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Engaging with the Eternal
Willis Ott: Orally Communicating
Ellis Deibler: A Translation for Translators
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A stone and five sticks scattered on the ground…
About Bible storying
About Bible translation
About media
About worldview
Diversity of people demands diversity of approaches
Experiencing God
Holistically whole
Orality - a description
Results based focus
Seven foundations
Where to start
About essential concepts
About Internalization
Best practices and key principles relating to storying and story telling
Engaging with the Eternal through His Word
The Journey
A Foundation to selecting an initial story set
About education
About explicit and implicit information
And I thought I knew that story
Building relationships and worldview
Different perspectives and one God
Empowering to walk
How about the Great Commission?
How we make God's Word fit
My words or God's Word
Our concepts or God's ways
Overcoming misconceptions
Practical versus analytical
Rather caught than taught
Reclaiming redemptive analogies
Religion versus relationship
The Bible among other writings
The Bible and science
The Word of God and worldview
Traditions and norms
Willingness to take time to focus
All about communication
'Entering' stories like children
Communicating the first piece
Effective communication
Exploring oral Scripture translation
Oral drafting versus literate drafting
Signing demonstrates orality principles
Using diverse communication art forms
Virtues of engaging with print
When there are already puzzle pieces in place
Why I love panoramas and tapestries
With purpose
Facilitating ‘Impact Learning’
Picture clear
Answers to your Questions
Avoiding to drift into error
Connecting beyond felt needs
Connecting through felt needs
Engaging with the message of the Bible
Epistles and oral cultures
How can communities manage long-term access to truth?
More than one communication art form
Principles for planning
Sustainable Scripture engagement
Teach basic doctrine?
The best plan for me
The need for an accurate Biblical account
What is in a title?
What is needed to choose stories
What is our primary role?
What is the definition of 'translation' and why?
Resources
Willis Ott and Ellis Deibler
Video: The Nata Experience from 2018 OBT Conference
The Giant Mango Tree
Modeling Scripture telling concept
OBT SE Workshop Reports
Complete Bible suggested passages for Oral Scripture Translation (version 1, 2018-04)
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Alphabetical Index by Title of Articles
Oral Bible Translation - Scripture Engagement workshop reports
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