Jos Strengholt

New: studies in Church Fathers

This season, I will be teaching Patristics in the Alexandria School of Theology to the students in the final fourth year. I have collected 16 texts in Arabic that I will let the students read. The English outlines of the lessons will appear on this braindump. These are suitable for selfstudy, I think. The sources we study are usually available in English on the internet, for instance on www.ccel.org. My lessons are available under the STUDIES button in the menu.

Radical discpleship (Jer 1:1-19)

We do not always have much impact on our circumstances. Sometimes these are downright awful. God promised no easy ride! In spite of this we are called, like Jeremiah, to follow our Lord radically. That may be painful - Jeremiah was called the weeping prophet - but it is eternally rewarding.
On Friday 27 and Sunday 29 August, I preached this sermon in the Anglican All Saint's Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. >>download the pdf of this sermon

Beginning of Christian Radio Broadcasts to the Arab World

Radio ELWA (‘Eternal Love Winning Africa’) was the first organization that began a long-term radio ministry of Arabic

Christian programs. It did so from 1956 until 1990, when its studios and transmitters in Liberia were taken over by rebels and destroyed. This paper describes the organization and its history, its beliefs, and its programming philosophies. The central question is to what extent these programs were contextually suitable.
Download the pdf here.

Zionism and the Palestinians: 1939-1942

The Zionist movement did not always aim for a Jewish State in Palestine. Even David Ben-Gurion, at one time, preferred to speak of one state for Jews and Palestinians together. Between 1939 and 1942, theZionists adopted maximalist goals. From that time on, the Bi-nationalist Zionist dreams of people like Martin Buber (photo) and others were anathema in zionism. I wrote my MA thesis on this issue. >>Download the article

Just Chatting

Fresh start

A few weeks ago, I have begun my curacy in the Anglican Cathedral in Cairo. The priest there who takes care of me, is Mike Parker. It is great to be serving in a church with people from many nationalities, like Egyptians, Sudanese, Brits, Americans, people from Myanmar, and more. This weekend I will preach on Jeremiah and his call to be a prophet.

Dutch blog for cloggies

If you happen to know the glorious Dutch language, you may be interested to follow my musings on my main blog. Any brainwave seems to pass that blog, so be warned. This website where you presently are, contains my longer (more lasting) writings. My blog is a bit eh... well... less permanent shall we say? KLIK HIER

Surat al-Fatiha

Under 'studies' I have placed some self-study I am doing in the Qur'an - just a feeble beginning. Have a look and let me know my mistakes ;-)

Coptic Studies

Under the Studies button, you can find some lectures I have recently (February- March 2008) held in our church here in Maadi (Egypt). I will probably continue to work on them as I happen to be a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to historical truth and the shape of documents. Oh, if only I had been a native English speaker. I hope you enjoy these and the other papers of mine that will slowly appear here.