Translation Work on When Helping Hurts Underway

Yesterday I received a comment from a reader asking if Corbett and Fikkert's When Helping Hurts is available in Spanish.  This morning I learned that translation work is underway in Croatian, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese.  That's good news.  This book has proven to be very helpful.

When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor...and Yourself by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert (Moody Publishers, 2009). PB

 Sample Pages

Website: www.whenhelpinghurts.org
Author Interview: YouTube (The Chalmers Center)

List Price: $14.99

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 Publisher's Description: Churches and individual Christians typically have faulty assumptions about the causes of poverty, resulting in the use of strategies that do considerable harm to poor people and themselves. When Helping Hurts provides foundational concepts, clearly articulated general principles and relevant applications. The result is an effective and holistic ministry to the poor, not a truncated gospel.

A situation is assessed for whether relief, rehabilitation, or development is the best response to a situation. Efforts are characterized by an "asset based" approach rather than a "needs based" approach. Short term mission efforts are addressed and microenterprise development (MED) is explored. 

208 Pages 

Published July 2009 

About the Authors:

Brian Fikkert is an associate professor of economics at Covenant College, and the founder and executive director of the Chalmers Center for Economic Development at Covenant College. 

Steve Corbett is the community development specialist for the Chalmers Center for Economic Development, and an assistant professor in the department of economics and community development at Covenant College.

Recommendations:

• Mission to the World (PCA): Recommended Reading (Mercy and Justice)
• Mission to North America (PCA): Mercy Ministry Resources
  

Translation Work on When Helping Hurts Underway

Spanish Theological Resources: A Working List

I've been receiving some great help with Spanish resources and have found a handful on my own. Please keep the suggestions coming!

I have posted these and other resources in the comments to my post, Wanted: Biblical Resources in Spanish, but I would like to highlight them in a regular post.

Worthwhile Websites and Blogs:

• Dr. Andreas Köstenberger’s blogs are now becoming available in Spanish: Fundamentos Biblicos.
• Desiring God Ministries offers a Language Index (currently 21 languages) to search their Resource Library. Many of Piper's sermons have been translated into Spanish and they can be viewed here.
• Dr. AJ Gibson is blogging in Español at Gracia y Verdad. He also has a page listing a handful of books in Spanish: here.

Bookstores:

• Amazon.com has a category for Christian Books in Spanish: Books > Libros en español > Religión y espiritualidad > Cristianismo
• Christianbook.com also has a Spanish Products page.

Publishers:

• Editorial UNLIT
• Zondervan's Spanish imprint: Vida
  
• Nelson Group's Spanish imprint: Caribe Betania
• The Shepherd Press has published Tedd Tripp's Cómo pastorear el corazón de su hijo (Eng. Shepherding a Child's Heart).
• Rayo, a HarperCollins imprint, has published many C. S. Lewis titles in Spanish.
  
• The Banner of Truth Trust also offers a handful of classic works translated into Spanish:

  Colin Roworth forwarded me the following list of titles:
  

  2 Corintios (Hodge)
  Cristianismo Autentico, Vol 3 (Lloyd-Jones)
  De Piedra en Piedra (Peter Jeffrey)
  El Evangelio en Nuestro Mundo (Boonstra)
  El Rico y Lazaro (Brownlow North)
  El Secreto de la Vida Cristiana (Ryle)
  El Sermon del Monte, Vol. 1 (Lloyd-Jones)
  El Sermon del Monte, Vol. 2 (Lloyd-Jones)
  Historia del Protestantismo (Ricardo Cerni)
  La Santidad (Beeke)
  La Soberania de Dios (Pink)
  Los Atributos de Dios (Pink)
  La Vida de Elias (Pink)
  Mensajes Biblicos (M'Cheyne)
  Senales de Los Apostoles (Chantry)
  Sermones del ano de Avivamiento (Spurgeon)
  Un Ministerio Ideal, Vols 1 & 2 (Spurgeon)
  Vision Cristiana del Hombre (Machen)
  
  More on our website (www.banneroftruth.org)
  

Please keep the suggestions coming.

Spanish Theological Resources: A Working List

Wanted: Biblical Resources in Spanish

The other day I received the following from Concordia Publishing House announcing a new publication of Martin Luther's commentary on Galatians translated into Spanish:

Luther's Galatians Commentary Now Available in Spanish

Martín Lutero, Segundo comentario a Gálatas (Martin Luther, Second Commentary on Galatians) is Luther at his best. The work reveals Luther as a mature scholar and displays his mastery of presenting exegesis in a refreshing and informal way.

Luther’s style is both concise and picturesque, and his phrases make a strong impact. Through this commentary, you will readily see that Luther is writing from his vast knowledge of the Scripture and from the depths of his heart.

I checked my database of book recommendations and found, to my chagrin, that I had neglected to include any Spanish language books. I would like to begin building a list of recommended Biblical resources for Spanish Readers. Please offer suggested titles in the comments section or send me an email.

Wanted: Biblical Resources in Spanish