South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
The Cross, where Jesus took His last breath and where His earthly life was finally spent, is forever and always a symbol of His sacrificial yet redemptive love for all mankind. This week, in the lead up to Good Friday, I was reminded of an old hymn written by Robert […]
Far from committing genocide in Gaza, as South Africa and others allege, Israel has gone to lengths to avoid civilian casualties never previously seen in warfare — and despite Hamas using civilians as human shields, the civilan death toll in the war in Gaza is less than comparable urban conflcts […]
It seems the Christian West is particularly out of sync with Israel this year, with Easter and Passover separated by several weeks – they are usually much closer together despite following different calendars. And it comes against the background of rising pressure from supposedly friendly nations to reward terrorism by […]
A new monthly column in which Julita Kok shares on living adventurously with God Many times I hear people say: “Julita, I pray to have your faith. I also want to trust God for the big things”. Oh, how wrong they are. And my answer is always the same. Faith […]
SA is diplomatic Iran proxy, says Goldstein — calls on US to build alliances with faith communities in SA, Africa Originally published in SA Jewish Report Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein called on American Jewish leaders to recognise that “Israel’s war with Hamas – and by extension Iran – is […]
By Charles Gardner — UK Correspondent When I wrote last week how the Lord was trying to encourage Israel through a particular verse of Scripture, I wasn’t to know that he was about to add emphasis to the word by repeating himself. Saying again, that “when the enemy shall come […]
By Charles Gardner — UK Correspondent The exponential rise of anti-Jewish feeling in the wake of the Israel-Gaza war grows ever more alarming – until we recognise that God is at work. For the prophet Isaiah wrote that “when the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of […]
Ephesians 5: 16 — …redeeming the time, because the days are evil.” We are to live for the present, “right now”, in fact. I received a beautiful letter from dear friends in the USA, the heart of the letter was all about time. They said, knowing that the future has been […]
Q: I recently got married – and my new husband and I are feeling a little overwhelmed. Even in just a few short weeks, life together isn’t quite measuring up to what we anticipated. Is this normal? We both really want to make this relationship work. Graeme: Being a newlywed […]
By Open Doors The gender-specific religious persecution (GSRP) faced by Christian women and girls is consistently more complex and multifaceted than the persecution faced by men and boys. Violent forms of insecurity tend to see women and girls more vulnerable to sexual violence, whereas men and boys face a heightened […]