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Encouragement from Jeremiah
What a remarkable letter Jeremiah wrote to the exiles in Babylon, recorded in Jeremiah 29, and especially verses 1-14. It was written to people experiencing severe trauma, confusion and questioning. Jeremiah offered the exiles three things. A fresh perspective: to see the situation in the light of God’s sovereignty (vs. 4-6). The narrator talks about the people…
Read MoreScholar brings biblical truth to Papua New Guinea
“Instead of allowing our beliefs to influence scripture, we need to allow scripture to influence our beliefs,” emphasises Langham Scholar George Mombi, from Papua New Guinea (PNG). George has been working on his PhD since 2015 at Otago University, New Zealand. He’s recently returned to PNG to continue teaching at the Christian Leaders’ Training College.…
Read MoreEquipped to Multiply Disciples in Latin America
Langham is grateful for your generous partnership—and we celebrate the ways God is using your gifts and prayers to draw His people toward Jesus around the world! Together, and by His grace, we are seeing transformational leaders like Juan José Barreda Toscano equipped with a PhD and now multiplying disciples in their nations. Juan José…
Read MoreScholar shapes future leaders in Ukraine
A Langham Scholar, who studied for a PhD at the University of St Andrews, was recently inducted as head of a Bible college in his home country Ukraine. This is an answer to many prayers. Oleksandr Geychenko now has the opportunity to shape future church leaders through his role at Odessa Theological Seminary. The inauguration service…
Read MoreListening to God’s Word and the World
If you’re looking to find Langham Scholar Dr. Rolex Cailing, a biblical leader trained with support from Langham in the Philippines, you’re going to have to look in some unusual places. Many Filipinos would expect to find him tucked away in his office all day. But Rolex is more likely to be found engaged in…
Read MoreOne step closer to PhD after Tyndale House stay
Langham Scholar Emad Botros very much appreciates Langham’s support, which allowed him to stay at Tyndale House in Cambridge for three weeks. Read his encouraging report: This was my first time in Cambridge, and to Tyndale House. The first impression you get while there is that it is a historical and an inspiring place, where…
Read MoreExplore God’s Mission in Today’s World with Rev. Dr Chris Wright
Perth: Thursday 20 September, 7-9 pm – $10 (Supper included) Trinity Theological College, Level 2, 632 Newcastle Street Leederville Please RSVP (pay on the night) via email: australia@langham.org OR phone: 02 4751 9036 Sydney: Saturday 22 September, 10 – 4pm – $20 (Lunch included) Morling College: 120 Herring Rd, Macquarie Park Please RSVP (pay…
Read MoreScholar’s dream to revive Old Testament for the Middle East
Langham Scholar Emad Botros is currently completing his doctoral work at McMaster Divinity College, Canada. Emad and his wife Almess are also global field staff to Lebanon with Canadian Baptist Ministries. An important part of that work is Emad’s teaching position at Beirut’s Arab Baptist Theological Seminary (ABTS), where Emad is helping to shape a new generation of…
Read More“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…
Read MoreChris 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…
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