South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]By Mike Pothier — Research Co-ordinator[/notice] Originally published in Response, August 19, 2015 — SA Catholic Bishops Conference Parliamentary Liaison Office The framers of the South African Constitution had the foresight to include an innovative set of institutions that effectively add a fourth arm to the usual three-way division of […]
[notice]A monthly Christian sport column by Cobus Kruger, a professional triathlete who is passionate about evangelism, leadership and community development through sport.[/notice] Each week we see great sports people and teams achieve success in their sports careers. Going quickly down memory lane we see AB De villiers, making the fastest […]
[notice]A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan[/notice] Just reading The Bible this morning I read in Luke 4:24 where Jesus says “Assuredly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.” We need to understand sometimes that the hardest place to start […]
[notice]A monthly column by Michael Cassidy, evangelist, author, Christian leader and founder of African Enterprise whose ministry in Africa and the world has spanned more than 50 years.[/notice] A hurried woman pulled into a parking place, but could find no coin for the metre in her handbag. After all, you […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Adam and Eve…How many times have you heard that phrase? We have never heard of Adam and another woman’s name or Eve was with another man. It is always Adam and Eve. In our day with people arguing against homosexuality they say […]
[notice]In this guest column, Johannesburg engineer and blogger Niel Knoblauch says that an identity crisis is at the heart of greed and hopelessness that is gripping many people as our nation faces tough times.[/notice] After a year of not really thinking too much about it, the current state of South […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] Whatever happens between now and the rest of the year, the University of Cape Town has not had an ordinary year, if media publicity is anything to go by. I was recently invited by an evangelical, interdenominational Christian […]
God’s word tells us to be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (1 Peter 5:5) and, “For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” (Luke 14:11). Yet, I often feel there is an element of […]
[notice]A new, monthly column by Vivienne Solomons who is a legal consultant who passionately believes that God wants His people to make a difference right where they are and to stand up for what is true and just. She is also passionate about encouraging young women to walk victoriously with […]
[notice]A monthly prophetic perspective from Marian and Kate Fitz-Gibbon[/notice] Holy Spirit has been referred to as a “rushing wind”, “breath”, “wind”, “a violent rushing wind”, but is it ours to even ask or to understand the “wind”? John 3:8 says “The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound […]