By Errol Naidoo, director Family Policy Institute– from this week’s Watchmen on the Wall newsletter The media reports Woolworths has doubled down on its in-store “pride” campaign by declaring “there is no debate on its inclusive justice initiative,” disabling online comments from Christian customers, and ignoring complaints emailed to group CEO, Roy Bagattini. The […]
Opinion
New Christian Ayaan Hirsi Ali defends faith in discussion with atheist friend Richard Dawkins
Originally published in Christian Today It was the first public meeting between infamous atheist scientist Prof Richard Dawkins and his friend Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Last year the author and activist announced that she had become a Christian after years of rejecting religion and the Islam that she grew up with […]
Overcoming loneliness: Part 2 — Angus Buchan
During a TV talk show in the the early 1960s an interviewer asked Dr Billy Graham what was the most common request in letters sent to him. Without any hesitation, the evangelist replied that the most terrible need in the world was loneliness. I personally believe that loneliness is still […]
Stories unearthed of 3 Christian heroines who loved and served Jewish people — Charles Gardner
Sometimes I think we afford far too much attention to the heroic efforts of men in the long history of the Church. So I am delighted to focus on three Gentile women whose love for the Jewish people made a significant impact on the world. And I am so grateful […]
Artful Faith — The art of a picture frame
Listening to a recent podcast, Special Forces Commander: The Weird Trick for Overcoming Fear, Anxiety, and Self-doubt!, on the Youtube channel: The Diary Of A CEO. caused the following sentence, spoken by Joncko Willnik, to mill in my mind: “…it depends how you frame it…” As a visual artist, those […]
Focus On The Family — Teaching moral values
Q: I’ve heard you advocate for teaching moral values in our homes and to our children. Your view, however, seems archaic and misguided. People are “immoral” for only one reason: they’re ignorant. Your approach seems not only ineffective, but a distraction from the greater need of formal education. Doesn’t this […]
Practising authentic Christianity — Vivienne Solomons
Years ago, while still at university I gave my life to the Lord and quickly became plugged into a local church. Although it was a small church, which I attended faithfully on a Sunday and where I served in more than one ministry, I still felt that not many people […]
JULITA EXPLORES: Humbling poverty and a God whose love changes our hearts
As many of you may know, I travel all over the world as God tells me to. In this month of May, I travelled to Zambia and for the first time, I took people with me. Four gentlemen, one being my 40-year-old son, Leo. I love it when God sends me on these […]
A Christian Manifesto: boldness to stand, come what may — Ryan Smit
Part 2 of a 2-part series on Christian engagement in the political sphere, in which Ryan Smit, Programme Director of the Wilberforce Academy, South Africa, discusses how the Christian confession translates into faithful political action in service of the Lord’s kingdom purposes in South Africa. [See Part 1] 6 Therefore, as […]
Renowned Ugandan preacher leads prayers for healing of SA-Israel relations
James Kawalya, a well-known Gospel preacher and intercessor from Uganda who once was a grandmaster in the occult world, led prayer in Johannesburg at the weekend for healing relations between South Africa and Israel. His prayer was during a session of a five-day, multidenominational Christian conference, the Consecration for Revival, […]