Laurence Lepherd was born in 1941, was raised in a Christadelphian family and attends the Christadelphian ecclesia or church in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.



In this episode of Wilderness Conversations we are joined by Laurence Lepherd for a wonderful discussion on a life defined by faith, music, and service. Born during World War II to navigating a remote teaching posting at Baerami Creek and serving as a musical consultant for the 2002 Christadelphian hymn book, Laurence’s journey spans decades of rich and diverse experiences. He discusses the writing of books such as “Conscience in Action“, which documents the history of Christadelphian conscientious objection to military service, and explains how his PhD research into the spirituality of men with advanced prostate cancer inspired him to establish AdelphiCare.org and the Pastoral Friend Program. It’s a powerful reflection on how life’s deepest trials can shape our relationship with God, and why trusting in His direction makes all the difference.



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Laurence Lepherd was born in 1941, was raised in a Christadelphian family and attends the Christadelphian ecclesia or church in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. In this episode of Wilderness Conversations we are joined by Laurence Lepherd for a wonderful discussion on a life defined by faith, music, and service. Born during World War II to navigating a remote teaching posting at Baerami Creek and serving as a musical consultant for the 2002 Christadelphian hymn book, Laurence’s journey spans decades of rich and diverse experiences. He discusses the writing of books such as “Conscience in Action“, which documents the history of Christadelphian conscientious objection to military service, and explains how his PhD research into the spirituality of men with advanced prostate cancer inspired him to establish AdelphiCare.org and the Pastoral Friend Program. It’s a powerful reflection on how life’s deepest trials can shape our relationship with God, and why trusting in His direction makes all the difference. Adelphicare and Pastoral Friend Program The book/s are available from the Christadelphian Scripture Study Service https://wildernessconversations.com/ Now also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wildernessconversations

Laurence Lepherd was born in 1941, was raised in a Christadelphian family and attends the Christadelphian ecclesia or church in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.



In this episode of Wilderness Conversations we are joined by Laurence Lepherd for a wonderful discussion on a life defined by faith, music, and service. Born during World War II to navigating a remote teaching posting at Baerami Creek and serving as a musical consultant for the 2002 Christadelphian hymn book, Laurence’s journey spans decades of rich and diverse experiences. He discusses the writing of books such as “Conscience in Action“, which documents the history of Christadelphian conscientious objection to military service, and explains how his PhD research into the spirituality of men with advanced prostate cancer inspired him to establish AdelphiCare.org and the Pastoral Friend Program. It’s a powerful reflection on how life’s deepest trials can shape our relationship with God, and why trusting in His direction makes all the difference.







<a href="https://www.adelphicare.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Adelphicare </a>and <a href="https://www.adelphicare.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pastoral Friend Program</a>



The book/s are available from the <a href="http://www.csss.org.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Christadelphian Scripture Study Service</a>







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120 Pastoral Care – Laurence Lepherd

From gunshots in the Congo to a refugee camp in Kenya’s scorching north – this episode of WildernessConversations takes us on a raw, unforgettable journey. Martha Sales, writing under the pseudonym Anna Tikva brings the story to life in Held in His Hands. We join Atembo and Kiza, the real men behind this latest novel, as they recount fleeing rebel soldiers, escaping government military camps, and crossing borders with nothing but the clothes on their backs. In the most confronting of situations, they managed quiet moments of deep reflection, these two men share how a small, Bible based community in the Kakuma refugee camp changed everything not through miracles or spectacle, but through radical, unmistakable love. This is a story of survival, faith, and a hope that shines from them.



Martha lives in Paris, Ontario, Canada and is a member of the Grand River Christadelphian Church or ecclesia, Atembo Munga is from Eldoret Ecclesia in Kenya and Kiza Fidele is still from Kakuma Ecclesia but is currently studying and working in Nairobi, Kenya and attends on of the Christadelphian ecclesias in that city.



These two brothers called Kakuma Refugee Camp home for many years, but despite the harsh conditions are thankful for the experience as it brought them to Christ. The camp is located in the remote Turkana County of northwestern Kenya, currently houses over 300,000 refugees and asylum seekers from more than 25 countries. 



In the Forward of the book “Held in His Hands” written by Brother Jason Hensley of the Simi Hills Ecclesia, California, we are told:



Anna Tikvah has taken the real-life story (with some artistic license) of two Christadelphian young people. By telling this story, she allows us to step back from our myopic visions of our own lives, with all of our distractions, and to see God at work.



It is a story of two young men forced to flee the brutal crossfire of a war-torn homeland. The two young refugees endure the terrors of abduction and betrayal before seeking refuge behind the desolate gates of the Kakuma Refugee Camp. Amidst the ashes of their former lives, they find an unexpected sanctuary and a transformative faith that binds their broken hearts together in the promise of a future held in God’s hands. God’s presence is highlighted within these personal and national tragedies.



Author: sis ‘Anna Tikvah’ Format: Paperback, 373 pages



The book is available from: – the <a href="http://www.csss.org.au/">Christadelphian Scripture Study Service</a> – Christadelphian Books & Literature – Amazon



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From gunshots in the Congo to a refugee camp in Kenya’s scorching north – this episode of WildernessConversations takes us on a raw, unforgettable journey. Martha Sales, writing under the pseudonym Anna Tikva brings the story to life in Held in His Hands. We join Atembo and Kiza, the real men behind this latest novel, as they recount fleeing rebel soldiers, escaping government military camps, and crossing borders with nothing but the clothes on their backs. In the most confronting of situations, they managed quiet moments of deep reflection, these two men share how a small, Bible based community in the Kakuma refugee camp changed everything not through miracles or spectacle, but through radical, unmistakable love. This is a story of survival, faith, and a hope that shines from them. Martha lives in Paris, Ontario, Canada and is a member of the Grand River Christadelphian Church or ecclesia, Atembo Munga is from Eldoret Ecclesia in Kenya and Kiza Fidele is still from Kakuma Ecclesia but is currently studying and working in Nairobi, Kenya and attends on of the Christadelphian ecclesias in that city. These two brothers called Kakuma Refugee Camp home for many years, but despite the harsh conditions are thankful for the experience as it brought them to Christ. The camp is located in the remote Turkana County of northwestern Kenya, currently houses over 300,000 refugees and asylum seekers from more than 25 countries. In the Forward of the book “Held in His Hands” written by Brother Jason Hensley of the Simi Hills Ecclesia, California, we are told: Anna Tikvah has taken the real-life story (with some artistic license) of two Christadelphian young people. By telling this story, she allows us to step back from our myopic visions of our own lives, with all of our distractions, and to see God at work. It is a story of two young men forced to flee the brutal crossfire of a war-torn homeland. The two young refugees endure the terrors of abduction and betrayal before seeking refuge behind the desolate gates of the Kakuma Refugee Camp. Amidst the ashes of their former lives, they find an unexpected sanctuary and a transformative faith that binds their broken hearts together in the promise of a future held in God’s hands. God’s presence is highlighted within these personal and national tragedies. Author: sis ‘Anna Tikvah’ Format: Paperback, 373 pages The book is available from: – the Christadelphian Scripture Study Service – Christadelphian Books & Literature – Amazon https://wildernessconversations.com/ Now also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wildernessconversations

From gunshots in the Congo to a refugee camp in Kenya’s scorching north – this episode of WildernessConversations takes us on a raw, unforgettable journey. Martha Sales, writing under the&nbsp;pseudonym Anna Tikva&nbsp;brings the story to life in&nbsp;Held in His Hands.&nbsp;We join Atembo and Kiza, the real men behind this latest novel, as they recount fleeing rebel soldiers, escaping government military camps, and crossing borders with nothing but the clothes on their backs. In the most confronting of situations, they managed quiet moments of deep reflection, these two men share how a small, Bible based community in the Kakuma refugee camp changed everything not through miracles or spectacle, but through radical, unmistakable love. This is a story of survival, faith, and a hope that shines from them.



Martha lives in Paris, Ontario, Canada and is a member of the Grand River Christadelphian Church or ecclesia, Atembo Munga is from Eldoret Ecclesia in Kenya and Kiza Fidele is still from Kakuma Ecclesia but is currently studying and working in Nairobi, Kenya and attends on of the Christadelphian ecclesias in that city.



These two brothers called Kakuma Refugee Camp home for many years, but despite the harsh conditions are thankful for the experience as it brought them to Christ. The camp is located in the remote Turkana County of northwestern Kenya, currently houses over 300,000 refugees and asylum seekers from more than 25 countries.&nbsp;



In the Forward of the book “Held in His Hands” written by Brother Jason Hensley of the Simi Hills Ecclesia, California, we are told:



Anna Tikvah has taken the real-life story (with some artistic license) of two Christadelphian young people. By telling this story, she allows us to step back from our myopic visions of our own lives, with all of our distractions, and to see God at work.



It is a story of two young men forced to flee the brutal crossfire of a war-torn homeland. The two young refugees endure the terrors of abduction and betrayal before seeking refuge behind the desolate gates of the Kakuma Refugee Camp. Amidst the ashes of their former lives, they find an unexpected sanctuary and a transformative faith that binds their broken hearts together in the promise of a future held in God’s hands. God’s presence is highlighted within these personal and national tragedies.



Author: sis ‘Anna Tikvah’ Format: Paperback, 373 pages



The book is available from: – the <a href="http://www.csss.org.au/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Christadelphian Scripture Study Service</a> – Christadelphian Books &amp; Literature – Amazon







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118 Pt. 1 Held In His Hands – Martha Sales

Five hundred years ago, a forbidden book, a defiant queen, and a king’s desire collided to change the course of history and put the Bible into the hands of ordinary English speakers for the first time. In this episode of Wilderness Conversations, Peter Osborne unravels the extraordinary true story behind the 1526 English New Testament: how William Tyndale risked everything to translate Scripture from Greek, how Anne Boleyn, a continental-educated Reformation sympathiser branded “a Lutheran” by foreign ambassadors strategically influenced Henry VIII with Tyndale’s own writings, and how their combined legacies broke the Catholic Church’s monopoly on biblical interpretation. Both Anne and Tyndale were executed in 1536, yet just three years later, Henry decreed that an English Bible built on Tyndale’s translation be chained to every church pulpit in England. This is a tale of forbidden texts, political intrigue, and the printing press as a divine weapon – a story that asks: what would our faith look like today if the English Bible had remained illegal?



Peter Osborne lives in Brisbane, Australia, and is a member of the Christadelphian ecclesia that meets at Wilston.



At the recent Christadelphian Family Conference in Brisbane, a special Bible exhibition was held, featuring a series of public presentations that explored the remarkable history of the Scriptures. One of those presentations, “Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the English Bible,” uncovered some of the fascinating and often lesser-known events that shaped the journey of the Bible into the English language.



Peter joins us today on Wilderness Conversations to explore this compelling story and the enduring legacy of those who risked everything to bring the Bible to the English-speaking world.



Peter joins us on Wilderness Conversations.



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Five hundred years ago, a forbidden book, a defiant queen, and a king’s desire collided to change the course of history and put the Bible into the hands of ordinary English speakers for the first time. In this episode of Wilderness Conversations, Peter Osborne unravels the extraordinary true story behind the 1526 English New Testament: how William Tyndale risked everything to translate Scripture from Greek, how Anne Boleyn, a continental-educated Reformation sympathiser branded “a Lutheran” by foreign ambassadors strategically influenced Henry VIII with Tyndale’s own writings, and how their combined legacies broke the Catholic Church’s monopoly on biblical interpretation. Both Anne and Tyndale were executed in 1536, yet just three years later, Henry decreed that an English Bible built on Tyndale’s translation be chained to every church pulpit in England. This is a tale of forbidden texts, political intrigue, and the printing press as a divine weapon – a story that asks: what would our faith look like today if the English Bible had remained illegal? Peter Osborne lives in Brisbane, Australia, and is a member of the Christadelphian ecclesia that meets at Wilston. At the recent Christadelphian Family Conference in Brisbane, a special Bible exhibition was held, featuring a series of public presentations that explored the remarkable history of the Scriptures. One of those presentations, “Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the English Bible,” uncovered some of the fascinating and often lesser-known events that shaped the journey of the Bible into the English language. Peter joins us today on Wilderness Conversations to explore this compelling story and the enduring legacy of those who risked everything to bring the Bible to the English-speaking world. Peter joins us on Wilderness Conversations. https://wildernessconversations.com/ Now also available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@wildernessconversations

Five hundred years ago, a forbidden book, a defiant queen, and a king’s desire collided to change the course of history and put the Bible into the hands of ordinary English speakers for the first time. In this episode of Wilderness Conversations, Peter Osborne unravels the extraordinary true story behind the 1526 English New Testament: how William Tyndale risked everything to translate Scripture from Greek, how Anne Boleyn, a continental-educated Reformation sympathiser branded “a Lutheran” by foreign ambassadors strategically influenced Henry VIII with Tyndale’s own writings, and how their combined legacies broke the Catholic Church’s monopoly on biblical interpretation. Both Anne and Tyndale were executed in 1536, yet just three years later, Henry decreed that an English Bible built on Tyndale’s translation be chained to every church pulpit in England. This is a tale of forbidden texts, political intrigue, and the printing press as a divine weapon – a story that asks: what would our faith look like today if the English Bible had remained illegal?



Peter Osborne lives in Brisbane, Australia, and is a member of the Christadelphian ecclesia that meets at Wilston.



At the recent Christadelphian Family Conference in Brisbane, a special Bible exhibition was held, featuring a series of public presentations that explored the remarkable history of the Scriptures. One of those presentations, “Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and the English Bible,” uncovered some of the fascinating and often lesser-known events that shaped the journey of the Bible into the English language.



Peter joins us today on Wilderness Conversations to explore this compelling story and the enduring legacy of those who risked everything to bring the Bible to the English-speaking world.



Peter joins us on Wilderness Conversations.











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119 Henry VIII, Ann Boleyn & the English Bible – Peter Osborne

From gunshots in the Congo to a refugee camp in Kenya’s scorching north – this episode of WildernessConversations takes us on a raw, unforgettable journey. Martha Sales, writing under the pseudonym Anna Tikva brings the story to life in Held in His Hands. We join Atembo and Kiza, the real men behind this latest novel, as they recount fleeing rebel soldiers, escaping government military camps, and crossing borders with nothing but the clothes on their backs. In the most confronting of situations, they managed quiet moments of deep reflection, these two men share how a small, Bible based community in the Kakuma refugee camp changed everything not through miracles or spectacle, but through radical, unmistakable love. This is a story of survival, faith, and a hope that shines from them.



Martha lives in Paris, Ontario, Canada and is a member of the Grand River Christadelphian Church or ecclesia, Atembo Munga is from Eldoret Ecclesia in Kenya and Kiza Fidele is still from Kakuma Ecclesia but is currently studying and working in Nairobi, Kenya and attends on of the Christadelphian ecclesias in that city.



These two brothers called Kakuma Refugee Camp home for many years, but despite the harsh conditions are thankful for the experience as it brought them to Christ. The camp is located in the remote Turkana County of northwestern Kenya, currently houses over 300,000 refugees and asylum seekers from more than 25 countries. 



In the Forward of the book “Held in His Hands” written by Brother Jason Hensley of the Simi Hills Ecclesia, California, we are told:



Anna Tikvah has taken the real-life story (with some artistic license) of two Christadelphian young people. By telling this story, she allows us to step back from our myopic visions of our own lives, with all of our distractions, and to see God at work.



It is a story of two young men forced to flee the brutal crossfire of a war-torn homeland. The two young refugees endure the terrors of abduction and betrayal before seeking refuge behind the desolate gates of the Kakuma Refugee Camp. Amidst the ashes of their former lives, they find an unexpected sanctuary and a transformative faith that binds their broken hearts together in the promise of a future held in God’s hands. God’s presence is highlighted within these personal and national tragedies.



Author: sis ‘Anna Tikvah’ Format: Paperback, 373 pages



The book is available from: – the <a href="http://www.csss.org.au/">Christadelphian Scripture Study Service</a> – Christadelphian Books & Literature – Amazon



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118 Pt. 2 Held In His Hands – Martha Sales

Mia is 17 years old and in her final year of senior school. In late June along with her family and some friends, I sat with Mia who wanted to share an expression of her faith.Mia was baptised 3 nights later.This is an abbreviated recording of our conversation with Sister Mia. http://www.wildernessconversations.com

Confession of faith

Darren shares the findings of his studies from scripture and his discussions about the judgement seat and suggests that rather than fear the prospect of judgement, we should view it with confident anticipation.



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Darren shares the findings of his studies from scripture and his discussions about the judgement seat and suggests that rather than fear the prospect of judgement, we should view it with confident anticipation.



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Wilderness Conversations – Darren Tappouras

Darren Tappouras – the judgement seat.

Darren shares the findings of his studies from scripture and his discussions about the judgement seat and suggests that rather than fear the prospect of judgement, we should view it with confident anticipation. http://www.wildernessconversations.com

Darren Tappouras – the judgement seat

George Darke is a Christadelphian, a member of the Riverwood ecclesia in Sydney and he shares some of his memories from the past and offers some advice for the future.



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George Darke is a Christadelphian, a member of the Riverwood ecclesia in Sydney and he shares some of his memories from the past and offers some advice for the future.

George Darke is a Christadelphian, a member of the Riverwood ecclesia in Sydney and he shares some of his memories from the past and offers some advice for the future.

George Darke – A look back in time

George Darke is a Christadelphian, a member of the Riverwood ecclesia and he shares some of his memories from the past and offers some advice for the future.

George Darke – a look back in time

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