The Grobler family of Despatch are getting ready to do what they love most — taking Bibles to people in remote areas who have a hunger for God’s word. On Saturday next week (December 19, 2015) Eben and Benita Grobler and their teenage children Chantelle and Ivan will set out […]
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My First Hands-On Bible: Book Review
Book Review by Val ViljoenMy First Hands-On Bible – Tyndale House Publishers It is not an easy task to bring the Bible alive to preschoolers. If you are one of those gifted people who would disagree with me, I hope you are making yourself available to teach in Sunday school! […]
WATCH: Video of the Week: How ‘Peanuts’ creator fought to screen ‘true meaning of Christmas’
[notice]In Video of the Week we post a weekly video clip to inspire, inform, edify or entertain. Readers are welcome to email suggested clips of the week to news@gatwaynews.co.za[/notice] Originally published in The Gospel Herald A Charlie Brown Christmas was looked down on by TV executives and criticized for reciting […]
Thousands of Muslims in Northern Iraq sick of ISIS brutality, turning to Christ
Originally published in The Gospel Herald More and more Kurdish Muslims living in Iraq are turning to Christ after witnessing the brutality of extremist groups like ISIS, who carry out horrific acts in the name of Allah, Christian aid workers have revealed. A ministry leader in the Kurdish Region of […]
Angus Buchan launches new devotional Bible
Christian Art Publishers (CAP) held their quarterly Sales Conference at Centurion last week where they invited Angus Buchan as a guest speaker. CAP hosts these Sales Conferences to present latest books, films, CDs and products to bookstore owners and the media. At last week’s conference they presented Buchan’s latest work ‘The […]
Advanced technology deciphers 1500-year-old burnt Biblical scroll
Originally published in Breaking Israel News “And the LORD called unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying…” (Leviticus 1:1) Advanced technology has allowed a rare and ancient Hebrew scroll, found over 40 years ago in the Dead Sea region, to be read despite its […]
Free online easy-to-read Bible completed
An easy-to-read version of the Bible, which uses a vocabulary of just 1 200 words, has now been completed. The culmination of 20 years’ work, it is freely available online. The project began in the early 1990s at the request of an overseas mission worker wanting Bible commentaries, which most […]
Ground breaking Lumo Project bringing all four Gospels alive on film
The Gospel of John, the first of four feature length films of the four Gospels undertaken by the Lumo Project, will be debuted on BBC Two in the United Kingdom this Easter, says a press release received by Gateway News this week. The four films are word-for-word renditions of the Gospels […]
Christian crash course for surviving the modern university
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] It is no secret that scores of young Christians abandon the faith in their teens and twenties. In particular, the university campus is a key battleground where some young Christians turn their back on the faith. As a […]
Space missionaries accelerate Bible distribution
Originally published in Mission Network News What image comes to mind when you hear the word “missionary?” Some may picture an evangelist or two braving new territories as they carry Bibles to a tribe that’s never heard of Jesus. Others think of Christians in action: people going to a foreign […]