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Deception: the art of Islamic war

By INcontext Ministries On 14 April, the Islamic militant group Boko Haram stormed an all-girls secondary school in the village of Chibok in Nigeria’s Borno state, taking hundreds of young women with them asthey disappeared into a remote area along the border with Cameroon. The kidnapping occurred on the same […]

Movie Wise….May 23, 2014

[notice]Pieter Pohl, founder and managing director of Innovation Films, sheds some light on the latest movies.[/notice] NOW SHOWING IN CINEMAS THE LAST DAY ON MARS WARNING: Intense Violence & Foul Language NOT SUITABLE FOR FAMILY VIEWING IN CINEMAS: FROM 23 MAY 2014 MOVIE TRAILER: http://youtu.be/F6JiCJ5x3Qw MOVIEGUIDE REVIEW: http://www.movieguide.org/reviews/the-last-days-on-mars.html MovieGuide:THE LAST […]

Flying Free: Book review

Book Review by Val Viljoen FLYING FREE: HOW TO REACH YOUR FULL POTENTIAL by HELEN PHILLIPS This is Helen Phillips’ third book. In her first book Fly with Me she relates the remarkable story of her diagnosis as a multiple sclerosis sufferer, how God gave her faith that he would […]

Defeating racism

A few weeks ago Gateway News carried a story of an interaction I had at the Karoo Mighty Men Conference with Everall, a man who harboured racist views towards black people. It was after I was finished with my ministry that a gentleman involved in security came to the speakers’ […]

Uganda churches warned of Al Shabab ‘threats’

Originally published by World Watch Monitor Uganda and Kenya authorities have scaled up security in recent days in response to warnings from Western countries that a jihadist group is planning to attack churches in Uganda. The US embassy in Uganda warned that churches there may face “specific threats” from Al […]

Open mic night in Jerusalem

Reconciliation, running and praising God in a crowded Jewish bar [notice]UK-based South African-born journalist Charles Gardner shares his personal reflections at the end of the intense, four-day At the Crossroads conference in Jerusalem[/notice] The idea of a conference in Jerusalem aimed at fostering deeper bonds between Arab Christians and Jewish followers […]