South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Christian Headlines On January 29 2018, a federal judge told participants in a lawsuit forcing pro-life sidewalk counsellors to defend themselves against harassment charges that leafletting is a “form of really protected speech,” and that sidewalks are recognised as the “quintessential public forum.” The words from the […]
Originally published in God Reports A message from one of the last two untranslated Dead Sea Scrolls may contain a clue to help Bible scholars reconstruct the chronology of Jesus’ final week on earth. Researchers at the University of Haifa have pieced together and translated 42 encoded fragments of a […]
Originally published in Life Site News Actor Jim Caviezel, world-famous for his portrayal of Jesus in the blockbuster 2004 movie The Passion of the Christ, has confirmed that he is joining forces with director Mel Gibson to reprise his role in a sequel about the Resurrection, now on the drawing […]
It is well-documented that William Wordsworth was a serial walker and enjoyed long daily rambles in beautiful surroundings, often in England’s exquisite Lake District but also on extended walking tours in Europe. In fact, according to what appears to be reliable data, renowned British historian George Macaulay Trevelyan reckoned the […]
Originally published in Breaking Israel News A hailstorm last week that partially resembled one of 10 plagues of Egypt in the Biblical Passover story was a blessing to the drought-stricken South African province of Northern Cape, in what The South African dubbed to have been “a miracle rainstorm.” The town […]
Oorspronklik gepubliseer in GrensPos – Nr 2 25 Januarie 2018 (NGK Ooskaap nuusbrief) Gustav Claassen, algemene sekretaris van die algemene sinode, vertel van ‘n ontmoeting tussen afgevaardigdes van die algemene sinode en die EFF: In ‘n poging om met politieke partye en ander rolspelers in gesprek te tree en ons […]
Thursday February 1 marks the 21st anniversary of abortion on demand in South Africa — a period which has seen more than 1.5 million babies legally killed with taxpayers’ money. Christian events in response to this landmark date include: Mass in Cape Town The Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Office will host […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor The US Senate has confirmed Sam Brownback as the new head of the Office of International Religious Freedom. Brownback is the first ambassador under the US’s revised International Religious Freedom Act, which affirms a commitment to international religious freedom as a foreign relations policy. […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News New Zealand Christians plan to rally their parliament to call for Jesus’ name to be reinstated in the parliamentary opening prayer, after it was omitted last month. They’ve started campaigning online and, on January 30, they will gather, urging the speaker of the house, […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute Advocates for unborn children need the compassion, resilience and ingenuity of 19th century anti-slavery campaigners to succeed in their 21st century work, a writer and journalist has said. In an article for The Gospel Coalition, US-based writer Gracy Olmstead highlighted how evangelical Christian William […]