South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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 […]
The massacre of the innocents in Manchester last week was a shocking reversal of the scenes I witnessed in the city two years ago which was a perfect picture of reconciliation and peace. The twisted ideology of Islamist suicide bomber Salman Abedi was a complete contrast to the loving arms […]
Teenager’s 42km trek over mountains inspires worldwide production of Bibles By Charles Gardner At this time of Shavuot (also known as Pentecost), when we celebrate the giving of the Law through Moses1 50 days after the exodus from Egypt, and its ultimate fulfilment in Yeshua (Jesus), consider how a young […]
A top army officer was converted after being struck by the reality of the risen Christ during a visit to Jerusalem over Easter. It changed him forever, and his Christian faith is now the driving force of his life. In an interview with New Life Publishing1, Major-General Tim Cross (now […]
“He laid down his life for each one of us.” An appropriate comment to hear around Easter/Passover, I’m sure you’ll agree. The words are those of Jonathan Osborne, senior chaplain to London’s Metropolitan Police, speaking about the brave officer who died confronting a terrorist trying to attack Parliament. Khalid Masood […]
In the wake of last week’s terror attack in London, our UK correspondent Charles Gardner recalls another day in the city when Islamic terror struck his family. Last week’s London terror attack brought back dark memories of the dreadful day that Islamic terrorism struck our family. Now commonly remembered as […]
Rocky turns to the Rock, and runner finds a new direction I never expected to have something in common with tough-guy movie star Sylvester Stallone. But it turns out that — in more ways than one — we have walked the same path! Both of us have slept at a […]