Destined to draw for the Kingdom Gateway News is delighted to introduce and welcome Bernard de Jager — otherwise known as Barry — who will be drawing a topical cartoon for our readers to enjoy each week from now. Barry lives and works in the Helderberg area as a creative editor […]
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Crash The Chatterbox by Steven Furtick: Book review
Book Review by Val Viljoen CRASH THE CHATTERBOX: HEARING GOD’S VOICE ABOVE ALL OTHERS by STEVEN FURTICK One of the reasons that I enjoyed this book is the author’s transparency regarding his own struggles in the area of negative thought patterns. It is so easy to fall into a downward spiral […]
Bar raised in war against human trafficking after enlightening seminar
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] The University of South Africa (UNISA) was host to more than 200 delegates who attended the […]
“Thou shalt not steal” the songs you sing on Sunday
Many respectable Christians snitch songs from the Internet or a song-book, project them on the screen, and lead the congregation in Worship the God who gave this command. The band plays along using photo-copies of the music, well rehearsed during the preceding week. Legally, if the writer of the song […]
Judeo-Christian order or secular-humanist chaos!
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s remarks at the “African Law and Religion Conference” at Stellenbosch University recently appear to have ruffled the feathers of anti-Christian bigots. The liberal media wasted no time vilifying Mogoeng by distorting his comments and portraying him as a religious nut intent on dragging South Africa’s “progressive” […]
WEA urges churches to celebrate World Refugee Sunday
The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) encourages Christians and churches around the world to remember and pray for refugees and forcibly displaced people on World Refugee Sunday, designated this year to fall on June 15 and 22. The WEA and the Refugee Highway Partnership (RHP) have prepared useful resources for local […]
Global Leadership Summit 2014: Weekly Update — June 4
MEET THE SPEAKERS The Willow Creek Association 2014 Global Leadership Summit will run in South Africa at 11 venues from October 10. The consistently inspiring two-day leadership training event which is held in 105 countries celebrates its 20th anniversary this year — and its 10th anniversary in South Africa! This […]
Former abortion facility manager turns to Christ, recants pro-abortion beliefs
Originally published in Christian News A woman who operated a Florida abortion facility for over ten years told a pro-life counselor last week that she has quit her career and dedicated her life to Jesus Christ after becoming convinced that abortions are wrong. The woman, named Terri, shared her story […]
Mogoeng stirs debate urging infusion of law, religion to fight crime
Originally published in Ecumenical News South Africa’s top judge has said corruption and many other social ills are largely due to a failure to infuse law with a measure of religion and morality. Chief Justice Mogoeng Thomas Reetsang Mogoeng said infusing law with religion could help turn around crime, corruption, […]
30 Christians killed as Muslim rebels attack Central African Republic church
Originally published in The Christian Post At least 30 Christians were shot dead by Muslim rebels in an attack on a church in the war-torn Central African Republic, a pastor said. “We were in the church when were heard the shooting outside,” the Rev. Freddy Mboula of Notre Dame de […]