http://scriptureuse.com [My word] will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. Isaiah 55:11 Thu, 10 May 2007 19:42:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en An Asian brother working in a  "resistant" people group was trying to use Chronological Bible Storying, but he found that the people were unreceptive to someone springing a Bible story onto them. As a result, his many attempts to follow the traditional Chronological Bible Storying approach were unsuccessful. But he ... http://scriptureuse.com/2007/05/felt-need-topical-bible-storying/ There seems to be a lot of thought these days about how Scripture translations can be communicated in ways that are not only clear and powerful, but also relevant and beautiful. Communicating Scripture to people in forms that are valued highly in their culture, such as dramas, stories, chants, songs, ... http://scriptureuse.com/2007/04/a-cord-of-three-strands/ I worked with a team of local Christian actors and script writers in a place with a dominant non-Christian religion. We created a weekly half-hour radio drama showing the relevance of Scripture to everyday life. The basic idea could plug in anywhere: you could take a Creole language in the ... http://scriptureuse.com/2007/04/scripture-relevance-dramas/ It’s a common thing: When a Christian and a Muslim interact, they tend to talk past one another. We think we’re speaking the same language, but our worldviews are just different enough that we can say words like “God,” “sin,” “prayer,” and “Jesus” to our cousins, but they will understand ... http://scriptureuse.com/2007/03/christianity-and-islam/ In 2003, Sally Dye pointed out that "felt needs" and "relevance" were common buzzwords, and yet few were explaining how relevance was relevant to actually meeting the needs one found in determining the felt needs. This is a brief overview of the points in the paper she wrote. Sally says that ... http://scriptureuse.com/2007/03/felt-needs/ The former version of Scriptureuse.com featured a series of links to different websites related to Scripture Use activities. Those links have been migrated over to the new Scriptureuse.com. To find them, click "Internet Resources" above. Please let me know if you know of a link that would be helpful to include ... http://scriptureuse.com/2007/02/links-page/ This month IJFM is finishing this series by Rick Brown.  Part 1 and Part 2 can be found earlier in the blog. This month, the International Journal of Frontier Missions has published the third and final article (PDF) in the series. It deals with women, purity, worship, and ethics. This is ... http://scriptureuse.com/2007/01/muslim-worldviews-and-the-bible-part-3/ Scriptureuse.com is now officially a non-profit organization according to the IRS! We obtained our provisional 501(c)(3) public charity status. Praise God! http://scriptureuse.com/2006/12/quick-update/ In July we featured Part 1 of this series by Rick Brown. Now in this issue of the International Journal of Frontier Missions, he has published the second in this series (PDF). This article deals with Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the age to come. It is a great overview of ... http://scriptureuse.com/2006/10/muslim-worldviews-and-the-bible-part-2/ In last quarter's edition of the International Journal of Frontier Missions, Rick Brown started a series of articles on the difference between Muslim worldviews and the Bible. I highly recommend this article (PDF) to you if you work with Muslims. Rick is a fantastic writer, and has broken down the elements ... http://scriptureuse.com/2006/07/muslim-worldviews-and-the-bible-part-1/