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A great deal could be written concerning the processes and issues of Bible translation, but in this article, I have one particular goal in mind:  I want to talk about how translators sometimes come upon a word or phrase that … Continue reading →

I couldn’t get sleepy last night at the usual hour so I decided to stay up and do the poor man’s version of a massive survey on how people think about the Bible.  What I found deserves some attention. What … Continue reading →

What is your outlook on life? Here’s an early draft of a survey I’ve building as a pre-reading survey for the book I’m writing.  Sorry, but it’s not going to analyze your answers and give you some result—so it’s probably … Continue reading →

One man derives his beliefs by taking an idea that seems valuable or desirable to him and enshrining it in multiple layers of stubborn refusal to believe anything contrary to it.  He guards it and even builds his own identity … Continue reading →

Here’s a graphical representation (below) of a model I’m currently considering.  It regards the question of how we should regulate our level of certainty on any particular belief.  The idea is simple:  We need to understand first the nature of … Continue reading →

What do activists do?  Well, they try to motivate others to “wake up” and change things that need changing. “And what’s ironic about that?”, you ask. What’s ironic about that is that a great many activists are attempting to bring … Continue reading →

Billy has a box.  In his box is a belief.  It is both important and special—a belief to be guarded and treasured—something of which to be proud and confident. He was given the belief long ago by a highly-trusted person … Continue reading →

Dear Readers, I have been attacked by computerized spam registrations on my blog site (jackpelham.com).  I have over 1,500 registered users who are not real people.   Therefore, I am about to purge my users list. This means that those of … Continue reading →

There is, to me, no house so cold as one that needs no fireplace.  The building and tending of fire has become for me such a primal instinct as to leave me feeling incomplete when it is not needed.  In … Continue reading →