Originally published in The Christian Post. His brother was executed by firing squad in Iran when he was only 16 for a minor political offense. But instead of taking revenge, Dr Hormoz Shariat decided to share the Gospel with Muslims and love them into the Kingdom of God. Dr Shariat […]
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Paul Baloche….writing the songs the whole Church sings
By Melissa Riddle Chalos There is a certain blanket of wisdom that, if you seek it, comes over time. It wraps around a true and honest place where you are surrounded by good friends and family and have nothing left to prove. A place where you know who you are, […]
The steady rise of African zionism
By Rolene Marks — Originally published in the algemeiner There is something quite remarkable happening on the African continent. A groundswell of love and support from African Christians for the State of Israel, forged in biblical ties and a mutual love of the land. It is a relationship that has […]
Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: Book review
Book Review by Val Viljoen SEEKING ALLAH, FINDING JESUS — A DEVOUT MUSLIM’S JOURNEY TO CHRIST by NABEEL QURESHI In this book, Nabeel Qureshi tells first of his Islamic heritage. He is the son of Pakistani born parents who came as adults to America. They passed on their great love […]
DVD series on God’s economy grew out of wilderness journey
The completion of a 9-disk DVD series called ‘Rebuilding the walls of the economy’ has been much more than an academic exercise for transformational entrepreneur Patrick Kuwana — it took a humbling time in the wilderness and the forging of a new identity in God to discover the Kingdom economic […]
The hunter, the photographer and the ‘non-discrimination’ argument
Freedom to hold to convictions must be defended By Andrew Selley — Orignally published in the FOR SA blog Would it be right for the government to force a photographer who is an animal rights activist to, against her moral conscience and will, create a video promoting hunting? This […]
Mystery yet reality: the practice of ‘Juju’ and human trafficking
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] During my career as investigator with the Hawks I have stumbled across the notion of ‘Juju’ on […]
Answers to sceptics’ top 6 objections on the harms of porn
[notice]This article is adapted from the Chapter “Dealing With Objections” in Porndemic by Taryn Hodgson.[/notice] When trying to convince sceptics about the harmful effects of pornography, and the need to criminalise it, one often encounters the following objections: 1. “There’s no proof that porn causes harm.” This is a claim […]
‘Blood Speaks’ explores revenge or forgiveness choice
Armenian genocide commemorated 99 years later “Do you live by fact or truth?” That was one of the challenges posted in the drama “Blood Speaks”, performed in Bloemfontein just before Easter. Pastor Cornelis van Heyningen from Our Father’s Home started a project 14 years ago, creating a drama about the […]
iWorship — Now/Next 2014: Review
Music Review by Ellenor Lotter iWORSHIP: NOW/NEXT 2014 In the wake of Passover as just celebrated all over the globe, I find myself with the desire to shout the good news from the mountains and give a sigh of great relief to discover a compilation album just recently released by […]