The final song of our ‘Twelve Songs for Christmas‘ series comes from the Philippines, originally written by The Papuri Singers and performed by Grace City Fellowship. The name of the song is ‘Dakilang Katapatan‘, which means ‘Great Faithfulness‘ in Tagalog. You can enjoy this beautiful worship song below, or here. A Note From Grace City […]
Our worship song for today comes from Thailand, and was written by Marcia Yu. You can enjoy this beautiful Thai worship song below, or here. More About the Song This song was written in Thai to recount and celebrate the birth of Christ. Parts of Thailand have been exposed to and now partake in the commercialised festivities
Our worship song for today comes from Türkiye, and was written by Özgür Tunç. The name of the song is ‘Bütün Övgülerim‘, which translates to ‘To You, All My Praises‘ in English. You can enjoy this beautiful worship song below, or here. About The Song By Isabella Hope This beautiful worship song ‘Butün Ovgülerim’ (‘To You, All My
The next song of our series comes from Serbia, written by Avdija Jasarević. The name of the song is ‘o spasenje roda ko anav e isuseso‘, which means ‘We Seek Salvation in the Name of Jesus‘ in Roma. You can enjoy this beautiful worship song below, or here. About This Song This is Roma Gypsy song written by Avdija Jasarević,
The next song from our Twelve Songs for Christmas series comes from Eastbourne, UK. It was written by Francis Appeadu-Mensah, Richard James Butt, and Geisiel Reis. The name of the song is ‘NYAME YE • DEUS É BOM‘, or ‘God is Good‘, and it is in multiple languages this time: Twi, Portuguese, and English. You can enjoy
The next song of our series comes from Japan, written by Ken Okamora. The Japanese name of this song is ‘Hanamo‘, and the English name is ‘Even in Flowers’. You can enjoy this beautiful worship song below, or here. About The Song By Ken Okamora “Even in Flowers” is a popular Japanese-written worship song. This song was written by
Our next worship song in the Twelve Songs for Christmas series comes from New Zealand. You can enjoy this beautiful Maori worship song below, or here. About the Song A note from Ngati Whakaue: This is a Christian worship song performed in the kapa haka style, a traditional Māori type of song. It is about saying
The next worship song in our series comes from Lebanon, and was written by Paul Awaraji. The name of the song is ‘ترنيمة الله لنا‘ (‘Tarnimat Allah lana’) in Arabic, which translates to ‘God’s Song for Us’ in English. You can enjoy this beautiful worship song below, or here. About the Song Paul Awaraji is a Lebanese songwriter
The next song in our series comes from France, and was written by Olivier Sarkis. The name of the song is ‘Laissez entrer le Roi‘, which means ‘Let the King Enter‘ in French. You can enjoy this beautiful worship song below, or here. A Note From The Songwriter Laissez Entrer le Roi – Let the King enter! I’m
The next song of our series comes from Dubai, written by Craig D’Souza and performed by him in collaboration with Light Factory. The name of the song is ‘Love Song‘, and it is in English. You can enjoy this beautiful worship song below, or here. More About This Song Craig D’Souza is a songwriter and worship leader who
Welcome to the next song of our ‘Twelve Songs for Christmas‘ series, from Shillong, India, written by Forgivenson Kshiar. The name of the song is ‘Ah Jingieid Blei‘, which means ‘Oh love God’ in Khasi. You can enjoy this beautiful worship song below, or here. More About Shillong Shillong is a hill station in the
Welcome to the first day of Advent 2025, and to the release of the first worship song of our Twelve Songs for Christmas series! Our first song of this series comes from Cape Town, South Africa, written by Mabuyi Mbabala. The name of the song is ‘Mawudunyiswe (Bayethe)‘, which means ‘May You be praised (Hail to
Jesus was born to be King for all nations. Even within a few verses of his birth in Matthew 2, he was honoured by wise men from the East (2:11), and taken to Egypt for a while (2:14), whilst the king of his own people tried to kill him (2:16). It is clear even from
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This article was posted on the Entrusted to the Dirt blog website. The author is a self-described adult ‘Third Culture Kid’ who now serves in Central Asia. You can read the original post here. In the 1800s, most missionaries who worked in the Muslim world worked among the ethnic Christians of the region. The theory
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In this video, we talk about how we can harness orality in our disciple making today. Modern research shows us that a large majority of those around the globe are reliant on orality for their communication, thought, and action. However, the models we tend to utilize to make disciples often rely much more on the
In this video, we explore how Jesus related to an oral culture. Modern research shows us that a large majority of those around the globe are reliant on orality for their communication, thought, and action. However, the models we tend to utilize to make disciples often rely much more on the written word. Shouldn’t we
In this video, we explore why orality matters. Modern research shows us that a large majority of those around the globe are reliant on orality for their communication, thought, and action. However, the models we tend to utilize to make disciples often rely much more on the written word. Shouldn’t we be ensuring our approach
When we treat words like islands, disconnected from the words around them, we lose a significant portion of the meaning those words carry.
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As our good friends leave to spend some time in Greece today, pray that they are able to make good connections that ‘Speak to the Heart’.
Greece is East Greece is often thought of as a Western European Country. An idyllic tourist destination full of beautiful beaches, whitewashed buildings and amazing sunsets. Having now lived in Greece for 2 years, our day-to-day experience is very different. It is undoubtedly a beautiful place with amazing weather, beaches, mountains and wonderful seasonal food
This year, Ramadan has fallen over the same month as Easter. Rebekah, part of the Unreached in the UK team at Redeemer Church and an English teacher at Open Doors International Language School (ODILS) in Plymouth, shares how her ESOL classes have been learning about these two celebrations. This year, Ramadan has fallen over the
Now, lets go forwards in time to Jesus. Jesus went to live in the region of Galilee. Matthew tells us that this was, “to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles— the people