From the insiders’ perspective, living in China as a follower of Jesus is simply life. Like a deep-water creature, we get used to the darkness, cold, and pressure. We learned how to share the gospel, pastor our churches, and advance God’s kingdom in deep water. Some might think that deep water is not fit for life, but if you find yourself there, you might be surprised by how resilient you can be. You simply need to do it, and you can.
On July 26, in New Delhi, India, UNESCO announced that the small Saxon town of Herrnhut close to the German-Polish border has been recognized as a World Heritage Site, along with two other Moravian settlements planted from Herrnhut in the 18th century in Northern Ireland and Pennsylvania, USA.
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games has given many Christians around the world much to talk about—mostly negative. A pity. There was much to enjoy and celebrate that was good and beautiful...
Jay Mātenga introduces himself as the new Opinion Editor for Christian Daily International while reflecting on women as influential in the growth of world Christianity. Following the example of the mother of King Lemuel in Proverbs 31, the CDI opinion section will work to amplify voices often silenced in global Christian conversations like women, the disabled, the poor, the persecuted, and other marginalized Christians, to bring a harmonic balance to opinion pieces written by those more privileg
The violence tolerated or even encouraged to please the crowds in Olympia followed naturally from worship of such a god. Deaths and injuries were extremely common. The pankration was a no-holds brawl mix of wrestling, boxing and street fighting in which kicks to the groin, deliberate dislocations of shoulders and ankles, chokeholds and breaking opponents’ fingers were all a part.
Imagine standing in the iconic Paris Olympic stadium, eagerly anticipating the 2024 Summer Olympic Games – a marvel of engineering bustling with athletes and cheering crowds. But before a single brick was laid, there existed a digital twin, a virtual counterpart meticulously mirroring every detail of the stadium.
Thirty years ago, Nelson Mandela, who spent 27 years as a political prisoner, took the oath of office at the Union Buildings in Pretoria – an act that declared to his country and the world that white minority rule had ended in South Africa. On that autumn Tuesday, all South Africans were finally free and equal before the law. Apartheid was over, the transition to democracy was peaceful, and now we could boldly look at the future.
The people for whom Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are their ancestors have their own responsibilities and privileges. All of which are fulfilled in Jesus, whom they must recognise as their Messiah in order to find satisfaction for their millennia of yearning. As I noted in my previous blog post, we Gentiles are settlers to a well-established faith, the Jews (the blood line of Israel) are indigenous. We are grafted into their story. By Jesus’ blood, which has become our blood by faith, securing our
In June 2024, as a Finance Bill laden with a raft of tax proposals considered punitive to ordinary Kenyans made its way through parliament, young Kenyans poured into the streets in loud, defiant albeit largely peaceful protest. Kenya is no stranger to protest, but there were a number of striking elements about these particular protests.
We Westerners, who have only known the seventy years of peace sustained by the international order ushered in after World War Two, know little of the anxiety and fear Ukrainians and others in war zones experience daily.
With any quick Google search, Canadians of any age can access sexually explicit material. Simple, often innocent search terms can bring up websites with sexually explicit content, much of it violent and dehumanizing. It is extremely easy to access in Canada, and we are seeing the devastating consequences of this on our population, especially children and youth.
Russian propaganda that Vladimir Putin is ‘protecting Christianity’ against Satanism and neo-Nazism flies in the face of reliable reports from numerous sources of the brutal and ruthless persecution of Christians in the occupied Ukrainian territories.
