South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Book Review by Lawrie Wilmot JOHN HUDDLESTONE — A VISION: YOU MAKE IT HAPPEN This is the story of a man who has had a dream; and it tells of how the Lord, through His gracious provision and guidance, has enabled John to see his dream starting to take shape […]
Book review by Lawrie Wilmot WHAT ON EARTH AM I HERE FOR? by RICK WARREN This book is an electronic-media-friendly version of and identical to his first book, ” The Purpose Driven Life”. I can add no comment; after all, how does anyone comment critically on a book which sold […]
Book Review by Lawrie Wilmot GODS AT WAR: DEFEATING THE IDOLS THAT BATTLE FOR YOUR HEART by Kyle Idleman I will divide this review into three parts: the theological, the descriptive, and the remedial. Theological. With respect to the author, he has not defined idolatry correctly, as in the true Biblical […]
Recently I was among a group of Port Elizabeth pastors and leaders who were privileged to have Deon Pretorius, a sociologist, address us. Deon holds a Doctorate in Sociology and his company, Development Partners supplies and analyses data on social development. The subject of his address was ” How can […]
Upwards of 120 pastors and Christian leaders from all over Port Elizabeth gathered at St Johns Anglican Church in Walmer to hear Michael Cassidy, founder of African Enterprise and author, speak on his latest book, “The Church Jesus Prayed For “, an exposition of John Ch. 17, which contains the […]
How do we view the things happening in our beloved country at present? When we open our newspapers and read of yet more murders, rapes, fraud, and road deaths, to say nothing of a government that has failed to deliver on so many fronts, what is our reaction? Do we […]
[notice]Retired clergyman Reverend Lawrie Wilmot shares his point of view on the current public hearings into whether Christian holidays should be removed from the list of public holidays.[/notice] I am a born-again and Spirit-filled believer. However I am in favour of taking our Christian holidays out of the secular calendar. […]
Book Review by Lawrie Wilmot THE WAY OF BALAAM: FALSE TEACHERS AND THE REAPPEARANCE OF ANCIENT GNOSTIC BELIEFS by Dave Doveton My review presumes that the reader has both Biblical and theological knowledge: I therefore do not go into overly lengthy explanations of some of the terms in this […]