A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan …the apple of His (God’s) eye.. – Zechariah 2:8 In spite of all that is going on at present in Israel, what with the uproar over moving the US embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem, the Golan Heights being […]
Opinion
Israel at epicentre of political storms — Charles Gardner
By United Kingdom Correspondent Charles Gardner There is no panacea for those who refuse to face up to the truth. Seventy-five years after the D-Day landings paved the way for Europe’s salvation from tyranny, its nations have once more become enslaved to godless ideologies our heroes gave their lives to […]
BBC at last catching up with reality of extreme Christian persecution
Originally published in Breaking Israel News Christian persecution ‘at near genocide levels’ the title of a May 3 BBC report, cites a lengthy interim study ordered by British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and led by Rev Philip Mounstephen, the Bishop of Truro. According to the BBC report, one in three […]
Misfired question gets answers pro-abortion journalist never expected
Originally published in The Christian Post If pro-lifers are going to oppose the killing of unborn children, we are told over and over again, then we must be willing to take care of these children and their families even after they’re born. And since we don’t, it’s widely assumed and […]
A letter to future SA Cabinet on eve of inauguration — Marian Fitz-Gibbon
This message comes to you amidst the flurry and rush of protocol just before inauguration — the letters from security, drivers, designers, hairstylists, make-up artists, nail technicians, speech writers — if you’re the Speaker of the House, or contacts with the press. Then there are the notes of congratulations from […]
‘New Sudan’ in sight but not yet in hand.
By Elizabeth Kendal — Originally published in Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin Protests erupted in Khartoum on December 19 2018 after the government trebled the price of bread. However, the protests were, and still are, about much more than bread. In Sudan’s 1986 general election, Hassan al-Turabi’s hard-line Islamist and Arab-supremacist, […]
Our debt to Israel — Charles Gardner
By Gateway News UK Correspondent, Charles Gardner Christians called to support Jews in every way they can The Church has shied away from politics for too long. There was a time when evangelical Christians influenced world-shaking events, such as the rebirth of Israel. That may never have happened but for […]
What Christians need to know about government and elections — Tendai Chitsike
As we decide who to vote for, we are inevitably voting for what is most important to us. This priority could be is a less corrupt government, “solving” inequality or the provision of basic services. It could also be our fears based on our apartheid past, a fear of the […]
The fall of Haman and his 22m-high “anti-God’s government” strategy — Clementia Pae
It’s always been about the government. After Esther became the queen of Persia, married to King Xerxes, by divine order and orchestration, in Esther 2:22, we see Mordecai discover a plot by Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officers who guarded the doorway, to assassinate the king. Mordecai then […]
Will SA Christians vote their values this time? — Andre Viljoen
Will Christians in South Africa vote according to their Christian values next Wednesday? For a country in which more than 70% of people apparently identify as Christians, only a small percentage have voted for parties that acknowledge God in their constitution and promote biblical family values. In 2014, such parties […]