Messianic claims are big talking point at winter feast It may surprise many to learn that Hanukkah, the movable eight-day Jewish festival being celebrated this year from Sunday, is actually about the coming of the Messiah. Appropriately enough, therefore, it falls around Christmas each year, sometimes even coinciding. The strength […]
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It finally got to me! — Adele Christian
So, it finally got to me! ….. On Freedom Day 2020 – April 27. …… One month into COVID-19 Lockdown, on a beautiful autumn day in Cape Town. I have found working remotely to be very intense, with no physical cues to what is going on in the teams I am […]
Millions of Christians pray for peace of Jerusalem
Originally published in CBN News Millions of Christians worldwide praying in more than 35 languages united for one cause on Sunday: The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem. “All around the world on the first Sunday of every October, Christians in every language and every continent are setting […]
Time to get serious about peace, business of Kingdom — Chief Justice
Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng says it’s time to stop playing Christianity and to get serious about Kingdom business in order to bring about peace and shared prosperity in South Africa. In an interview after the launch of the Judiciary Annual Review on Friday, he called on South Africans to follow […]
Mogoeng calls for peace, forgiveness to resolve land issue
Originally published in News 24 Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng says the only way to achieve a truly sustainable solution to the emotive land expropriation issue is through peace, unity and shared prosperity. Mogoeng was the keynote speaker at an event hosted by the Mediation Foundation for Peace and Justice at […]
Sentencing oneself to life — Michael Cassidy
A monthly column by Michael Cassidy, evangelist, author, Christian leader and founder of African Enterprise whose ministry in Africa and the world has spanned more than 50 years. “Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow” (Matthew 6:34). The injunction of Christ could not be plainer. Yet tomorrow and the future […]
Live from the perfect shalom blessing of Christ’s completed salvation — Alf James
The relationship between peace and the finished work of our salvation in Jesus Christ is repeatedly emphasised by Jonathan Cahn in The Book of Mysteries. Although I have read less than half the book, which contains 365 mysteries set out as daily devotions complete with a mission for each day, […]
When the cross brought Middle East reconciliation to Manchester — Charles Gardner
The massacre of the innocents in Manchester last week was a shocking reversal of the scenes I witnessed in the city two years ago which was a perfect picture of reconciliation and peace. The twisted ideology of Islamist suicide bomber Salman Abedi was a complete contrast to the loving arms […]
London terror attack: hope in the midst of depravity
For several hours after the ISIS-inspired terror attack near the British parliament in central London on Wednesday, Westminster Abbey became a locus of hope for tourists, schoolchildren, MPs and parliamentary staff who were kept there during a security lockdown, said the Bishop of Leeds. This article by Andy Walton was originally […]
Atheist doctor studies bible to expose Christian ‘hypocrisy’ but finds God’s peace instead
Originally published in Christian Today From the outside, Dr Greg Lehman was success personified: He had a highly profitable practice, a wife and two kids, a luxurious home, fancy cars and all the money in the world to buy nearly anything he wants. But this atheist doctor was still unhappy […]