South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
On the day we heard news of the killing of three Israelis by a Palestinian gunman in the West Bank, the UK media was also reporting on anti-Semitic ‘bullets’ being fired at the annual conference of Her Majesty’s official Opposition. Anti-Israel sentiment has been simmering in Britain’s Labour Party ever […]
A Jewish follower of Jesus was having second thoughts about being ordained into the Church of England ministry when he got the surprise of his life. A message in tongues was given during a home meeting which Ralph Goldenberg immediately recognised as Sudanese Arabic. Having grown up in Sudan with […]
Rugby star Jamie Jones-Buchanan has picked up a crock of medals in a glittering Super League career spanning half a lifetime — but Jesus is clearly his greatest treasure. The second-rower with Leeds Rhinos, for whom he first played in 1999, is now in his 18th season with the Rugby […]
Book review by Charles Gardner Persecution of the Jews — at least from those supposedly following Jesus — would perhaps have been largely avoided if the Church had fully understood the Messianic promises of the Tenach (Old Testament). Biblical illiteracy among Christians (certainly in the West) is a major contributing […]
The moral backbone of the UK Government is once more being tested – this time on the crucial issue of whether or not we will stand with Israel in her time of need. Stalked by terror and threats on every side, the Jewish state is potentially in as great a […]
Generational alcohol curse broken as Jesus comes to rescue A 70s pop star’s suicide bid went away when he landed on his feet – quite literally – as he battled in vain to beat the booze! A distraught John Gaughan jumped out of the third-storey window of his Leeds home […]
But it’s time to pray, not play the blame game As Londoners are left reeling with shock at a succession of terrible tragedies, angry residents and pundits inevitably start looking for someone to blame. When children fight in the playground and someone gets hurt, it’s always someone else’s fault. But […]
South Africa was saved at the cross of Jesus — where enemies are reconciled to one another (Ephesians 2:14-16) — when threatened by civil war at the time of the transfer of power to majority rule in the early 1990s. This is the claim of a former South African Navy […]
But the light of Christ will shine even brighter As the dust begins to settle on the British General Election with a hung Parliament result, I believe we are entering a dark period for our nation. That’s not all bad news, because it is at such times that the light […]
Enough of pussyfooting platitudes – there’s a war on! News of yet another terrorist attack will have had a numbing effect on many of us. The fact that seven died at London Bridge, and that it once again brought back memories of the 7/7 horror of 2005 when my brother […]