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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This article was published on the Shababeek website by Jennifer Killpack. Jennifer Killpack is the founder and program director of Shababeek Center for Intercultural Development. You can read the original post here. How to Avoid Fossilization and Embrace Mistakes When You Learn Arabic in Jordan When you decide to learn Arabic in Jordan, you’re embarking
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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
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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
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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
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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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These bible based activities can be incorporated into formal English lessons, conversation groups and bible study groups.
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Make Jesus know in the UK or overseas
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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’.
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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
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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
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People of the Middle East love word plays. We use rhyming phrases all the time, for example: Kul Franji Branji = which means “Everyone foreign is exciting.” Late night conversations outside our building with our neighbours are richly flavoured with these short sayings, proverbs and rhyme. It is part of the Art of Middle Eastern
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Phipps, Alison. Decolonising Multilingualism: Struggles to Decreate. Multilingual Matters, 2019. A review by Andy McCullough. I’ve been asked to review the best book I’ve read in recent years on language. Hands down, it’s this book. This is a book by an academic, but it made me cry. This is not a Christian book, but it
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Cassie Roberts (CEO) Reaching the Unreached through Language. Whether it’s teaching English to speakers of other languages or learning Arabic whilst living with and loving those in Egypt, language plays a fundamental role in serving the nations. In the final instalment of this 3-part series, Catalin and Rebekah, part of the Unreached team at Redeemer
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Reaching the Unreached through Language. Whether it’s teaching English to speakers of other languages or learning Arabic whilst living with and loving those in Egypt, language plays a fundamental role in serving the nations. In the second instalment of a 3-part series, Rebekah, part of the Unreached team at Redeemer Church, shares another way to
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Reaching the Unreached through Language. Whether it’s teaching English to speakers of other languages or learning Arabic whilst living with and loving those in Egypt, language plays a fundamental role in serving the nations. In this 3-part series, Rebekah, part of the Unreached team at Redeemer Church and an English teacher at Open Doors
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John Piper gives a 3 minute encouragement to those learning a second language. Be encouraged! https://vimeo.com/46431494
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Browse: Home / Why fight for heart language? This post first appeared on www.towinsome.com Terry Virgo always says, “If you’re not convinced, you won’t sustain,” and was it Bill Beckham who said, “Where the vision’s unclear the price is too high?” At this moment there are upwards of 900 million people learning English as a second
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Photo Credit: michael_swan via Compfight cc Post first published on www.towinsome.com. Follow the links at the end for part 2 and 3. A few weeks ago I led worship in our MidEast church plant. The room was packed, the atmosphere electric. We sang together in the local language, “Jesus is alive, He’s alive! Let the whole world know!”, our
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Photo Credit: Shan Jeniah via Compfight cc Post first appeared on www.towinsome.com In February I wrote about God nudging me to go for more language learning. I realized I was stuck in a rut. Somewhere along the way I learned to live with partial-deafness, relying on conversational guesswork while my language growth stagnated. God showed me that in order to
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Photo Credit: baerchen57 via Compfight cc First published www.towinsome.com If you had nothing but the Bible as a guide, what would you do to celebrate Jesus’ birth? I’m wondering because here in my Middle Eastern country Christmas isn’t celebrated at all. Yes, some of the bigger shops sell lights and fake trees, and Starbucks even serves a gingerbread latte.
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Watching national movies with a pencil in hand is a good discipline. If you do this regularly, it will help you explore language and culture in many helpful ways! 1. High days and low days Culture often kicks in at traditional high days, like weddings, funerals, the birth of a baby. Even someone who on
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This post is our introduction to a series on language learning. Whether you’re learning now or planning ahead, we hope you’ll find these helpful on your journey. Senders and supporters… this series is for you, too! May it give you insight into the topic of language learning and enable to you to better guide, encourage
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