Author Archives: Dr. Peter Hammond, South Africa
HOW THE VIKINGS WERE WON TO CHRIST
THE Scandinavians were the last great group of Teutonic people to abandon heathenism and embrace Christianity. The Viking marauders from the pagan North wreaked havoc throughout Northern and Western Europe. Throughout the 9th and 10th centuries Vikings raided, killed and plundered. They also established strong Viking settlements in Normandy, England, Scotland, Ireland, iceland, Greenland,throughout the…
INVICTUS IDOLATRY
A FILM REVIEW THIS stirring new film on South Africa’s 1995 Rugby World Cup victory includes serious distortions of history. Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman as President Nelson Mandela, Invictus makes a major contribution towards the building up of the mythology of Nelson Mandela as a modern day idol. THEIR FINEST HOUR…
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
WHO was Sir WaIter Raleigh? The prominence given to WaIter Raleigh in the ‘Elizabeth: The Golden Years’ film has led many to ask: how much of that film was historical fact and how much Hollywood fiction? Soldier and Sailor WaIter Raleigh was an extraordinary combination of soldier and sailor, adventurer and pirate, scholar and poet,…
ZIMBABWE MISSION
A new wave of violence is gripping Zimbabwe. People are been beaten, tortured and killed by ZANU-PF soldiers, militia and secret police. Despite Robert Mugabe’s Marxist ZANU-PF government having been repeatedly rejected by the voters at elections, the Marxists continue to frustrate the people of Zimbabwe by refusing to step down. However, with millions starving,…
QUEEN ELIZABETH I
THE recent Hollywood epic: Elizabeth – The Golden Years (a sequel to the earlier Elizabeth) has inspired greater interest in this famous queen and the tumultuous times in which she lived. Numerous friends have asked just how much of these films are accurate history and how much is Hollywood fiction. England’s Greatest Queen There is…
