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Mary anointing Jesus’ feet with expensive perfumed oil. See John 12:1-8. Like Mary, the sister of Lazarus and Martha, I love Jesus and want to give him my best gifts. I want everything I do for Him to be first rate, as I’m sure you do too. I am working on improving the appearance and …
Read More Extravagant GiftsTrue Riches! What are the “true riches” Jesus was talking about in Luke 16:11? The Holy Bible addresses many issues surrounding wealth and riches. There is a great deal in the Bible that discusses what we normally think of as riches and how to relate to them. But the true riches also discussed in the …
Read More True RichesDisplay of Bible translations in many languages at the Museum of the Bible. One of those on the shelf in the middle is one that I typeset for Tonga. It is possible to count Bibles on display in this museum, but very difficult. Counting digital all of the Bibles we have distributed is impossible, because …
Read More Agentic AI Aids Bible DistributionDancers celebrating their culture in the Papua New Guinea Highlands on PNG Independence Day, the 16th of September. We serve Papua New Guinea with Bibles on PNG.Bible. I am happy to announce that a new free and open source Bible study app is available for iOS and iPadOS: AndBible. This Bible study app has long …
Read More AndBible for iPhone; Hurricane ResistanceSummary (TLDR): Traffic on eBible.org and related sites overloaded my home data center. I rented another server in a real data center, subscribed to more Cloudflare services, and reconfigured things to handle the load and fix a confusing problem my old setup had. I learned that it is sometimes wise to not do everything as …
Read More Meeting Growing Digital Bible DemandLori and Michael in front of Hubbard Glacier, Alaska Lori and I celebrated our 42nd wedding anniversary with a trip to Alaska, followed by a reunion with Lori’s siblings and cousins in Oregon. It was a fitting way to celebrate over 4 decades of sticking with each other through better and worse conditions, through sickness …
Read More Patient Persistence PrevailsSatellite view of Hurricane Lala passing the Hawaiian Islands Hurricane Lala calmed down to a tropical storm before passing Maui. The center of the storm didn’t actually hit land, but the storm was big enough that we got lots of wind and rain from its outer bands. Some power lines and trees blew down, but …
Read More Like a Mighty WindI have totally lost count of the many thanks we get for the World English Bible and for the many other Bible translations that we distribute. I usually don’t pass those on, because (1) I’m hesitant to ask permission to do so from everyone who sends them, (2) they would dominate the prayer letters, and …
Read More Thanking God for you!I have heard people talking about computer security like it is something you add on to a program at the end, like maybe asking for a password or something. Or maybe it is a software package or subscription that you buy. Install it and your computer is secure, right? Wrong. Oh, for sure, there are …
Read More Computer Security is not an Add-onA friend is working on a new freely-copyable, Modern Bible translation for Japan. Only about 2% of people in Japan identify themselves as Christian. There are other Bible translations in Japanese, but the Japanese Freedom Bible will be the only complete Japanese Bible that is both in clear modern Japanese and free from all copyright …
Read More New Bible Translation for JapanMap showing East Timor (Timor-Leste) Rejoice! We have a new Bible web site for East Timor! East Timor (which they call Timor-Leste in their local languages) is the first new soverign state of the 21st century. Getting this web site up and running has been on my to-do list for a long time, now. I …
Read More New Bible Site for East TimorI have recently had a couple of people ask me about if/how I use artificial intelligence (AI) in my ministry, and what precautions I take. The short answer is that I use AI in several different areas, but with caution and checking. AI can provide a significant boost to productivity. It can also give wrong …
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