Tyndale
The Man Who Gave God an English Voice
The English Bible was born in defiance, in exile, in flight, and in a form of exodus, the very elements that empowered William Tyndale to bring the English scripture to the common citizen. His efforts ultimately cost him his life, but his contribution to English spirituality is measureless. His single-word innovations, such as “atonement,” “Passover,” and “beautiful,” allowed the common man to more fully understand God’s blessings and promises. Five centuries after his death at the stake, and Tyndale’s presence still looms wherever English is spoken. Teems brings wit and wisdom to the story of the man known as the “architect of the English language,” the English Paul who defied a kingdom and a tyrannical church to introduce God to the plowboy.
