South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in CBN News From Africa to the Middle East to Asia and around the globe, Christians today are more persecuted than ever before. The Third Century writer Tertullian said, “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.” That’s as true today as it was in […]
Movie and Book Review by Val Viljoen This must-see movie releases in SA on July 22 2016 I have both read the book of this title and seen a preview of the movie. Interestingly, the novel was based on the movie, which is a reversal of the norm. The movie […]
Originally published in Christian Today Jesus Culture is “a ministry to ignite revival in the nations of the earth”, according to its Twitter bio. This worship-led revival movement which sprung out of Bethel Church, Redding has a global mandate and a global influence. The band, led by Kim Walker-Smith and […]
Book Review by Andre Viljoen Good Faith — Being a Christian When Society Thinks You’re Irrelevant and Extreme — by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons More and more people today believe that Christianity is “irrelevant” and “extreme”, say the authors of this book. Society is not only moving away from […]
Book review by Wendy Duminy Behold the Man is the third book in the Jerusalem Chronicles and tells the account of events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus through the perspectives of Pilate, Claudia (Pilate’s wife) and Centurion Marcus Longinus. The question of “who is this man called Jesus” […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen Author: Eugene Bach Recently I read on Facebook someone’s opinion that time reading about ISIS could be better spent reading the bible. As I was reading my second book about this heinous organisation at the time, I pondered this for a while. I believe reading […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen In this 2016 release from New York Times bestselling author Terri Blackstock, Casey Cox is on the run. Her DNA is all over the murder scene of her best friend. Dylan Roberts is hired to find her – this seems a good break for the […]
40 portraits of His transforming glory Book Review by Rev John Alexander Check out the self-improvement section of any bookstore and you will find a bewildering plethora of titles relating to self-improvement, self-enhancement, improving one’s self-image, and so on. And the one word that binds them all together is the […]
Originally published in Christian Examiner Gary Smalley, 75, an internationally recognised expert on relationships and a Christian counselor, has died. Numerous resources he created addressed issues such as marriage and family, sexuality and pornography. Smalley’s family made the announcement via social media on his Facebook page, where it was said […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen In Son of Hamas we are given a unique and intensely personal perspective on the Middle East conflict. Mosab Hassan Yousef is the son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member and leader of Hamas, the terrorist organisation responsible for countless suicide bombings and other […]