Illuminating of the Word: Reflecting on the Four Holy Gospels Project
The honor of being commissioned to illumine The Four Holy Gospels came directly from Lane Dennis, the founder of Crossway Publishing. “No single artist…
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Variations on a Theme: A Book for All
When I moved from Texas to Scotland two years ago, the Bible I had read almost daily for 8 years and had used for…
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Violence, Lament, Redemption: A Composer’s Journey
One day in 1980, I opened the door of my house in my quiet little town in El Salvador to find commotion in the…
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Happy Anniversary, King James!
It’s our anniversary coming up soon, so I thought we would celebrate it by looking at other people’s wedding albums. It would be an…
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Reading the KJV and 9/11
O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render…
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The Cotton Patch Gospel: Translation In and Out of Context
There have been many translations of the Bible, one of the most famous being The King James Version, for which Transpositions is celebrating its…
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Communication in the Vernacular
The translation of the King James Bible by scholars of old is testament to the vision of men and women to begin to seek…
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Weaving the Word
Weaving the Word was a creative project conceived by Rev Peter Gardner, Heidi Gardner and artist Carol Marples and funded by the Church of…
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Translators and Kings
Throughout my own work of translation (The New Testament for Everyone, just out) I have had William Tyndale in mind. His story has often…
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