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MARY MOFFAT

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South Africa 11 June, 2016 One of the noble Christian women who wholeheartedly supported their husbands was Mary Moffat, wife of Robert Moffat, the great Scottish missionary to Africa. Both were born in 1795, the year in which the London Missionary Society (LMS) was founded. It was a time of tremendous spiritual vitality. God was…

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KATHARINA VON BORA

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Katharina von Bora was the wife of the great Bible translator and Reformer Dr Martin Luther. She was born in Saxony on 29 January 1499. Her mother died young and, on remarrying, her father, Hans von Bora, a nobleman of modest means, enrolled the five-year old in a nunnery. There she spent her young years…

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WAR ON THE WOMB

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South Africa Every year, on 1 February, a march takes place in Cape Town to mourn  the now  1.3 million babies which have been killed by abortion since its legalization in South Africa  19 years ago. It is a funeral procession addressing itself to the conscience of the  nation.  At the gates of Parliament a…

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GOSPEL DEFENCE LEAGUE

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P O Box 587, SEA POINT, 8060 RSA TEL/FAX (021) 510-6854 Email:  dscarborough@telkomsa.net   October/November/December  2015 Dear Friends, On October 8, 2015, the general synod of the great Dutch Reformed Church of South Africa voted in favour of same sex unions to be solemnised in the Church. It also approved homosexual ministers to be ordained….

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GOSPEL DEFENCE LEAGUE

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P O Box 587, SEA POINT, 8060 RSA TEL (021) 510-6854 Email: dscarborough@telkomsa.net Web: www.gospeldefenceleague.org July/August/September  2015 Dear  Friends, On 21 June 201 , five Cuban intelligence officers arrived in South Africa to a heroes’ welcome. They had served fifteen years in a US prison for conspiracy to commit espionage and  murder.  They had  come, …

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