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Tammy Trent: Light In My Darkness
Christian music artist and speaker Tammy Trent lost her husband eight years ago in a tragic accident. Yet, the power of praise pulled her out of despair.Tammy’s testimony is an inspiring story of how to find God’s light in your darkness. Get your copy and read all about Tammy’s journey and her upcoming trip to Johannesburg and East London from 6 - 14 March! - by Rachel Williams
Mighty Men’s Conference 2010 - The Completion This year from 16 - 18 April Angus Buchan will be hosting his final Mighty Men’s Conference. The event has been running for several years, growing from 500 to more than 100 000 attendees and in a few months time they expect to host over 300 000 men! JOY! conducted an exclusive interview with Angus in the run-up to the conference. Don’t miss out on this article; we guarantee his answers will interest you! - by Jackie Georgiou
What God Can Teach Us Through Tiger’s Transgressions If you Google ‘Tiger Woods’, you will get around 40 million returns and over 7 000 news articles. I’m pretty sure this isn’t the kind of popularity he desires. Every day we are exposed to headline stories and sordid details that the generally morbid population feeds on, like sharks in frenzy. As Christians, what should our response be to Tiger and what can we learn from his tragic tale? - by Lane Palmer.
‘House Churches’: Helpful or Harmful to the Body of Christ? One hears so much talk about ’House Churches’ lately and people seem polarised on the topic - either they are for it, or against it. JOY! decided to investigate this phenomenon and interviewed David Broodryk, the Director of Transform a Nation Foundation. He trains people to start House (or Simple) Churches across South Africa. - by Jackie Georgiou
The Real Anglican Tragedy The recent election of a second openly-homosexual bishop in the Episcopal Church (The Anglican Church in America) hardly came as a surprise. Given the actions of the church at its General Convention last year, the question was clearly not if there would be more openly-gay bishops, but when. The tipping point has now come for the Anglican Church and we examine the future for this fractured denomination, noting that liberal Christianity is an imminent threat to all Bible-based churches. - by R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
The Prodigal God The Prodigal Son is probably the most well-known parable in the Bible. Incredibly, it is also universally misunderstood.Tim Keller, respected theologian and author expands on this parable and brings an untaught message to the (current) religious and renegade sons in our congregations - by Timothy Keller
Mark Driscoll: Pastor Provocateur
Love him or hate him, Mark Driscoll is helping people meet Jesus in one of America’s least-churched cities (Seattle). An outspoken, intelligent preacher, he is shaking things up.Mark has ‘emergent roots’ but is a reformed Calvinist; he studies theology but is a contemporary culture junkie. To find out more about him and for his preaching schedule in SA in March, get this issue. – by Collin Mansen
The 9th Commandment: You Shall Not Bear False Witness against Your Neighbour Christians often transgress the Ninth Commandment without even realising it - because we have become so accustomed to ‘embellishing’ the truth. A false witness is any dishonest version of events, or any untrue statement. It might be gossip, or it may be untrue information about our self, given to impress.- by Peter Hammond
New Hope For Parkinson’s Sufferers Parkinson’s Disease is for many people, a dreaded condition feared by those who are ageing and those who have elderly parents. Over the last 20 years, the prevalence of Parkinson’s has increased to such an extent that research and development of a cure has tripled in intensity. - by Jackie Georgiou
Different Types Of Angelic Beings Following on from our article in the previous issue regarding Angels and important facts we need to know about them, the Bible reveals that there are three different types of angelic beings: 1. Angels and Archangels, 2. Seraphims, and 3. Cherubims.This is a vital topic for all believers to know and understand... - by Paul Daniel
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