Written by Mark Roberts on Nov 8 2021 Colossus of Rhodes. (PHOTO: flickr) The Colossus of Rhodes was a gigantic statue of the Titan, Helios: The sun god, who stood 100 feet (30.48m) tall and rested on a marble pedestal, fifty feet (30,24m) high. The statue stood in the Greek city […]
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The worship service: then and now — in one lifetime! (2)
In my last column I traced the changes that have taken place in the Church’s worship services. For the most part these were neutral’ changes. They were more superficial cultural changes that did not affect the deeper levels of our Christian being. We observed movements from formal liturgies to freer […]
Digital evangelism pioneer FEBA SA launches new radio station in Malawi
Digital evangelism pioneer FEBA South Africa has recently established a new radio studio, Litala FM, in Blantyre, Malawi. This is the seventh radio station in Africa of this radio and online ministry which is transforming rural villages across the continent through the Gospel. The stations are Radio FOT, Hope Radio, […]
‘My Life Song’ by Julita Lambrechts will stir your faith
Julita Lambrechts who inspired Gateway News readers earlier this year with her ‘Jesus Take the Wheel’ series of articles on her God adventures in SA and Namibia, has just completed an autobiography on the long and eventful road she has travelled with the Lord. The book’s foreward, penned by Louis […]
In ‘The Jesus Music’ Erwin Brothers recount the glory and mess of Christian music
Originally published in The Roys Report The contemporary Christian music industry survived scandals, pushback from televangelists and the wholesale disruption of the record industry over the past 50 years and kept rolling along. Then last spring, Covid-19 brought it all to a halt. Artists who’d spent decades on the road […]
Pat Robertson resigns from the 700 Club to focus on teaching at Regent University
Originally published in The Christian Post One of America’s longest-standing television hosts, televangelist Pat Robertson is stepping down as the host of the Christian Broadcasting Network, The 700 Club. In an announcement Friday, the 60th anniversary of the first live CBN broadcast, the 91-year-old founder of the network said he will focus […]
New single by Charl Folscher celebrates God’s love and grace
By Alani Coetsee Have you ever wondered whether we are deserving of the fullness of God’s love? Whether we have earned it? Or even whether we are good enough to receive such a gift? In his latest single, Crazy Love, singer-songwriter Charl Folscher addresses this question — and concludes that despite deserving the […]
The worship service: then and now — in one lifetime! (1)
During the Heritage Month of September we remembered our roots, as a nation. We traced our national evolution from what was to what now is, and we have been imagining our future. The one dominant word has been “change”. So it’s a good time to remind ourselves of our journey as […]
It’s the Days of Baal — and the Days of Elijah, says Jonathan Cahn
Originally published in Charisma News Is there a mystery that lies behind the dark forces that are transforming our nation before our eyes? In a stunning YouTube video from May 2021, Jonathan Cahn sheds more light on a mystery that lies behind the events that have shaken America, from the storming […]
WATCH: Trailer for timely documentary on miracle behind SA’s democracy
A 90-minute documentary The Threatened Miracle of South Africa’s Democracy will be released on Heritage Day, September 24, says Theuns Pauw director of African Enterprise South Africa. The Threatened Miracle of South Africa’s Democracy is a highly educational and inspirational historical documentary based on the book A Witness For Ever by Michael […]
