Gardner’s World April – May 2017
Israel – butt of a sick joke By Charles Gardner Confusion reigns as facts are lost in a fog of fiction There is a tired old joke among journalists about…
WHAT PRICE TRUTH?
llustration: Tim Charnick By Philip Quenby This nation currently has a serious blind spot, arguably as bad as anything that ever beset our ancestors. We have a problem with truth…
PERSECUTION WATCH: APRIL – MAY 2017
Somalian family attacked in their sleep Terrorists wound father, kill wife and son Islamic extremists in Somalia shot a Christian family as they slept, seriously wounding the husband and killing…
HOMELESS CHARITY CELEBRATES 20 YEARS
Clients are helped to come off the streets Brighton & Hove based charity Off The Fence are this year celebrating 20 years of serving the city. Started in 1997 by…
GIFTS POUR IN TO COVER PASTOR’S STOLEN £7K CHARITY FUNDS
Rev Lynda Hulcoop with Martha, a student sponsored by Southwick Christian Community Church Pastor Lynda Hulcoop lost £7,500 destined for the poor in Zimbabwe days before she boarded a flight…
CABBIE DRIVES HOME THE PRO-LIFE MESSAGE
Uber driver Bryan Kemper converts people to pro-life views while travelling in his car Credit: Kjetil Ree/Wikimedia Uber has had some unfavourable publicity recently, but one Uber driver has found…
ARMS CACHE FOUND
Arms and the Spanish policeman: the fruit of a Europe-wide search A massive weapons cache of over 10,000 rifles, machine guns, pistols, revolvers, shells and grenades intended for sale to…
NORWAY POLITICIAN IN THE CROSSFIRE
CROSS ABOUT CRITICISM: Sylvi Listhaug, who has been attacked by a liberal journalist merely for wearing a crucifix Photo credit: Kjetil Ree/Wikimedia A Norwegian minister has been targeted by left-wing…
EAST AFRICA FAMINE: ‘People are eating termites’
People weak with hunger cannot dispose of their dead livestock, which adds the threat of disease to that of famine The famine in East Africa has rightly received a high…
Looking with Lisa
Gender historian Lisa Nolland presents a round-up of recent books which have caught her eye Why Believe in Jesus’ Resurrection? by James D G Dunn (SPCK, 2017) James Dunn clearly…
‘GOD PLACED ME HERE’ SAYS TRUMP ADVISOR
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia It has been reported that the new Trump administration has many Christians working for it. The most famous is Vice President Mike Pence. Perhaps the next…
How can we know peace with God?
By Rev Mark Weeden, pastor of King’s Church, Arundel, HEART’s newest Partner Church Some people try to earn God’s favour. They do this through good deeds, or by observing religious…
Letters April – May 2017
HEART’s letters page provides a forum for Christian opinion and contributions of up to 200 words long are welcomed, although more likely to be printed if you can make your…
Rivetingly radical!
Pastor Drew Kear with (from left) Tahmar and Tomi, Tobi and Nickella and baby Elijah Arayomi Revive UK conference, 17-19 February, Coastlands Church, Worthing Dynamic duo Tobi and Tomi Arayomi…
CHRISTIANS AND JEWS IN CHANGING TIMES
A young Jewish family being helped from the plane by two of the Ebenezer team after it has just touched down in Israel Judith Adams reports on the Ebenezer Operation…