6 Langham Books You May Have Missed in 2022
Happy New Year! 2022 was a busy year for us. We released 45 books and the year ahead is looking just as busy. With so many books released, it's hard to keep track of everything you might enjo
Happy New Year! 2022 was a busy year for us. We released 45 books and the year ahead is looking just as busy. With so many books released, it's hard to keep track of everything you might enjo
Author Hwa Yung explains the reasoning behind his new book, Leadership or Servanthood? Walking in the Steps of Jesus. This powerful work calls into question the Church's emphasis on leadership and leadership training.
Langham Preaching invites you to join with its preaching clubs globally in reading God's Word for Today's World and to gather with others to a) watch each introductory video; b) engage with the questions in the discussion guide; and c) pray for each other. This is the perfect opportunity to commemorate the centenary of the birth of John Stott and to be encouraged to keep walking with the word of God in today's world.
November 2020 saw the launch of the Hindi translation of the South Asia Bible Commentary. Five years following the publication of the English edition the South Asian publisher, Open Door Publications, has worked tirelessly to make this Hindi version a reality.
Keith Fraser-Smith reviews The Missiology Behind the Story, a book that is full of optimism, reversing the long-held pessimism of dwindling Christian communities in the Middle East. Indigenous ministries, leadership training and the growth in numbers of those coming to faith from non-Christian backgrounds is transforming a once bleak picture. Find out more about this timely book that provides a wealth of stimulating reading here.
Langham Publishing's senior editor, Isobel Stevenson shares about her experience in equipping writers and editors, this time through a workshop in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2017. There are a lot of elements that come together to produce a valuable book that will impact theological study and bless the body of Christ. That's why, as well as Langham Publishing producing books for the Majority World, Langham Literature has other initiatives to foster excellent resources such as this training.
Wayne Johnston, Langham Literature Distribution Assistant, gives us an encouraging insight into his work providing customer service to people across the Majority World, and a wonderful reminder that we all have our own part to play in bringing God's Kingdom to Earth.
Zimbabwe is going through a crisis. Shortages of power and food and a rise in crime have decimated this beautiful country but so too has a lack of doctrinally sound Christian resources. Many ministers have little to no study aids and some do not even own a Bible. One pastor says he is "dry." LEARN Global, an initiative of SIM, has partnered with various Christian publishers, including Langham Publishing, to bring spiritual water to this thirsty country.
Rhodian Munyenyembe has found that the path God has led him along in his academic career is a unique one. He was offered a lecturing position before graduating from what is now the Evangelical Bible College of Malawi. Later, while an elder of a church in the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, he never expected to be offered a post from a Catholic university to teach Biblical and Religious Studies.
Athena Gorospe, author of Judges and editor of How Long, O Lord? is dedicated to living out Jesus's concern for the marginalised and working with people at the grassroots.
In her life and work, whether counselling typhoon survivors, managing academic paperwork, protesting extrajudicial violence, advocating women's rights, or analysisng the Old Testament – Athena calls us to consider how we will answer Christ's challenge "if you have done it to the lease of my siblings, you have done it to me."
Imad Shehadeh is author of God With Us and Without Us, Volume 1, here he shares some significant aspects of his life and journey with the triune God.