World Christian body calls churches to be peacemakers in Africa
Amidst increasing security issues in several African countries plagued by violence political turmoil religious intolerance and lack of democratic governance churches are called to engage in peacebuilding said African church leaders in a presentation on Burning issues of insecurity in Africa at a World Council of Churches WCC consultation in Kigali Rwanda
Author on End Times Christians are making same mistakes as Pharisees misreading Scripture
With a growing number of authors and theologians releasing books about doomsday and rapture predictions one title that stands out is by the Rev Gerald Haug who insists the world is not ending any time soon and that religious leaders teaching otherwise are doing damage to the church
Three months have passed since Peter Roebuck died and the continuing interest raises issues for us all
Every now and again a talented individual will make a huge contribution to his or her craft or profession Cricket writer Peter Roebuck 55 was such a person He raised sports journalism to a higher level with his knowledge of cricket as player and analyst with his fantastic communication skills with his quick wit and most of all with his immense intelligence
Trust is the key to issues of personal difficulty
Wondering what it might be like when any one of us get to that point in our life where hope fades and disappears for a period of time where our faith in Jesus is severely tested
Why sport and the church go hand in hand
One thing is certain sport engages people When we watch sport we are emotionally connected We are passionate about Australia beating India in the cricket or Federer not making the Australian Open Final Aussies love sport like our life depends on it Even companies know this Sporting giant Nike links their products to the emotions of sport to help sales Sport engages