{"id":5115,"date":"2014-10-22T07:05:39","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T14:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5115"},"modified":"2014-10-22T07:53:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T14:53:42","slug":"book-the-finish-line-stories-of-hope-through-bible-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5115","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: The Finish Line, Stories of Hope through Bible Translation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wycliffe.org\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.wycliffe.org\">Wycliffe Bible Translators<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Finish-Line-Stories-Translation\/dp\/093897825X\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Finish-Line-Stories-Translation\/dp\/093897825X\/\">The Finish Line: Stories of Hope through Bible Translation<\/a>, by Bob Creson (with Carol Schatz). Wycliffe Bible Translators, 2014. 148 pages.<\/p>\n<p>Until the year 2000, the number of languages researchers believed would need their own translation of the Bible was growing. It topped out at around 3,000, and then, for the first time, began to drop. Today, due to new technologies, strategic alliances, and the sacrificial service of translators worldwide, the number keeps dropping. \u201cWe are participating in the greatest acceleration of the pace of Bible translation ever witnessed by the Church,\u201d says Bob Creson, president and CEO of Wycliffe Bible Translators USA. \u201cIn light of the current pace, we know that the last translator\u2014the translator for the last language needing Bible translation\u2014is alive somewhere in the world today!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Finish Line<\/em> is a book about the task of Bible translation and includes stories from the experiences of Creson and his family as well as many others. It\u2019s an inspiring and easy read and of course includes suggestions for how we can be part of this work. At points this feels a bit like a Wycliffe infomercial, though a winsome one, but the ministry\u2019s commitment to celebrating partnership with other organizations lessens that effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Finish-Line-Stories-Translation\/dp\/093897825X\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Finish-Line-Stories-Translation\/dp\/093897825X\/\">Purchase the Kindle edition<\/a>, currently priced at US$.99; US$10 for the paperback. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/us\/2014\/October\/Wycliffe-Great-Commission-Finish-Line-in-Sight\/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/us\/2014\/October\/Wycliffe-Great-Commission-Finish-Line-in-Sight\/\">Watch an author interview<\/a> (CBN).<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb You might also be interested in <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.wycliffe.org\/arop\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http:\/\/www2.wycliffe.org\/arop\">Arop, a recently released 30-minute video from Wycliffe<\/a>. It beautifully tells the story of what God did through a translation effort in Papua New Guinea and can be watched online or downloaded for use with groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Wycliffe Bible Translators The Finish Line: Stories of Hope through Bible Translation, by Bob Creson (with Carol Schatz). Wycliffe Bible Translators, 2014. 148 pages. Until the year 2000, the number of languages researchers believed would need their own translation of the Bible was growing. It topped out at around 3,000, and then, for the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=5115\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BOOK: The Finish Line, Stories of Hope through Bible Translation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5115"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5119,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5115\/revisions\/5119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}