[notice]UK-based South African-born journalist Charles Gardner reports from the UK at the Crossroads conference in Manchester.[/notice] “If we don’t understand Jesus in his Jewish context, we will fail to see him fully as he really is.” So said Rev David Pileggi, an expert on the Hebraic roots of the Christian […]
Author: Charles Gardner
Muslim pilgrim finds Jesus in Mecca
[notice]UK-based South African-born journalist Charles Gardner reports from the UK at the Crossroads conference in Manchester.[/notice] A Muslim man from Turkey went on a pilgrimage to Mecca in a desperate bid to get his life straightened out – and met Jesus! A wife-beater who was addicted to alcohol, Ali Pektash was on a […]
Jewish boy’s narrow escape from the Nazis
The moving story of how a Yorkshire family took child refugees into their home, saving them from Auschwitz Snatched from the jaws of the Nazis in the nick of time, Heini Fiege escaped to England to begin a new life. It was a traumatic parting for Heini and his brother […]
Iranian says ‘I love Israel’!
[notice]UK-based South African-born journalist Charles Gardner reports from the UK at the Crossroads conference in Manchester.[/notice] “I love Israel,” an Iranian delegate told a conference in Manchester aimed at building bridges between Middle Eastern followers of Jesus. “I may be from Iran, but I love Israel, and there are Christians praying for Israel […]
Arab and Jewish Christians from Middle East attend unique conference in UK
[notice]UK-based South African-born journalist Charles Gardner reports from the UK at the Crossroads conference in Manchester.[/notice] With the Middle East engulfed in flames, a story of peace and reconciliation was unfolding last week in Manchester, England, where delegates from all over the Arab world came together for a unique conference. And as Iran […]
Mid-East ‘highway’ leads to Manchester!
[notice]UK-based South African-born journalist Charles Gardner reports from the UK at the Crossroads conference in Manchester.[/notice] The vision of the so-called ‘Isaiah 19 Highway’ features prominently in a conference held in Manchester, England, last week, aimed at building bridges between Arabs and Jews who have become followers of Jesus. Key figures behind the event, […]
Mid-East conflict is spiritual, says Messianic Jewish singer
The Church needs to wake up to the fact that the Middle East conflict is spiritual, not physical, Messianic Jewish leader Barry Segal told an audience in Ireland. And they also need to repent of their often hostile attitude toward Israel, borne out of a great end-time deception that somehow […]
She travels to the ends of the earth to bring Jews home to the Promised Land
An English housewife and teacher who returned home one day to find her husband had died of a heart attack can have little imagined how an extraordinary new life adventure was about to begin. Esther Lever was subsequently launched on an amazing journey which has taken her to more than […]
25 years after Mandela freed, will his legacy survive SA’s secular slide?
Time for Christians to steady the ship again Twenty-five years ago today (February 11, 2015), Nelson Mandela was released from Victor Verster Prison in the Western Cape after 27 years of imprisonment. South Africa and the world watched as he took his first steps of freedom and towards building […]
Pilgrim heritage trail launched in UK
With the 400th anniversary of the sailing of the Mayflower fast approaching, a campaign to revive interest in the Pilgrim Fathers and other outstanding English Christians has been launched. It is initially being focused on the area of North Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire which has witnessed events of great […]