In a video message (see above) to the nation ahead of the election next month, author, speaker and media personality Afrika Mhlophe warns that Christians in South Africa cannot afford to ignore the reality of the role of African tradtional religion in certain political parties. If we do, we will […]
Opinion
The Christian political task — Ryan Smit
In part 1 of a 2-part series on Christian engagement in the political sphere, Ryan Smit, Programme Director of the Wilberforce Academy, South Africa, discusses the Biblical bases for socio-political engagement. [See Part 2] As with all other areas of life and culture, Christians’ engagement with political structures and processes […]
‘US campus protests really against God of Israel’
With anti-Israel protests taking place at over 80 US university campuses many people are asking what is going on. In this insightful video, Dr Erez Soref and Dr Golan Broshi of One For Israel, a unique, Evangelical, Hebrew-speaking Bible College in Israel, probe the real reason for the orchestrated, antisemitic […]
MYSTERIOUS WAYS: Whose image is on it?
A column in which Simon Kumm unpacks the mysterious ways of God, to connect believers with their Father and His incredible living inheritance! A while ago I woke up from a dream with a clear phrase in my head. It said: “A coin holds in tension two things, identity and […]
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY — Let’s call a family meeting
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY Q: I’ve built a pretty successful career in the corporate world, but I’ve recently recognised that I don’t interact with my wife and children nearly as well as I do my employees. I want to lead my family even better than I do my business, yet […]
ELECTIONS OPINION: Be guided by character of leaders
Couple answer God’s call to become family of nomads
Neziswa Kanju reports and reflects on a SA couple’s testimony of making a radical lifestyle change that puts family above possessions. Eastern Cape-born, Darren and Rouchelle Peens, a husband and wife music duo known as Digby and the Lullaby are travelling throughout the country living out their South African nomadic […]
ELECTIONS OPINION: Critical juncture to ‘course correct’ — Rev Chris Mathebula
May 29 is a “critical juncture” which gives every eligible voter an opportunity “to course correct the mistakes that have cost us dearly as a nation”, says Rev Chris Mathebula, founder of the Devoted Citizen Movement and pastor of Hope Restoration Minisitries, in an open letter to the nation. Saying […]
ELECTIONS OPINION: Vote, then let God do rest, says Angus Buchan
It is the duty of every Christian to vote. Once we have voted, we leave it in God’s hands and trust Him to undertake it for us,” says evangelist Angus Buchan in a message to Christian voters in SA and beyond.
The ‘5 stone’ strategy for defeating Islamic regime in Iran — Marziyeh Amirizadeh
Visiting Israel for the first time a year ago was not only a spiritual pilgrimage and fulfilment of a dream, but an experience that allowed me to look at my own experiences as a persecuted Christian in Iran, arrested, and sentenced to death because of my faith, through a different […]