TNIV Training Kit-Educational DVD

The Educational DVD is an excellent tool to introduce you to the TNIV.  The Training DVD provides a valuable history lesson in Bible translation and education on how the TNIV continues the life-giving legacy of communicating the Bible’s timeless truth in today’s language.

The history of Bible translation is a story as complex and detailed as the text itself. Countless scholars and translators have worked to bring the Bible to English-speaking people in a language that is as accurate and understandable as possible. 

Join us as we journey into this story and discover how Today’s New   International Version (TNIV) continues that legacy, by providing the timeless truth of the Bible in today’s words. This DVD features many exerts and statements by members of the Committee on Bible Translation (CBT)

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DVD

Leader's Guide (PDF)

Participant's Guide (PDF)

Hear specific segments:

Relevance of the TNIV (Video Clip)

Committee On Bible Translation (CBT) (Video Clip)

Readability (Video Clip)

Reliable (Video Clip)

History on Translating (Video Clip)

TNIV Training Kit - Educational DVD's
Further Study Sections

Exerts from the TNIV Edcuational DVD Training Kit
Leader's and Participant's Guides:

The Journey Begins – The Challenge of Bible Translation, Chapter 7: “The Bible in English: An Overview” by Dick France (PDF)

Howard Long and the Development of the NIV Translation – The Challenge of Bible Translation, Chapter 10: “The New International Version: How It Came to Be” by John Stek (PDF)

The History of Bible Translation –
History of the English Bible by Ben Irwin

Part One (PDF)

Part Two (PDF)

Part Three (PDF)

The Committee on Bible Translation (CBT)
Meet the Translators

The Distinctiveness of the TNIV
Third Party Scholars Weigh In “Today’s New International Version: The Untold Story of a Good Translation” by Craig Blomberg (PDF)

The Mission: Reach Today’s Generation
Resources from Barna.org

“Adults Who Attend Church as Children Show Lifelong Effects”

“Twentysomethings Struggle to Find Their Place in Christian Churches”

“The Story of the TNIV”

Meeting the Challenge, Fulfilling the Promise

Passages Explained

Recommended Books:

Greek for the Rest of Us by William D. Mounce

Basics of Biblical Hebrew Grammar by Gary Practico and
Miles V. Van Pelt