Hausa edition of Africa Bible Commentary published

By vhawkins | 17 April 2019

  The Hausa translation of the hugely influential Africa Bible Commentary has finally been published, over seven years after work began on the project.  This Hausa version is called ‘Sharhin Littafi Mai Tsarki Don Afirka’, and is over 200 pages longer than the original English. The commentary has been published by Africa Christian Textbooks (ACTS) in…

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In His Own Words: Conrad Mbewe

By kirakrieger | 7 August 2018

How a pastor in search of biblical books in the right context finds “a rich vein of gold” Conrad Mbewe knows from personal experience that these words by John Stott are true: “Good preaching is impossible without study, and study is impossible without good books.” Although today Conrad is a theological leader in his native…

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A Scholar’s response to terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso

By vhawkins | 26 March 2018

Langham Scholar Yacouba Sanon, who is from Burkina Faso in West Africa, reacts to recent events in his home country. 1) What has happened in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso recently? Three weeks ago, on March 2 2018, the headquarters of the Burkina Faso army staff and the French Embassy were attacked. Seven people were killed and more…

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Africa Bible Commentary: Second edition underway

By vhawkins | 16 March 2018

The first edition of the Africa Bible Commentary was published in 2006, providing the spark that ignited all the other one-volume commentaries that Langham Literature has supported (South Asia and Slavic have been published, Latin American, Arabic, Central and Eastern Europe are in the pipeline). The commentary has been hugely influential, and more than 200,000…

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