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[notice]In Video of the Week we post a weekly video clip to inspire, inform, edify or entertain. Readers are welcome to email suggested clips of the week to news@gatwaynews.co.za[/notice] Originally published in Charisma News ‘Tis the season that many try their hand at singing their favourite Christmas tunes, but rarely […]
[notice]A monthly column on purpose, passion and power in Jesus.[/notice] Years ago I interviewed a top Government official from the Eritrean Government. Eritrea had just passed legislation that stopped free aid to its country. I was horrified! How could such a poor country stop aid that was “helping” its people! […]
Originally published in CBN News. Three Christians who spent months in one of the worst prisons in the world are now free. Earlier this year, Iranian authorities arrested Bahram Nasibov, Eldar Gurbanov and Yusif Farhadov for allegedly conducting missionary activity. In their first television interview hours after being released, the […]
Originally published in Christian Today. Samari Kasabi, a 55-year-old Christian, was recently stripped naked, beaten to death and then burnt by her neighbours in her village in the Chhattisgarh region of India. It is feared she was murdered for being a Christian. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has made […]
Book Review by Charles Gardener A unique journey of discovering Jesus, the Jew, in today’s Israel is offered in a new book. Bobbie Ann Cole, a Jew who found her Messiah in Jerusalem, turns tour guide as — with her pen in Love Triangles — she paints a fascinating picture […]
Originally published in Christian Today. “They want life, and they’re going to fight for it.” A mother from California said this just before her two-year-old conjoined twins underwent high-risk separation and reconstructive surgeries on Wednesday (December 7 2017). Expressing her strong faith in God, Aida Sandoval, 46, said whatever happened […]
Anti-Semitic protests reveal national rebellion against God The newly-retired chief executive of Christian Witness to Israel, one of several movements dedicated to sharing the gospel with the Jewish community, has warned of a “battle royal” over the Balfour Declaration this coming year. Mike Moore was referring to the forthcoming centenary […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] Fidel Castro, the world’s longest ruling leader (1959-2008), passed away recently. While exiled Cubans celebrated jubilantly in Miami, several heads of state and media houses gave glowing tributes to the founder of Cuba’s Communist inspired society with “free […]
You were born for a time such as this! If people who attended the Sacred Assembly from different congregations, denominations, social circumstances and race groups, but from the same towns, could have follow-up gatherings to ascertain what the Sacred Assembly means for their district and seek to work out the […]
Book Review by Wendy Duminy In a world where comparison and competition is encouraged, it can be difficult to remember where your identity lies. Without Rival by Lisa Bevere is a bold reminder that your identity lies in Christ. She focuses on how a revelation of God’s love sets you […]