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It's been said that people don't want to know: 1) how sausages are made, 2) how bibles are translated. In this podcast we bravely talk about the latter, go deep into biblical studies, and seek to treasure and understand the Bible together.
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The Myth of Institutional Innocence (opens the original)
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A chapter from God's Word Is Not Bound. Read the text. Get the free book. In this episode, we examine the idea that Christian organizations are immune to temptations common to man.Drawing on decades of firsthand testimony and documented scandals, we examine the darker side of Christian publishing, from ruthless business practices and corporate profiteering to ghostwriting, manufactured celebrity, fake bestseller campaigns, and the commodification of the Church. We consider how the desire for m
Introduction to "God's Word Is Not Bound: Copyright & the Stewardship of Scripture" (opens the original)
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Read the text. Get the free book. As Paul sits in a Roman prison cell, he writes, “Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound in chains as a criminal. But God’s Word is not bound ” (2 Tim 2:8-9). Even though he may be imprisoned, God’s Word cannot be. Put all the preachers in chains, but the message of Christ remains free. Unshackled. Little did Paul know that the schemes of the Enemy would one day shift from bind
Copyright as a Perversion of Justice & Corruption of Bible Translation (opens the original)
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Read or download this chapter or the whole work: God's Word Is Not Bound . Is copyright really a form of property, and is copying actually theft? In this chapter of God’s Word Is Not Bound , I examine copyright through Scripture and natural law and argue that intellectual property turns justice on its head. Biblical property rights exist to prevent conflict over tangible things: if someone takes your sheep, land, or money, you no longer possess what was taken. But ideas and words work differentl
A Resource You've Never Heard About (opens the original)
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Miqra according to the Masorah (מקרא על פי המסורה) is a Hebrew edition of the Tanakh in a digital online format under an open license. It is based on the Aleppo Codex and related manuscripts, and corrects the thousands of spelling errors in the Leningrad Codex, while transparently documenting the changes and sources. Read the English introduction at length. Read the documentation of the changes. Mikraot Gedolot. If you'd like to talk about volunteering to help with this podcast, please write to
A Legal Guide for Ministries Desiring to Release Scripture Freely (opens the original)
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In the last episode, we covered the dark origins of international copyright law, as well as a very short and condensed argument that copyright law constitutes a perversion of justice. So, if you haven't yet listened to that episode, I would strongly encourage you to go back and do so before continuing on with this one. This episode will focus on a practical to-do list explaining what organizations will need to accomplish before they can comply with this complex web of international regulations b
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