Langham Global Library imprint: 79 books
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Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
Everyone who has “eyes to see” acknowledges the growing importance of the African church to the future of global Christianity. But what does it mean for the church to take root in Africa? How should the message of the gospel and the practice of Christianity be contextualized for Africa? African...
Grieving with Hope
Selected Aspects of Funeral Sermons
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2017
In this well-researched work, Dr Albín Masarik explores various features of funeral sermons arising from their unique context and homiletic process. While funeral sermons are an important element in pastoral care of churches and the wider community, theological reflection of this weighty responsibility...
Strangers in the Kingdom
Ministering to Refugees, Migrants and the Stateless
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2017
Today’s refugee crisis has engulfed public policy and politics in countries around the world, deeply dividing communities. With increased migration many fear terrorism, crime and a dilution of their perceived national identity, while others embrace it as an inevitable reality of the globalized world...
Thinking Biblically about Islam
Genesis, Transfiguration, Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2016
In this careful double exposition of the Bible and Islam, Ida Glaser and Hannah Kay emphasise godly attitudes, loving action and a deep appreciation of God’s grace and goodness as essential traits of any Christian. The authors walk the reader through two underlying frameworks necessary to think...
Excellence in Theological Education
Effective Training for Church Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Theological schools are often led by teachers with minimal administrative experience or training. Excellence in Theological Education is designed to help leaders of theological schools, especially within the Majority World, to affirm the excellence of their own training institutions, and where excellence...
Serving Communities
Governance and the Potential of Theological Schools
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
The contexts in which theological schools operate is changing rapidly, presenting CEOs, administrators, faculty, and governing bodies with new challenges. How can theological schools adapt to these changing contexts while maintaining missional clarity? What role do each of these groups of actors play...
Mission without Conquest
An Alternative Missionary Practice
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Almost sixty years ago, the Mennonite missionary team working in the Argentine Chaco decided to look for ways to be effective in their ministry while being faithful to Jesus’ lifestyle and teaching. They left behind paternalistic models and “conquering” methods and were liberated from the mindset...
From Genocide to Generosity
Hatreds Heal on Rwanda’s Hills
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2015
Throwing caution to the wind at a dangerous time, John Steward gathered a handful of Rwandans and together they dreamed of ways to heal the wounds of genocide and war. The vibrancy of this group drew others into a radical circle for change which silently spread outwards. John made 19 return visits...
Compassion and the Mission of God
Revealing the Invisible Kingdom
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
Why does God care for the poor, the vulnerable and the marginalized? This book traces God’s compassion as it is revealed in the Old and New Testaments, exploring the expression and impact of compassion in the early church through its actions and teachings as part of its witness. Focusing on the...
Preaching That Comes Alive
Delivering a Word from the Lord
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
People go to church every Sunday hoping to hear a life-giving word from the Lord but often find that they have to make do with either the dry crust of cognitive sermons or the empty calories of emotional exhortations. This book provides preachers with the tools to feed their flock with hearty sustenance....
by Federico G. Villanueva
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
The book of Lamentations cannot be truly appreciated without knowing suffering and the agony that follows tragic experiences. In this commentary Dr. Federico Villanueva relates the experience of his fellow country men and women in the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Yolanda to the experience of...
Reincarnation, Oblivion or Heaven?
A Christian Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
What is death? Why do we die? and what happens after we die? Over the centuries, philosophers and theologians of the world’s religions have offered answers to the dilemma of death, yet this subject is rarely given the detailed attention it deserves in the contemporary Christian church. As Christians,...
Mission Drift?
Exploring a Paradigm Shift in Evangelical Mission with Particular Reference to Microfinance
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2016
The Lausanne congress of 1974 marked the widespread adoption of integral mission as essential to the evangelical witness of Christ in our world. Ever since there has been ongoing debate as to the roles of evangelism and social action. In this book Oddvar Sten Ronsen argues that instead of the priority...
by Ian J. Shaw, Kevin E. Lawson
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Theological education is a vital aspect of Christian mission. The training of evangelical doctoral students in theological subject areas is therefore an important part of the mission of God. This handbook presents doctoral supervision as a task involving both academic and spiritual formation. Designed...