[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] I have long admired hit-singer Bono’s principled stand for justice in our unjust world. But I didn’t realise that he had committed himself to moral principles […]
Other News
Muslim woman rises from dead to witness for Jesus
Originally published in Assist News Service. After laying naked and cold in a morgue for two days, Sabina saw herself hopelessly stuck at the bottom of a deep well. Surrounded by corpses covered with linen sheets, Sabina had a vision of a tree growing at the top of the well. […]
Kholofelo Mashiloane – a son given as a sign of hope
[notice] A monthly column in which Kwakanya Nazo shares stories, interviews and testimonies of young people from all walks of life who are radical for Jesus and live to see change and transformation in and around them.[/notice] Kholofelo Mashiloane, a son given as a sign of hope, is one of […]
Prayer event unites hundreds of millions for peace of Jerusalem
Originally published in Charisma News. As dignitaries from around the world flew into Jerusalem to pay their respects to Israeli leader Shimon Peres, who passed away last week, a hundred representatives from several continents gathered in Jerusalem to call the nations to prayer through a global television broadcast for The […]
We need to hear — and understand — God’s word together
[notice]A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan[/notice] If we go to The Book of Nehemiah chapter 8, we will see that after Nehemiah had rebuilt the wall around the city of Jerusalem, he called the people together in one place and the scribe Ezra brought […]
Go down Moses
[notice]A monthly column by Michael Cassidy, evangelist, author, Christian leader and founder of African Enterprise whose ministry in Africa and the world has spanned more than 50 years.[/notice] MOSES: Lord, I do apologise for bothering you so late in history, but they’ve sent me back with the Commandments. The general […]
God TV appoints revival-minded CEO
Originally published in Charisma News. Nearly two years after Rory Alec’s moral failure rocked God TV, the broadcaster is setting new leadership in place with an eye toward revival. GOD TV founder Wendy Alec just appointed Ward Simpson as CEO. Simpson’s installation is being positioned as a “new season” for the […]
China wants to constrict Christian activities with 26 new rules
Originally published in Christianity Today. This week is the last chance Chinese Christians have to tell their government what they think of its latest religion law. They have an awful lot to comment on. China released a draft of new religious restrictions in September, including the prohibition of online religious […]
A golden year ahead!
Time to taste the sweet honey of following Yeshua I was looking forward, with some trepidation, to blowing the shofar in front of hundreds of schoolchildren last week. But in the end my wife, who teaches Christianity and the Jewish feasts to primary pupils all across our town, decided she […]
Light of gospel penetrates darkness of campus turmoil
On Tuesday this week I managed to weave myself into the conflict engulfing Rhodes University and had two sessions to share the gospel during an evangelistic mission hosted by Christians @ Rhodes — an umbrella body that represents all Christians on the campus. Their mission — with the theme ‘Break […]