South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]”The biggest revelation from the recent conflict in Gaza was not the extent of the Hamas tunnels into Israel, nor the willingness of Hamas to sacrifice their own people, but the deep rift running through the Arab world today – which could portend major changes in the region,” says DR JÜRGEN […]
[notice]By JIM WALLIS, a New York Times bestselling author, public theologian, speaker, international commentator on ethics and public life — on his recent speaking visit to South Africa. He is President and CEO of Sojourners where he is editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine, whose combined print and electronic media have a readership […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Ask any husband and father what they want for their families and the answer most times will be: “I want the best for my family”. No man wants to see his beloved family suffer and in pain. The best can take many […]
I recently attended a children’s eisteddfod in De Aar and was reminded of how privileged we are to be living in the Karoo. What prompted the awareness of being privileged was not the Karoo’s wide-open spaces, silence, scenery, or lack of rush-hour traffic, but the manner in which the eisteddfod […]
Two more religious freedom cases in SA this month By Advocate Nadene Badenhorst, Spokesperson for FOR SA A month ago the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a fundamentalist terrorist group whose aim is to create an ultra-Islamic state in Iraq and Syria, gave Christians in Mosul (Iraq) an […]
By David Robertson — Originally published in Christian Today My wife is a wise woman. Many of our friends, colleagues and fellow church members have very strong opinions of the Gaza conflict. On the one hand there are those who are absolutely convinced that Israel is an oppressive bloodthirsty regime, […]
By INcontext Ministries – Originally published in A World In Motion, Issue 106, 21 August 2014 The Ebola outbreak in West Africa, first reported in March, has rapidly become the deadliest occurrence of the disease since its discovery in 1976. More than 1 000 people have died, with Sierra Leone, Guinea and […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] When you look at other people’s families and you look at your own family you might want to compare and maybe look down at yourself. You might conclude that you and your family are not good enough for God to ever want […]
By Mary Ann Mueller — Originally published in Virtue Online Adolph Hitler and the Third Reich had a goal in mind: destroy Judaism … stamp out the Jews as a “Final Solution to the Jewish Question.” The wholesale slaughter of European Jews is remembered in 20th century history as The […]
[notice]A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan[/notice] In the Book of Psalms, the Word of God tells us clearly in Psalm 122:6 (NKJV), “Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.” It is very concerning to hear the way in which […]