’t. It is because …
Read More What is the best Bible copyright license?St. Joseph’s Church & Kaupo Gap, a photo by kahunapulej on Flickr. Bible copyright notices and liberal licenses should be accurate and clearly published with Bibles, lest we hinder the Church’s fulfilment of the Great Commission and the Great Commandment. Thousands of years ago, over a span of at least a thousand years, the Holy …
Read More Bible Copyright vs. the ChurchWest Maui Mountain Morning, a photo by kahunapulej on Flickr. Back before I went into full-time missions, before the turn of the millennium, I saw a gentle hill with windmills on it, powering a broadcast of God’s Word in text, audio, and video formats all over the world. It was a vivid dream. I was …
Read More I had a dream…Say what?, a photo by kahunapulej on Flickr. The inscription on this rock reminds me of some of the digital archeology I do in processing older Bible texts. Here is what I do in place of a full-time job, in a nutshell: Seek permission to publish Bibles electronically for free, with no copy restrictions, which …
Read More What do you do on the computer day and night?Hundreds of Bibles, a photo by kahunapulej on Flickr. In the process of securing permission to publish translations of the Holy Bible and portions thereof, I have had to study some copyright law in detail. I’m not a lawyer, but I can read English and understand some complex issues. I recommend that you check my …
Read More Copyright Fact and FictionCoconut Tree, a photo by kahunapulej on Flickr. The flight attendant looked at me, wondering why my eyes were watering. I asked for a soft drink, and continued reading Sleeping Coconuts. Macho or not, I think a few tears is a normal reaction to being freshly reminded of such intense disaster affecting close friends. Our …
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