South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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 […]
Opponents of Israel are building their own gallows As Iran’s supreme leader calls for a ‘holy intifada’ to eradicate Israel, Jews everywhere can be encouraged that the tables were turned on a man from the same part of the world when he made a similar threat. As we approach the […]
An Israeli backpacker had to travel to the other side of the world before finding the Jewish Messiah no-one had told him about at home. Born and raised in a secular kibbutz (and knowing almost nothing about Jesus), Omri Jaakobovich was taken aback when the Dutch-born host of his hostel […]
From reports of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with his British counterpart Theresa May, it seems that the UK government doesn’t really believe Iran is a threat to world peace or, for that matter, that God’s chosen people are worth supporting to the hilt. In defying a call for fresh […]
Jan Smuts was one of architects of Balfour Declaration A political document which promised to return the Jews to their ancestral land was motivated by the evangelical Christian faith of a uniquely international, cross-party, British war cabinet that included the legendary South African Jan Smuts. This was the claim of […]
Men and women who defied the bullies and risked their lives [notice]Tomorrow — January 27 — is Holocaust Memorial Day. Charles Gardner reflects on a rise in anti-Semitism today, and our response.[/notice] Seventy-two years after the liberation of Auschwitz by the Red Army on January 27 1945, Britain and other […]
Three heroic astronauts worship the God of creation Following in the steps of Jesus was more exciting than walking on the moon. These are the words attributed to Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon’s surface, during a visit to Israel. And fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin, […]