By Andrew Selley (Founder of FOR SA & Leading Apostle in Four12 global partnership of churches) & Advocate Nadene Badenhorst (Legal Counsel, FOR SA) In Gateway News last week, FOR SA published the first article (Part 1) in a 3-part series on why religion cannot be regulated or even “self-regulated”, as […]
Opinion
Thankful year-end reflections
[notice]A monthly prophetic perspective from Marian and Kate Fitz-Gibbon[/notice] So the year is almost coming to a close and most days it feels like it couldn’t come sooner. Goodbye 2015! Please do come in 2016. Perhaps many of us feel the same way. It has been a hectic year on […]
Why is the Jubilee Year so important?
What is a Jubilee Year and what does it mean to each of us, both materially and spiritually, especially regarding our relationship with our Holy Father? What significance does the Jubilee Year have for Israel, and what does it mean for South Africa? Biblically, the Jubilee Year is a time […]
Why we cannot regulate religion — Part 1
By Andrew Selley (Founder of FOR SA & Leading Apostle in Four12 global partnership of churches) & Advocate Nadene Badenhorst (Legal Counsel, FOR SA) In Gateway News two weeks ago, Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) reported on the CRL Rights Commission’s current investigation into the “commercialisation” of religion and […]
Good reasons to cultivate a heart of thanksgiving
[notice]A new, monthly column by Vivienne Solomons who is a legal consultant who passionately believes that God wants His people to make a difference right where they are and to stand up for what is true and just. She is also passionate about encouraging young women to walk victoriously with […]
What if the answer to your prayers brings destruction?
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] What if the very thing that you prayed for brings destruction? What if the husband that you prayed for brings HIV into the home? He brings so much hurt and pain. You remember the days when it was calm, when there was […]
The start of the greatest transformational revolution
[notice]A monthly prophetic perspective from Marian and Kate Fitz-Gibbon[/notice] Part 2 of reflections on a recent trip which 118 South African Christian leaders made to Bethel Church in Redding, California. See Part 1 ‘The greatest transformational revolution is about to start’— Shawn Bolz at the Open heaven’s conference, Bethel. That […]
Understanding Islamic terrorists
By Philip Rosenthal — Christian View Network With the recent terror attacks in Paris and Kenya, many Western leaders foolishly describe Islamic terrorist attacks as ‘senseless’ killing. From our vantage point, these Jihadists are hard to understand. Nevertheless, this is just a failure to try see things from their point […]
Evangelicals ponder Christian response to the Paris attacks
Originally published in The Baptist Standard American evangelical leaders remain at odds over whether the best response to the bloody terrorist attacks in Paris is a war on terrorism and militant Islamic ideology or Christian reconciliation and pacifism. Franklin GrahamFrench President Francois Hollande’s description of the Nov. 13 attacks that […]
Only Christianity can save Europe from radical extremists, not secularism, Bishop says
Originally published in The Gospel Herald While state leaders and ordinary citizens scramble and struggle to know how to keep Europe safe from radical Islamists threatening it, a retired Anglican bishop believes he has the answer. As many start to claim that promoting secular values is the key to avoid […]

