South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Charles Gardner, UK Correspondent As we approach Hanukkah, it’s a timely reminder that the conditions leading to its inception are very much with us today. For godlessness and unbelief abounded as the Syrian-Greek tyrant Antiochus Epiphanes IV unleashed his fury on the Jewish people of the second century BC. […]
Hidden in the Book of Numbers are some glorious promises of Messianic redemption. And the most astonishing thing about them is that they come from a pagan source. A soothsayer from Syria is summoned by the King of Moab to put a curse on the Israelites, who are about to […]
I have been much inspired of late by precious new insights into the extraordinary life of Joseph, the Jewish patriarch, which clearly point to the role played by Jesus some 2 000 years later. And I am indebted, in part, to an excellent Zoom talk to supporters of the Church’s […]
By Charles Gardner — UK Correspondent As the UK’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has already testified, the Queen’s affection for the Jewish people ran deep. But it was her faith in Jesus, the Jew, that proved the light and strength of her long life and reign. The Queen’s mother-in-law, Princess […]
I have been immersed during recent months in a series of new books on the Holocaust. Fresh testimonies from people who experienced the sheer terror and trauma of those hellish days keep emerging into the cold light of day, even 77 years after the horror of the concentration camps was […]
New research has thrown fresh light on a series of startling heroics during the dark days of the Holocaust. Thanks to the meticulous efforts of Australian author Kelvin Crombie, we now know much more about Jewish suffering particularly as it affected the Netherlands during the Nazi occupation. And we are […]
Israel is kosher – a Jewish way of saying that it’s perfectly legitimate. And this was made clear in no uncertain terms at a Parliamentary reception in London yesterday (July 6th). Held to mark the centenary of the British Mandate for what was then known as Palestine, the message of […]
As Jews in their millions were being murdered in concentration camps, seeds of new life were being sown elsewhere, including the London beauty spot of Hampstead Heath. This was where a Jewish believer in Jesus was soon to introduce a fellow Jew to his Messiah, paving the way for the […]
When reading how Jesus told his disciples to proclaim the Gospel to the ends of the earth, a young lady from north London took Him at his word. But she could never have imagined what an amazing adventure it would be. And she is still there after 24 years! Kerry […]
A significant centenary will be marked with a reception in London next month which will no doubt stir passions for and against Israel. Forever the hot potato, the Jewish state will once more come under the microscope as supporters celebrate 100 years since Britain acquired its mandate for what was […]