South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
In view of the war in Israel, it was perfectly appropriate, though not intentional, that our church sermon on Sunday focused on Jesus’ claim to be the truth. It was part of a series on the “reason for the season” in respect of Advent and the approach of Christmas, though […]
The son of a Nazi war criminal has flown to Israel to encourage her people to remain strong in the midst of the barbarity committed against them. Austrian-born Pastor Werner Oder, who leads the Tuckton Christian Centre in Bournemouth, England, had a radical conversion to Christ who set him free […]
The Book of Revelation, focusing on the last days before Messiah’s return, depicts a dragon about to slay a pregnant woman. “The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child the moment it was born.” — Rev 12:4 […]
By Charles Gardner, UK Correspondent Words fail me as I try to contemplate the horror inflicted on Israel these past few days. At the height of the pogrom is the great deceiver, Satan himself, parading his sick traits for all to see – brutalising the weak and defenceless, yet winning […]
After a quarter-of-a-century of living in Israel, Australian-born Rev Aaron Eime is moving to England to head up the work of the Church’s Ministry among Jewish people in the UK. Aaron has been working for CMJ in Israel since arriving there in 1998 as part of a world tour with […]
By Charles Gardner, UK Correspondent The question of whether the Christian church was complicit in the Holocaust has been the subject of much debate ever since. Many believers like to comfort themselves with the thought that those who succumbed to Hitler’s propaganda were only nominal Christians, not real disciples. It […]
By Charles Gardener, UK Correspondent You wouldn’t have thought there was an obvious connection between Middle East politics and the much-hyped new film Barbie. But there is, and I shall explain. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict, on which I have frequently commented from a 4 000km safe distance, has now spilled over […]
As a part-Jewish South African, it was a special delight for me to meet up recently with a compatriot who was among the pioneers of Messiah’s People. This is the name given to the Gospel work among South Africa’s Jewish community sponsored by CMJ (Church’s Ministry among Jewish people), a […]
A Jewish man who has been following Jesus for 40 years is calling on fellow Christians to make him known among his people. God’s command to Pharaoh (via Moses) to “Let my people go” when they were slaves in ancient Egypt has now become “Let my people know”, according to […]
Our UK correspondent, Charles Gardner penned this follow-up to his article last week on lessons learnt from the Yom Kippur war Mention of the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War has revived significant memories for at least two friends of mine. Recollections which throw new light on the […]