Richard Brash, Christ Bible Seminary’s professor of systematic theology, recently received the following query from another missionary in Japan:
“There’s a young Japanese man in his 20s who’s been attending our church off and on for a couple years. At first he seemed to soak everything up, but then some agnostics and liberals got ahold of him and made him start to question [the Bible’s] authenticity. He asked if I knew a book to recommend to him in Japanese.”
Richard’s answer: yes and no! There are some apologetics resources available in Japanese that address these questions, but significant gaps remain. One of these gaps concerns the question of the providential preservation of the Bible.
Back in 2019, Richard wrote a short book in English called How God Preserved the Bible. At the time he had recently completed five years of student ministry in Oxford, England, and the students he worked with—both Christians and nonbelievers—were his original target audience. The book attracted some interest and promotion, but for the most part it was fairly obscure. That was until Canadian apologist Wes Huff began promoting it on his website and in some of his videos in 2024. Sales began to increase rapidly—over 280 copies were sold in a single month—and the book began to gain a wider readership.
There is no literature currently available in Japanese that specifically addresses the apologetics question of providential preservation from a conservative, Reformed perspective. This is a gap that CBI Press plans to fill by publishing How God Preserved the Bible in Japanese. We are currently seeking to raise $14,285 to complete this project. Would you consider giving today to make How God Preserved the Bible in Japanese a reality?
To give toward this specific project, please designate your gift for “CBI Press.” All gifts designated for CBI Press from now until June 30, 2026, will go toward the translation of How God Preserved the Bible. (Any amount raised beyond the goal will go toward other CBI Press projects.)
With your help—and with the Lord’s provision—we hope to share this new resource with many in Japan who might benefit.
