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Observing the church in Syria during one of our recent visits brought a new conviction of how a Church should

No, Syria has not been liberated.  Terrorists do not liberate, they enslave. The Syrians need courage, more than ever before. 

Hannah Arendt once said that the death of human compassion is one of the earliest and most telling signs of

Where did Jesus announce, for the first time, that He is the Messiah? Take a deep breath... In enemy territory,

14 October 2024 could well mark a turning point in the Israel-Gaza conflict.  The event was less conspicuous than the

Following my previous article on the Church in Lebanon, I received questions about why I “never report on the church

Holocaust and Genocide never, repeat never happen without lies about an evil “Other.” A single human being may hurt, or

At diaLOGOS (www.dialogos.co.za) and The Third Way, we are grateful to have friends, partners, and co-workers in regions that are

We, Palestinian, Egyptian, Jordanian, Lebanese, Syrian, and Iraqi evangelical leaders representing various churches and Christian ministries, warmly invite our brothers

My friend and ministry partner for the past 3 decades wrote me a message responding to my Facebook posts after

There was one meeting that was more disconcerting than the speech Mr. Netanyahu delivered to the US Congress in July. 

A recent report by the Lancet Group estimates that up to 186 000 deaths could be attributable to the current conflict

On June 7 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to the global list of top

How do we as believers deal with the tension caused by the extremes of elation and anguish?  How do we

Sadly, it seems like the only appropriate response many Christians the West feel comfortable in offering to the current conflict

The IPC’s global hunger monitor says Gaza has already surpassed the first two criteria that define a famine- food shortage

Easter week started yesterday.  During this week, before we celebrate the redemptive grace of God, we celebrate the lord’s goodness

Today, two thousand years later, the setting of the Good Samaritan is fairly much the same as Gazans suffer beyond

When observing the Gaza conflict, it, therefore, becomes an absolute necessity to listen to those who are directly affected, to

On 7 October 2023, when Hamas crossed the southern borders of Israel and killed 1,139 people, a moral question arose

We now live in a season of bubble-based-believers.  The conflict in Gaza has subtly turned Bible-based believers into bubble-based believers. 

“Statistics don’t bleed”, or at least, so the saying goes.  This is the sad reality of Gaza today.  So how

2024 is not just an election year. It’s perhaps the election year. Globally, more voters than ever in history will head to the polls

Targeting civilians in a conflict is a war crime.  But what if there are civilians in or near a legitimate

We are now celebrating Christmas. How can we embody the Prince of Peace for both Palestinians and Israelis? This essay

A Christian vice that is currently under a magnifying lens for all to see is how believers look at wars

Over the past few days, we have been contemplating vices that the conflict in Gaza has exposed within the Christian

Observing Gaza, it seems like Christians have taken on the role of aggressor while Muslims talk peace.  Over the next

Unfortunately, the groundbreaking work of countless missionaries in the Middle East during the past decades could be nullified by the

In the light of the war in Gaza, we had the opportunity to visit the Church in Egypt, probably the

Let’s make one thing clear, what we see in Gaza today is NOT a war. From a Hamas perspective, we

When is truth, truth and when is truth simply an interpretation?  Is there an absolute truth or is truth always

The explosive interaction between Malchus and short-tempered, self-righteous defender-of-faith, Simon Peter, sets an example so definitive that it simply cannot

We are not only restored in our joy, we are entrusted with the spiritual duty of rebuilding and reconstructing the

2 Corinthians 5:18-19  All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry

“Like the blind bird, we will sing! Regardless of whether we can see through the darkness or not, we will

Through the eyes of an eternal God who sees a thousand years as 3 hours, the 12-year conflict in Syria

Mhardeh, one of only a few Christian towns in Syria, has not only been inspirational in my walk of faith,

On 24 February, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised ‘special military operations’ in eastern Ukraine. Now, nearly a year later,

The Syrians need courage, more than ever before.  Courage to endure, to persevere and to survive.  But the passive bystanders,

When tragedy strikes, there will always be a clear divide between the 'fortunate unfortunate' and 'unfortunate unfortunate'. There are five

Tender-heartedness is probably the one virtue that will best reveal the God that we serve.

Virtues are at the core of our character, and character ultimately determines destiny.  The more we acknowledge the potential impact

One of our early YWAM mentors, Alan Williams, frequently reminded us that if your output exceeds your input, your upkeep

Football enthusiasts ultimately decided that the World Cup will be a success, regardless of moral, political or ethical objections. And

Ironically, you have to be seasoned with salt to be sweet. Here are a dozen trademarks of a sweet person

Switzerland bears witness that Christians are not buried but planted, and that the fruit of freedom is often found on

In 2022, with a devastating war raging in Ukraine, Easter will be a time to not only call to remembrance

One COVID-19 death, 6 souls secured for an eternity with God.  Yes, COVID-19 will never have the final say.  We

In an attempt to put the current pandemic into the context of  1 Corinthians 13, I wrote a 1 COVID-19

Why would you fight PEPUDA?  Isn’t hate speech something that your Jesus would also oppose.  Shouldn’t you applaud the ANC

The virtue of delight is very much like a fireworks display on New Year’s Eve.  It’s not only a display, it’s

We need the virtue of discernment to discern if we have a spirit of discernment – especially now in the

There are many habits that we need to unlearn, but few are so aggressively revealed as those that we so

The Bible is as much the source of truth as it is a book that can corrupt.

“If your Christian conversion did not reverse the direction of your life, if it did not transform it, then you

“As Jesus is lynched in the name of religious orthodoxy and executed in the name of imperial justice... we discover

We all face the wrath of the “Facebook Police Force” at one time or another. How do we respond?

We need to tighten our grip.

We need to confront our fears

Unless we can truly expand our capacity to make Godly choices our containers will remain small and unable to contain

Growing our capacity to love deeper, to love wider, to love more extravagantly, and to love completely differently must be

Growing our capacity to love deeper, to love wider, to love more extravagantly, and to love completely differently must be

“We need to align our theologies not by what man says about God but by what God says about man.“

Are we soldiers or scouts?

This is not a call to holiness but a call to be attracted to holiness!

This is not a call to holiness but a call to be attracted to holiness!

5 attitudes when choosing the best of two evils

Every day new theories - and solutions - are presented and leaders are criticised and placed under suspicion by well-meaning