Good news for The Gambia

It was once called ‘a snake in a French desert’. Descending into Banjul gave a fine prospect of the River Gambia, weaving its way west from the foothills …

Liberation Day

25 April is a national holiday in Italy celebrating the liberation of Italy by the Allied forces from the Nazi occupation. Naples has its own reason for celebrating Liberation Day …

Is there joy in repentance?

Is there joy in repentance? Repentance definitely brings grief, and rightfully so, because sin is serious. Sin is an assault against God and we must mourn it. Remorse should be …

Teaching Christ in Context

I live in Melbourne, Australia. Everyone here knows what the word ‘football’ means. It means AFL, or ‘Aussie Rules’ or usually just ‘footie’. If …

Transforming discipleship

Over the past few decades, Africa and most of the developing world has been experiencing dramatic Christian growth. However, the encouraging trend of increased Christian profession does not necessarily equate …

Why cry for Argentina?

Greg Venables, Bishop of Argentina, recently warned that, ‘The battle of the Christian faith is the battle over God’s word.’ He is right; if we lose …

Grace for Christian families in Pakistan

In Pakistan, families spend a large portion of their income on education; a sacrifice that parents make gladly for their children. The mother will normally work until 11pm to make …

Guilt and forgiveness

Associate Mission Partner Gillian Pegler works for Time For Change Ministries and is a Prison Chaplain. She has written the ‘Guilt and Forgiveness Course’ for use in prisons …

Door-to-door repentance

As leader of the relatively new church in Becontree, Mike Reith outlines some of the difficulties in preaching repentance to a multi-cultural council estate east of London. Here&rsquo …