How important is it to have God’s Word in your mother tongue and what difference has technology had in making that possible? While the complete Bible has been translated into 650 languages, there are at least 7,000 spoken or signed languages known to be in use today. 1.5 billion people do not have the full Bible in their language even though more than 1,500 languages have … [Read more...] about Bible translation and linguistic development
Jack Taylor
Jack is founder of 1HeartCoaching and former pastor of Faith Baptist Church in Vancouver. His award-winning writings can be found at jackataylor.com and his coaching at 1HeartCoaching.com
REED’s answer to sex traffickers
In mid-October, 31 individuals had cooperated organizationally in a multi-provincial operation to pimp out 45 women and now they were faced with over 300 charges around sex-trafficking. Police had peeled back a small scab on a deep wound in Canada where the average age for victims is now under 15. The victims were prostituted seven days a week and the pimps earned about $1000 a … [Read more...] about REED’s answer to sex traffickers
Sex trafficking, what can we do about it?
Cathy Peters, a former high school teacher and now advocate against sex trafficking, says “I have been shocked that Canadians do not believe human sex-trafficking happens here and that Canadians do not believe it could ever happen in their families. I am surprised that Church folk are so bubble-wrapped and have no idea about this issue at all.” It might surprise western … [Read more...] about Sex trafficking, what can we do about it?
Northwest Baptist College and Seminary: past and future
Like the men of Issachar, the leaders of Northwest Baptist College and Seminary (now located on the Langley Campus of Trinity Western University) have been men who understood their times. Since its 1934 founding in Westbourne Baptist Church, Calgary by Rev. Morley Hall the school has continued to change. Rev. George Dawe was the first principal until the war intervened in 1939. … [Read more...] about Northwest Baptist College and Seminary: past and future
Sex trafficking – Part 2: What’s gone wrong
What allows sex-trafficking to proliferate in Canada? Canadian author, Paul Boge, lists several things: “The availability of it; the apparent anonymity of it, by meeting online and then in person; the under-staffed police force; the corruption in the justice system; the apathy towards victims and an unwillingness to jail perpetrators; the incredible money that traffickers make; … [Read more...] about Sex trafficking – Part 2: What’s gone wrong