Mark and Laura Woodward, supporting Bible translation in Tanzania
Having been in Mpanda for three months now we are starting to feel settled and are enjoying our work, making friends and organising our house to feel like a home! I’m particularly enjoying my job as operations manager, helping to set up and maintain the office for the project as our colleagues work with the local language communities…
I first came across this video a couple of months ago, of N.T. Wright being asked what he would say to his children on his deathbed. His response is simply to read the gospels and look at Jesus.
At our early morning (6am… not easy to wake up for…!) Bible study at church last week we were discussing John 1, and in particular the Jewish expectations of a messiah. Often when we talk about what first-century Jews expected of a messiah it is easy to be critical, as we read the gospels knowing that Jesus will be revealed as the true messiah…
I’ve never met Jeremy, but have been following his blog on and off for the past couple of years. It was only today however, that I took the time to read some of his story of what it has meant for him to follow Jesus over the past few years.