South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Book Review by Neziswa Kanju The 4 Seasons of Marriage is a book from a long list of resources on marriage and family by Gary Chapman. Gary Demonte Chapman (born January 10, 1938) is a relationship counsellor and author of the bestseller The 5 Love Languages series. He is […]
Review by Val Viljoen Marco Broccardo: Rocks — One Man’s Climb from Drugs to Dreams Marco Broccardo comes from a stable and loving family. He entered high school with the knowledge that drug use was a dangerous and self destructive activity, and the resolve to never partake. Yet he was […]
Originally published in Christian Today Youth ministry Jesus Culture is promoting the book called The Naked Truth About Sexuality, saying that every single, dating, and married person needs to read it. “We’re really excited about this book offering a healthy view on sexuality from Havilah Cunnington and Moral Revolution,” they […]
Book Review by Val ViljoenGenre: Novel It is two months before her wedding day and Libby is struggling to deal with her mother’s overbearing interference in her wedding when Caroline is suddenly forced into telling her daughter she is adopted. Libby has lived with the pain of her father leaving […]
An easy-to-read version of the Bible, which uses a vocabulary of just 1 200 words, has now been completed. The culmination of 20 years’ work, it is freely available online. The project began in the early 1990s at the request of an overseas mission worker wanting Bible commentaries, which most […]
Richard and Jill Lawton, who co-lead a church in Hillcrest, KZN, both published their first book last year. His takes on a weighty theological challenge. Hers contains beautiful art and poetry. In this engaging article, Jill shares their unusual journey from Oxford University, UK to KZN — and some of […]
“Freed By God But Imprisoned By Culture” is the provocative title of a new book by Port Elizabeth pastor and author Afrika Mhlophe. Mhlophe says the idea for the book came to him while he was writing his first book, “Christianity and the Veneration of the Dead” which was released […]
Can we be happy when we’re single? Ryan Peter looks to answer this question in his new book, Your Single Happiness, which released on Friday, February 13, 2015. In 2004, writer and journalist Ryan Peter was tired of “having tried everything” and still being single. This, coupled with what he calls […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen Love Without Limits by Nick and Kanae Vujicic Nick Vujicic is the author of the international bestseller Unstoppable, in which he tells the remarkable story of how he overcame the very considerable disability of being born with no legs and arms to become a successful […]
Review by Allan Verreynne (with acknowledgement to several quotes from Marshall Segal) This is one of the most riveting true life accounts that I have recently read. Once you start it, you cannot put it down!Like The life story of Louis Zamperini (1917–2014) is truly remarkable! Agony, ecstacy, despair, hope, […]