Almost 10 months after being shot in the head while evangelising on a street corner, Hans Schmidt is sharing his miraculous story. The 27-year-old street preacher and father of two young children told a reporter he’s “still here” because of God’s grace and love. This week, Hans and his wife, Zulya, spoke to ABC15 about what […]
Tag: forgiveness
Woman hopes her family’s murderers come to know Jesus
Originally published in Christian Today Martine from Burkina Faso lost her home and most of her family to Islamist militants. Her first thought: “I hope the killers come to know Jesus.” The day her church was attacked, Martine remembers how, at the end of the service, her pastor had asked […]
Forgiveness cleans the mess — Marian Fitz-Gibbon
Recently I went through a challenge that had mystery and downright wickedness that was more than I had ever signed up for. The goodness of the Lord gave me clues as I entered the battle to face this monster called Leviathan.The noun (in Biblical use) is a sea monster and […]
Our big God adventure: Episode 11 — How God used an attack on our lives to soften hearts
In this week’s episode Lydia shares a dramatic testimony from the Venter family’s early mission years during a time of turmoil in Kenya The year was 2008. Life in Kenya – as we knew it – looked different, even after the post-election violence started to subside. More than a thousand […]
Indigenous people apologise to White farmer: could this be a pivotal moment?
Dr Ruben Richards reflects on the spiritual significance of an event he witnessed last week when members of the Citrusdal Khoisan community washed the feet of a White commercial farmer, Tobias Basson and apologised to him for their racism towards Whites. Twelve years earlier, after he accepted Jesus at a […]
WATCH: ‘Women of SA: forgive others so God can use you to build new nation’ — Nikiwe Apenteng
God wants Christian women in South Africa to unconditionally forgive and love others so that He can use them to build a new nation, says Nikiwe Apenteng in the first video in a Women’s Month series called Wisdom From God’s Daughters posted by Christian Leaders Forum SA. Last month Apenteng, […]
‘Forgive us for hating instead of loving you,’ Black woman writes to SA Whites
This past weekend Nikiwe Apenteng did something that has been building up inside her for years — she sent a message “to all the Whites who are in South Africa” asking them to forgive Black people for hating them and refusing to forgive them “for what your forefathers did” in […]
Family matters — JP Flugel
Welcome to Team Talk. This month I have opted to share a personal testimony about family, which I will relate to sport in my own way. I have been a youth pastor for over 14 years and very involved in sports ministry. I have the wonderful privilege of mentoring young […]
A pastoral response to racism – Alain Walljee
“Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him, saying, “Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who is it that struck you?” — Matt 26:67-68 (ESV) There is a very precious lesson in the above experience at the beginning of Christ’s suffering. See, Christ did not bother to […]
Season for iron to sharpen iron — Marian Fitz-Gibbon
“You’re familiar with the commandment that the older generation was taught, ‘Do not murder or you will be judged. But I’m telling you. If you hold anger in your heart toward a fellow believer, you are subject to judgment. And whoever demeans and insults a fellow believer is answerable to […]