Open Doors running worldwide ‘Save Syria’ campaign as exodus reaches Rwandan proportions A new report by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, released by Open Doors USA, estimates there have been more than 100 000 casualties since the civil war started in 2011. The death total includes 5 000 children under the […]
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British Prime Minister Cameron declares war on Internet porn
Christian concern that PM could be ‘misleading’ parents British Prime Minister David Cameron announced a plan today (Monday, July 22) aimed at curbing Internet pornography in the United Kingdom. Cameron’s plan requires every Internet user in the country to say whether they want to have access to pornography, and creates […]
Bible Society office ransacked in Central African Republic
Originally published in Christianity Today International health NGO Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) says the population of the Central African Republic has been “abandoned” to a humanitarian emergency “just when they most need help”, and that the country’s healthcare system has collapsed. With most NGOs and aid agencies withdrawing […]
Islam—The great challenge to Christian evangelism of our times
By Dr R Albert Mohler Jr The issue of Islam is never far from our headlines. Early in his administration, President Barack Obama put the issue of Islam front and center on the international stage. His visits to Islamic-dominated lands and his public statements to the Muslim world have raised […]
Jesus Culture’s Kim Walker-Smith and Skyler Smith release “HOME”
Originally published in Urban Christian News Home is the one place in all this world where hearts are sure of each other. – Frederick Robertson It happens all the time. A young woman and a young man meet, fall in love, get married and settle into a brand new life […]
Global Leadership Summit 2013 countdown: Meet the speakers — Dr Brené Brown
DR. BRENÉ BROWN Research Professor, University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work Groundbreaking researcher into the topics of shame, worthiness and courage Exploring the interplay between vulnerability and empathy, she encourages people to experience “whole-hearted” living from a place of authenticity A compelling storyteller, her TED talks, The Power […]
Justice — the inevitable reverberation
[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 a recent visit to the Holocaust Centre at the Jewish museum in Cape Town I realised […]
Mandela alert and smiling on 95th birthday
Christians differ on Madiba legacy Nelson Mandela spent his 95th birthday today in a Pretoria hospital, where the surprise latest news is that his health is improving remarkably well and he has smiled and nodded at birthday visitors. The streets outside the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where the former President […]
Education returning to the Father
“How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father….” — Luke 15:17-18 Since I’ve spent another week in the office I thought I’d share about the Chaplaincy programme I’m involved him. The […]
Addicts, broken people restored at Cape Town recovery home
[notice]Gateway News Volunteer Reporter Mark Volmink writes about a Mandela Day visit to Victory Outreach Christian Recovery Home in Cape Town today together with his workplace colleagues. One of his colleagues on the visit was himself restored to God, his wife and family and his health three years ago while […]