Posts Tagged ‘Chris Wright’
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We just managed to squeeze in our Vision Day at All Souls, London in early March, but all other supporter events planned for the year had to be put on hold whilst the world adjusted to the reality of Covid-19. Like many organisations, Langham have had to rethink how we do some things and so…
Read MoreEncouragement 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 MoreGoing Viral
Chris Wright, International Ministries Director reflects biblically on the corona virus outbreak “If you think you’re too small to make a difference, you’ve never spent a sleepless night with a single mosquito.” So runs the saying we learned while living in India. Tiny things punch way above their weight. And a virus is a lot smaller…
Read MoreVision Day: Heart-warmed and humbled on the Royal Mile
Chris Wright, Riad Kassis, Pieter Kwant, three Scholars and others encouraged and inspired around 40 supporters at Langham’s Vision Day in Scotland last month. Held at the Carrubbers Christian Centre in Edinburgh, attendees heard about the incredible breadth of what God has entrusted to Langham all over the world. Langham Literature Director Pieter explained about…
Read MoreChris Wright preaching resource blesses Ethiopian Church
Eritrean refugees were among 50 preachers blessed with a translated copy of Chris Wright’s award-winning Langham book ‘Sweeter than Honey’ earlier this month. The resource is an essential guide for correctly handling the Old Testament. It was given to attendees of a Level 3 Langham Preaching seminar in Shire, Northern Ethiopia. ‘So happy’ The movement…
Read MoreLet’s get really radical
This is a recent blog post from Langham Preaching Director Paul Windsor. The generation that came after me tends to impress me more than the babyboomer one that went before me. Speaking very generally, and yet observing it repeatedly, their hearts seem to be turned towards the world more radically. For me it started when we hosted…
Read MoreChris Wright’s latest Word on the World
Langham Partnership’s International Ministries Director Chris Wright seeks a biblical response to current challenging events. This first appeared in the Autumn 2018 edition of LPUKI’s Transform magazine. When bad things happen Sometimes events in the news have an uncanny resemblance to things in the Bible – sometimes very tragically so. When that road bridge…
Read MoreChris Wright speaking at Keswick this week
Langham Partnership’s International Ministries Director Chris Wright is the Bible Reading Speaker at Week 2 of this year’s Keswick Convention. He’s speaking on the book of Micah during the morning meetings at 11.15 this week. You can watch the talks live on YouTube. Micah, a prophet easily overshadowed by his glorious contemporary Isaiah, knew he…
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…
Read More‘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…
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