Why is the bible like a library
The Digital Bible Library Helps to Get God's Word to Those Across the World
Our Lives tell a story but beyond that
they play a part in a bigger story these
story the Jesus came to all people that
he spoke their language that He gave His
life to create a whole new story for all
of us and for those of us who follow
Jesus it's our turn to share this story
across every border to every family to
every heart but here's the problem today
over a billion people are left out
living without the full story of God's
Word in their own language Bible
translation hasn't even started for some
2,000 language communities and when
these translations are finally done how
can we speed the Bible to all those left
waiting and what about the illiterate or
the blind the answer we need translators
we need distributors but more than that
we need innovators to find a better way
to get God's word to every person on
planet earth now think about what
happened when Gutenberg invented the
printing press technology rocketed the
reach of the Bible the Bible crossed
borders shifted power transformed
cultures moving into the hands and
hearts of more people than ever before
all of which was great but what if we
can now go further what if our next
Gutenberg moment for the Bible is right
in front of us that's the dream behind
the digital live a library it starts
with building the world's largest
library for the Bible to put everything
in one place translations from around
the globe digitized for print audio and
video to become the resource for people
who developed technologies and
applications to share the scripture in
every language
now ministries and missionaries can meet
people where they are they can suddenly
wield all of their technology and
creativity is spread the story global
making the Bible easy to print
to release his audio easy to push to
mobile easy to change lives this library
will safeguard each and every
translation protecting all copyrights
but whatever the language wherever it is
spoken the dream is that God's Word will
be there waiting and it's happened
already this digital Bible library has
helped to power Bible apps like
YouVersion opening the Bible in hundreds
of languages and an audience of over 100
million people today the digital Bible
library hosts 590 texts by next year
over a thousand in 20 years every
language on earth this moment sets a new
precedent and every new precedent
requires people who push think John
Wickliffe think William Tyndale Thank
You Hana Scouten birth thank you and me
the digital Bible library is open for
business thanks to the generosity of a
few another work to be done will require
many many more this can be our Gutenberg
moment God's Word for every tribe every
nation until every heart has finally
heard
