Posts by The General
“Blessed are the peace-makers”
Rula Mansour is a Palestinian Christian woman who lives in Israel, and a Langham Scholar. She shares her story, her research, and her future vision for peace. In 1948 at the age of 12 my father became a refugee in his own country. After losing their land and property in Tiberias during the nakba, they started…
LIRE LA SUITELangham Preaching established and raring to go in Hungary
Sometimes the best things take a long time to happen – that’s the case with Langham Preaching in Hungary. After a slow process over eleven years, a movement there is now well established and “raring to go”. A Level 2 preaching training seminar took place in March, which according to Mark Meynell, Preaching Director (Europe…
LIRE LA SUITEChris Wright’s Word on the World: ‘Though the earth give way’
I read in the New York Times some weeks ago that there are increasing numbers of young couples getting married with the intention of not having children. And their decision is not a selfish one, to spare themselves the enormous task and cost of parenting, but in many cases a sad and joyless one. The reason they…
LIRE LA SUITEStaff Profile: Peter Fleck
Peter Fleck has been with Langham Literature since 2005. This month we have a short interview with Peter to introduce another of our faithful staff to you. Peter, those of us who know you will be aware that you used to live in Nigeria. Why did you live in Nigeria? What was it like living…
LIRE LA SUITE‘I was truly privileged to stay at Tyndale House’
Langham Scholar Oboletswe Matlhaope is studying for a PhD at North West University, South Africa, and is from Botswana. From September to December last year, Oboletswe stayed at Tyndale House, Cambridge, in Langham’s dedicated bed-sitting study room. He is so grateful for his time there, and has expressed his “deepest gratitude” for being able to study…
LIRE LA SUITE“CEEBC meeting was an eye-opening experience”
The editorial group for the Central Eastern European Bible Commentary (CEEBC) met in Wroclaw, Poland, in the week of novembre 20-25. It was their third planning meeting, in a series of continuing efforts to prepare the ground for the production of a Bible Commentary that would reflect and respond to the needs of Christian churches…
LIRE LA SUITELeaders in Zambia download new Langham Preaching App
A Langham Preaching training event took place for 50 people in Mongu, Zambia from 29 janvier to 1 février this year. It was the first Langham Preaching event in the area, and was a great success. The training was led by Zambia coordinator Siseho Minyoi, Langham Literature author Revd Conrad Mbewe, Chipita Sibale and Joseph Honto. Participants received books…
LIRE LA SUITEVital commentary for Central and Eastern Europe
The process of putting together the Central and Eastern European Bible Commentary (CEEBC), plus 100 articles on regional issues, includes many meetings, conference calls, drafts, edits and gruelling hard work. The seed of the idea has been planted, an editorial team chosen, and contributors found. The CEEBC’s theological editors met for a few days in November…
LIRE LA SUITEThe Japanese & Christianity
In the middle of old habits Mr Big Bell, a Japanese man, wrote, ‘My family worshipped at the Buddhist family altar, prayed at the Shinto god-shelf. For New Year it was the Shinto shrine, for funerals it was the Buddhist temple. From a young age I was sat down and recited Buddhist scriptures that I…
LIRE LA SUITEAuthor Spotlight – Yohanna Katanacho
Langham Scholar, author and editor Yohanna Katanacho gives some background to his journey of faith and the story behind Praying Through the Psalms: I was born in Jerusalem, in juin 1967, during the Arab–Israeli war known as the “Six-Day War”. My father risked his life to bring us home and despite the bomb that exploded next…
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