Month: May 2025

SOUTH AFRICAN REFUGEES: the semantics of displacement

The question has never been whether the 49 South Africans have been traumatised or whether they feel victimized.  Crime is a reality in South Africa that no one, regardless of race, language, or profession, can escape.  However, the question of whether white Afrikaners qualify as refugees is highly debated. The debate continues, with strong opinions on both sides. Racial discrimination in South Africa—both past and present—is an inherently emotional issue, and achieving a balanced understanding requires a measured approach grounded in definitions, factual analysis, and concrete examples.

By Mike May 15, 2025 Off

PROJECT HOPE: GAZA

In our search for partners doing relief work in Gaza, we connected with Jerusalem Evangelistic Outreach, a ministry dedicated to supporting Gaza’s remnant Christian community, meeting both spiritual and physical needs. We, at Dia-logos and the Third Way, have jointly endeavoured to partner with Jerusalem Evangelistic Outreach and have committed ourselves to be an answer to the prayers of those living in Gaza—but we cannot do it alone. We need you!

By Mike May 9, 2025 Off

A GENOCIDAL FAMINE IN GAZA:  the sin of spiritual bypassing

Western Christianity has failed the people of Gaza. Let’s admit it.  We have fallen short of our Christian mandate — something must change. Instead of a unified outcry from the global Christian community, a SPIRITUAL BYPASSING set in. Rather than sorrow, some defended the massacre. Rather than mourning, some rationalised the killings. Rather than standing for peace, some justified the destruction.

By Mike May 7, 2025 Off

WHAT THE IRAN EXPLOSION TAUGHT ME: 5 steps in making Godly assumptions

On Saturday 26 April 2025, a massive explosion rocked a port in southern Iran, killing 25 people and injuring around 800 others. Upon hearing the news, I immediately made a calculated and informed assumption that the initial negotiations between the USA, Israel and Iran had collapsed, and Israel and America had finally carried out their threats to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. I was wrong. But to be honest, we all, at one stage or another in life, embark on this perilous journey of making assumptions.  The challenge is therefore not how to stop making assumptions but how to make Godly assumptions and break free from the corrosive habit of making foolish assumptions.

By Mike May 1, 2025 Off