Even as I sit down in my prayer room and write this letter, we are preparing to go on a trip to an Eastern Cape Karoo area that has been ravaged with drought for a long, long time. We thank God for the rain that has fallen on the Northern […]
Opinion
The worship service: then and now — in one lifetime! (2)
In my last column I traced the changes that have taken place in the Church’s worship services. For the most part these were neutral’ changes. They were more superficial cultural changes that did not affect the deeper levels of our Christian being. We observed movements from formal liturgies to freer […]
To kneel or not to kneel — Isak Burger
Dr Isak Burger, former president of the AFM Church of SA, sent his thoughts on this hot issue to Gateway News. Below is a translation of his article which is written in Afrikaans. You can read the Afrifkaans version here The kneeling and clenched fists at the T20 World Cup […]
Our Big God Adventure: Episode 12 — From the deep hole of depression to the ‘one set of footprints’
In the last episode missionary Lydia Venter shared how God brought good out of a brutal attack on them. But there were also darker, lingering consequences of the attack that had to be faced and overcome, she writes in this week’s episode For the first month or two after our […]
Of fairy gardens, the tooth mouse and ‘trick or treating’ — Vivienne Solomons
This year will be remembered in my family, as I am sure in yours, for many reasons, some of them wonderful highlights to our family’s story, others we would sooner forget. Then there are those moments that have proven tricky to navigate while still maintaining a culture of honour and […]
Gloriously saved at 70!— Lindy-Ann Hopley
Have you ever had the thought that maybe it’s too late for someone to be saved? It reminds me of the parable where people had been working in the field all day long. Then there were those who came in at the very last minute, but the owner of the […]
Mayflower anniversary highlights need for spiritual climate change — Charles Gardner
UK correspondent Charles Gardner says rich, godly heritage of Pilgrim Fathers being thrown away for bowl of ‘tasteless green stew’ As the media scrum moves to Glasgow for the latest global summit on climate change, few will be aware of a much more significant event. For it coincides with the […]
We must reject political oligopoly — Dr Michael Louis
Businessman, Christian marketplace leader and chairman of the One South Africa movement Dr Michael Louis makes a case for voting for independents and smaller parties in the interests of innovation and accountability The South African political space has become an oligopoly of bad options for the public. In the same […]
Blessed to bless: the blessing of ministering to our Jewish family — Vivienne Myburgh
God ordained that the Jews would be a blessing to the nations even at the outset of His call on their father Abraham. In Genesis 12:3 He stated that Abraham’s descendants would be a blessing to the nations and that those who bless them would be blessed and those who […]
Murdered British MP was devout Christian and friend of Israel — Charles Gardner
Charles Gardner pays tribute to UK parliamentarian Sir David Amess who was fatally stabbed in his office in a church building last Friday in what police are calling a terrorist attack I believe it is so important that we pay tribute to Sir David Amess, brutally assassinated at Leigh-on-Sea while […]