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Q: My spouse and I have been thinking about starting a family, but we’re nervous about taking the plunge. Do kids really change your life – and your marriage – as much as people say they do? Graeme: The short answer: yes. Children will change your life. Initially it will […]
By AJ Nolte and Jules Gomes and Gerald McDermott — Originally published in The Christian Post The July 13, 2026 vote of the Church of England’s General Synod that effectively declared Israel to be guilty of genocide and settler colonialism denies both history and facts on the ground. The majority of world […]
The bishops of the Church of England who backed a plainly antisemitic document need to repent and perhaps take note of a significant predecessor’s thoughts on the subject. Kairos Palestine II, which purports to express solidarity with suffering Palestinian Christians, shows no understanding of God’s long-term plans for Israel, whom […]
By Bafana Modise, National Spokesperson of South African Friends of Israel For Christians around the world, few places carry greater spiritual significance than the Sea of Galilee. It was on these waters that Jesus calmed the storm, walked upon the waves, called His first disciples and ministered to countless people […]
Moses reminds us in Psalm 90 how short and fragile life really is. He writes, The days of our lives are seventy years; and if by reason of strength they are eighty years… it is soon cut off, and we fly away (Psalm 90:10, NKJV). Life is but a vapour, […]
This is the last article in the inspiring monthly Crammed with Heaven column in which Jenni Pretorius Hill shares stories of hope which bring Heaven’s perspective to Earth I remember creating timelines at school as a child. The assignment would be to look back at your life and mark the […]
Q: I’ve noticed that many – most? – people seem to have lost the ability to apologise when they say or do something rude or even offensive. Whatever happened to common courtesy? I’d be interested to hear what you think. Graeme: Two of the hardest words in the English language […]
David R Parsons, senior vice president and spokesman of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) writes this reflection on the even of the 250th anniverary, on Saturday, of the founding of the United States As the United States marks 250 years since its founding in 1776, the Fourth of July […]
By Mike Pothier — programme manager Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference Parliamentary Liason Office 1. Introduction “The performance of power without the substance of vision… The grandeur of office without the humility of service… The spectacle of the state without the quiet, determined work of development.”1 The notion of the […]
Originally published in Christian Today Esteemed theologian Os Guinness closed out the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference in London last Saturday night with a call to the West to return to its biblical foundations. Guinness said the challenge of the day was to build “a global, human-friendly future, not just for […]