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Central Eastern European Bible Commentary – please pray
Langham Literature is supporting the completion of another one-volume Bible commentary, this time for Central and Eastern Europe. The resource, written by indigenous Scholars for Central and Eastern European believers, is expected to take several years to complete. And the total cost will be hundreds of thousands of pounds. The project’s coordinator Katharina Penner recently…
Read MoreLiberian pastors grateful to God for Langham resources and training
Just last week, eleven people attended a special Langham Preaching training event in Liberia. Attendees includes local trainers, who were being refreshed in how to lead seminars, and Preaching Club coordinators. The participants were extremely grateful not only for the training, but also for a book pack that Langham Literature gave to each of them.…
Read More‘Leviticus is very relevant for Central and Eastern Europe’s societal problems’
Recently Katharina Penner, the project coordinator, interviewed one of the theological editors and authors, Lidija Gunjevic from Croatia. She has already completed the commentaries on Jonah and Song of Songs and is currently working on Leviticus and Psalms 1-41. Tell us about your background, and any aspects that you consider are important for your identity…
Read MoreEquipping editors ‘critical’ for publishing Majority World resources
Langham Literature’s Isobel Stevenson shares her experience in equipping writers and editors… “In late October 2017, I reluctantly set off to Sri Lanka. It was not that I had any objections to going there, but the workshop at the Colombo Theological Seminary (CTS) dovetailed with my commitments in other parts of the world.…
Read MoreSociety for the Study of Theology – Engaging New Audiences
This month, Langham Publishing had the privilege of attending the annual conference of the Society for the Study of Theology. The Society exists to promote excellence in the study of Christian Theology by facilitating and shaping theological thought, conversation and community and is for anyone with graduate-level interest in theology. The conference attracts a…
Read MoreHausa edition of Africa Bible Commentary published
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…
Read MoreProfound thanks expressed for Langham Library Grants
Every year, Langham Literature provides thousands of books free of charge to Bible Colleges around the world. We recently heard from students who were extremely grateful for Langham’s Library Grant programme. In December, we heard that several leaders in Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi had expressed their “delight and appreciation” at having received their Langham books.…
Read MoreFinding God’s grace when you lose everything…
Taras N. Dyatlik, project manager of the Slavic Bible Commentary (SBC), shares how the recent war in Ukraine impacted this resource. Writers on both sides of the conflict had to work together. They showed how the Bible speaks to people who have lost family, property, businesses. Taras says the commentary is a “monument to God’s…
Read MorePublisher Development – Supporting the Majority World Church
In early February 2019 three of Langham Literature’s staff made a short visit to Egypt to work alongside Dar El Thaqafa, the publishing arm of CEOSS (Coptic Evangelical Organisation for Social Services). Dar El Thaqafa are the distributors of the recently published Arabic Contemporary Commentary and have also published several other Langham Publishing titles in…
Read More‘CEEBC will help thousands understand Scripture better’
Charlie Hadjiev, from Bulgaria, is an editor of the Central Eastern European Bible Commentary (CEEBC). He’s very excited about helping believers in his region understand the Bible and relate it to their lives. Langham Literature has embarked on this multi-year project to put together a one-volume commentary on the Old and New Testaments. Central and…
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