Originally published in Jerusalem Post Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday criticized Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal’s statement that his group would never recognize the state of Israel, Turkish daily The Hurriyet reported. “I don’t agree with Khaled Mashaal’s statement on the non-recognition of Israel because we, in fact, recognized […]
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Enjoyable compilation captures real Christmas spirit
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Jesus Freak album will ignite fresh fire in you!
Music review by Dylan Coert CJAY — JESUS FREAK YES I AM Genre: Hip Hop Distributed by Merchant Music Juice!!! Is all that I can start this amazing CD review with. I’ve been asked to review CJay’s “Jesus Freak” CD and had so many obstacles to actually get this done […]
Enjoyable, worthwhile, family movie
Movie (DVD) Review by Andre Viljoen WWJDll — THE WOODCARVER Director: Terry Ingram Genre: Drama Distributed by Christian Art Media The Woodcarver tells the story of a troubled teenager, Matthew Stevenson (Dakota Daulby), who makes some bad choices when his parents’ marriage breaks up. As part of the disciplinary consequences […]
Islam’s inherent intolerance
[notice]Muslim extremist violence against Israel and the West is excused by liberal “experts”. But these rationalisations do not work out when it comes to a form of violence that is widely practiced in Muslim majority countries, according to an analysis published in INContext Ministries’ World In Motion, Issue 66.[/notice] Which […]
Top 5 news events of 2012 — from a Christian perspective
From A World In Motion, Issue 66 — INContext Minististries 1. The eight-day war between Israel and Hamas The conflict between Israel and Hamas that lasted eight days resulted in the deaths of more than 160 Palestinians and at least five Israelis. Hamas is a militant Palestinian party that, since […]
Christine Caine’s testimony of trusting God against all odds
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Hillsong United performing in SA
After 5 years Hillsong United are returning to South Africa for a four city worship tour. They will be in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban in February and March 2013. This trip also coincides with the release of their latest Album “Zion” and “South Africa will be the first […]
Giant cross vision to stop bridge suicide jumps
A Jeffreys Bay publisher, Robbie Hift, is mobilising support for a vision to erect a giant steel cross opposite the Van Stadens Bridge to deter people from jumping off the bridge where yet another person died this week. The latest person to jump off the 140m high bridge west of […]
Polished, Spirit-filled, SA worship album
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