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The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) is assisting with the rescue of Jewish people in Ukraine where the war is fuelling a surge in numbers of people wanting to “make aliyah” [immigration of Jews to Israel]. I will share news on this aliyah surge as well as on opportunities to […]
Article provided by Barnabas Fund SA The conflict in Ukraine is already having a knock-on effect on food supply around the world, especially in the poorer regions that have long suffered from food insecurity and famine. Russia exports more wheat than any other country in the world, while Ukraine is […]
By Errol Naidoo, executive director Family Policy Institute Justice and Constitutional Development Deputy Minister, John Jeffery released a statement on February 8 indicating he has begun “a series of consultative meetings with various stakeholders and interest groups to discuss the possible decriminalisation of “sex work.” The statement says: “The SA Law Reform Commission […]
Originally published in Assist News Service “Unstoppable” local churches in Ukraine and Russia are launching a large-scale humanitarian outreach across Ukraine as war erupts around them and many suffer. Supported by US-based Slavic Gospel Association (SGA, www.sga.org), the church-driven emergency response will provide food, winter clothes, blankets and medicines for thousands of at-risk […]
Dear editor Each year we lose more preborn babies to abortion than the joint death tolls of crime and car accidents in our beloved country. This is disastrous! Why do we keep quiet when babies are seen as an inconvenient burden, to be disposed of through abortion? When we read […]
The case against Simeon Bradley Chetty, a young evangelist who was taken to court by the South African Hindu Dharma Sabha (SAHDS), was settled by mutual agreement between the parties at the Chatsworth Equality Court on Thursday February 24, reports Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA). The SAHDS wanted […]
Originally published in Ask Dr Brown What are the implications of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? Could it be that we are on the edge of a massively costly, truly disastrous, global war? And what does this feel like for the people of Ukraine? The brother of my personal assistant is […]
It seems like just the other day that the whole e-toll saga was laid to rest in South Africa. After government had enforced the system on our Gauteng roads citizens engaged in civil disobedience, as we resisted the system and refused to pay amounts owed to the e-tolling company. And […]
Originally published in TGC The latest issue of Time magazine features an essay by Jessi Hempel telling the story of her brother’s friend, Evan, giving birth to a son. That opening sentence might catch you off guard, especially since human biology does not allow for biological men to give birth. Such an idea is common […]
Originally published in Faithwire In the days leading up to what is unfolding in Ukraine, Christians and Jews came together in prayer. Anatoliy Raychynets of the Ukrainian Bible Society posted photos earlier this month of Jewish and Christian leaders in Ukraine joining together in prayer. The gathering — an “appeal […]