The goal of Bible translation is: be transparent to the original text - to see as clearly as possible what the biblical authors actually wrote.

Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement.

There is a quiet revolution going on in the study of the Bible. At its center is a growing awareness that the Bible is a work of literature and that the methods of literary scholarship are a necessary part of any complete study of the Bible.

The secularization of Western culture was accompanied by the elevation of art to the position of a substitute religion to replace Christianity.

With so many contradictory renditions of the biblical text, the public has lost confidence that we can actually know what the Bible says. It is an easy step from this skepticism to an indifference about what the Bible says.

In Puritan thinking, the Christian life was a heroic venture, requiring a full quota of energy.

Since God is the one who calls people to their work, the worker becomes a steward who serves God.