Every now and then, I get to tell you about some really exciting things. Retreats, Mexico Trips, stuff like that. Today I’ve got something even better. It’s called Gospel Translations.

Mr. Yee has been hard at work bringing to life an amazing idea: creating an online resource to translate the many great Christian resources we have in English into other languages. You may not realize this, but if you went to church in a country that spoke almost any language other than English, the bookstore of your church would be nearly bare. If you wanted to get a good book to learn more about, say, the cross or heaven or spiritual gifts, you’d have to start by learning English. We are rich people and it is easy to take for granted the quantity and quality of the books that are available to us.

But the internet is a powerful tool, and Mr. Yee and his friends have harnessed it in a way that could have a profound effect on the lives of — I don’t think I’m exaggerating — millions of Christians around the world. The Gospel Translations website is the collaboration of many multi-lingual Christians, and they have already translated great Sovereign Grace Ministries and John Piper articles into Spanish, Indonesian, and Chinese. The English section of the site indicates that French, German, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese, Assyrian, Hebrew, Korean and others (some I’ve never heard of!) are on the way.

Maybe you’re wondering how you can get involved. (If you weren’t, you should be. I think this is going to be the kind of thing that we tell our grandkids we were there when it started)

• If you are proficient in another language, you may be able to help with translating.
• If you have a friend or family member who is proficient in another language, tell them! I told a friend of mine in Germany, and he signed up to translate into German! Tell a friend!
• Even if you don’t know another language, there is work to be done on the website and in formatting the documents and that sort of thing. I know some of you are learning web design or HTML. Put that stuff to use!
• Minimally, we can all pray for Gospel Translations, that God would bless the work that Mr. Yee and others are doing, that He would provide translators, and that these materials would change the lives of Christians around the world who don’t have access to the books and articles that we so easily take for granted.
• Finally, when you see Mr. Yee, please thank him. He doing 1 Peter 4:10, “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace…”

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