South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Book Review by Val Viljoen Jen Gibbs has a successful career in publishing when an aged manuscript mysteriously appears on her desk. It tells the story of Sarra and Rand, two people of vastly different backgrounds who find themselves thrown together in dangerous and difficult circumstances in the heart of […]
Originally published in The Gospel Herald When 12-year-old Martin Pistorius fell into a vegetative state in the late 1980s, the diagnosis of Cryptococci Meningitis was expected to leave him in that condition until he died a short time later. But the boy didn’t die. And 12 years after his paralysis, […]
Originally published in NPR News Nearly five years after it hit bestseller lists, a book that purported to be a six-year-old boy’s story of visiting angels and heaven after suffering a bad car crash is being pulled from shelves. The young man at the center of The Boy Who Came […]
Book Review by Afrika Mhlophe Proverbs 18:21 says, “Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit” (NKJV). If you are one those people who believe in the power of positive words then you will find the ‘Prophetic Word Bank’ […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen In the Bible, the story of Ruth is beautiful and inspiring. It is a story of redemption and restoration, and can be a powerful initiator of hope to those who are experiencing disappointment and discouragement in their journey through life. Sarah Jakes is the daughter […]
Book Review by Andre Viljoen WALKING BY FAITH: 366 DAILY DEVOTIONS by ANGUS BUCHAN “Will you walk by faith and not by sight?” Angus Buchan asks readers in the January 1 entry in his new book of daily devotions for every day of the year. Echoing the words of Scripture […]
Jenny-May Hudson, author of Monsters, Mice and Mercy, will be in East London next week to share her story of redemption, healing and wholeness after years of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her psychopathic father. The popular speaker, who now lives in Perth, Australia, details her chilling […]
New York Times best-selling author, Francine Rivers is currently visiting South Africa and has made herself available to the public through press conferences, book signing events and speaking opportunities. I had the pleasure of meeting her at a press conference in Johannesburg yesterday. She shared some of her life story […]
God has blessed each one of us with different talents and abilities, and wishes us to express those gifts. But sometimes things go wrong when we try to do things our own way, and forget to include Him in our plans. It’s no secret that we live in a country […]
Originally published in Charisma News Francis and Lisa Chan’s new book, You and Me Forever: Marriage in Light of Eternity, released Tuesday. The couple made and performed in a rap video to promote the book. Watch the funny video, “Ride It Out Together,” below.