South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
THE WAY We are living in terrible times of darkness in the world; everywhere we look there is trouble and some of us are maybe even losing our way. We hear of churches closing down, we hear of pastors going back to secular work because no one is coming to church, […]
The scripture found in Luke 6:28 says: “Bless those who curse you and pray for those who spitefully use you.” This is totally opposite to the world’s outlook on how you handle people who spitefully use you. In the world they will tell you, get your own back, don’t put […]
Luke 24:17 (NKJV): And he said to them what kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?Luke 24:25: Then He said to them, oh foolish ones and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken. This is […]
One of the characteristics of our beloved Lord Jesus Christ is His heart for each one of us, He has extreme compassion on all men. If we look at the Gospel of Mark 8:2 the Lord says: “I have compassion on the multitude because they have now continued with me […]
In his last monthly column of the year, Angus Buchan has some kind words of encouragement for the Gateway News team. As the founder and editor of Gateway News, I thank Angus and Shalom for their encouragement and prophetic declarations about next year. And I especially want to emphasise that […]
If we look at the Word of God in the book of Luke 9:62 (NKJV) it states: “No man having put his hand to the plough and looking back is fit for the Kingdom of God.” It has become over the many, many years of farming, one of my most […]
What a beautiful scripture in John 14:27. We are living in a world that is full of turmoil, and fear, and anger, and especially confusion. People are not knowing what to do, where to go and what’s going to happen the next day. The Lord says to us very clearly: […]
Jeremiah 18:6 As the clay is in the potter’s hand, so too, are we in the hand of God, and yet we think that we can do things on our own, forgetting that we are merely the clay, and we are not the potter. If the potter is not happy […]
In the Gospel of Matthew 3:8, the word of God, tells us that we must bear fruit worthy of repentance. Once we become Christians, we cannot continue to live like we did before — there must be a change in our lives. In South Africa, we have recently completed the […]
Isaiah 66:4 and Matthew 26:40 Without a doubt, one of the hardest things to contend with in this life is loneliness! Our Heavenly Father also gets lonely, and desires fellowship with His people. But so often we are too busy to spend time in His presence, speaking with Him and […]