South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
At the beginning of each year, many of us are looking for some structure to guide our times spent with God. So I am starting my year of book reviews with an overview of daily/weekly devotionals. There are nine books in total; I have three favourites which I mention below. […]
Prophetic insights for 2019 In this book many of the prophetic words for 2019 have already started to take place. For example, the bridge collapse in Italy, the proposed resignation of Angela Merkel of Germany, the minimum wage allowance in SA, the riots in France…. We really encourage every believer […]
Angus Buchan, Stephan Joubert and Milanie Volsoo scooped the 2018 South African best-selling authors awards at the recent annual authors’ breakfast hosted in Johannesburg and Stellenbosch by Christian Art Publishers. The three authorse were honoured for all of their books. Dave Strehler won the international best-selling author of the year […]
Book Review by Neziswa Kanju Thomas Dexter Jakes, commonly known as T D Jakes, is a familiar face in many Christian broadcasting channels across the world. Having founded and grown The Potter’s House, a non-denominational church in Dallas Texas from 10 members to more than 30 000 members and having […]
Book Review by Michael Cassidy It is astonishing to me that a leadership book of this depth and significance can come from the pen of a relatively young leader. The fact is it reveals a depth of maturity and insight which would be rare even in a leader who had […]
Gateway News interviews pastor, author, columnist and public speaker Afrika Mhlophe about his latest book A Passion for Position In your first two books you boldly challenged the prevalence in our part of the world of Christians who also worship ancestors, and believers who care more about their ethnicity than […]
Originally published in Charisma News Prolific author and speaker Eugene Peterson died Monday. He was 85. “During the previous days, it was apparent that he was navigating the thin and sacred space between earth and heaven,” according to his family. “We overheard him speaking to people we can only presume […]
Originally published in Charisma News Eugene Peterson, the bestselling author of The Message and longtime pastor praised as a “shepherd’s shepherd,” is moving into hospice and receiving palliative medical care. Peterson, 85, was hospitalised Tuesday October 9 “when he took a sudden and dramatic turn in his health caused by […]
Gateway News interviews veteran Christian journalist Dot Mitchell about her new book He Said Yes! — about the life of trailblazing South African Christian leader Derek Crumpton Tell us about your own connection with Derek Crumpton “The first time I met Derek Crumpton and his wife Jean was in 1976 […]
Book Review by Andre Viljoen Pretoria-based pastor, leader and author Olusegun Olanipekun has written a timely book on building a great nation according to biblical principles — an assignment that he believes is the next focus of the Holy Spirit and demands the attention of all Christians. Indeed, against a […]