South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]In Video of the Week we post a weekly video clip to inspire, inform, edify or entertain. Readers are welcome to email suggested clips of the week to news@gatwaynews.co.za[/notice] Laughing Candace inspires youth to obey God Originally published in Christian Post Candace Payne, the Texas mother who posted a video […]
Cape Town filmmakers Shane and Bianca (Schmitz) Vermooten attended the 2016 Cannes Film Festival in France, where the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) included the Media Village Productions film Bypass in their catalogue of South African movies. Over the past few years Shane has won numerous international awards for his short […]
[notice]Pieter Pohl, founder of Innovation Films and marketing manager of CMD Entertainment Africa, sheds some light on the latest movies.[/notice] NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD THE PATH OF THE WIND MOVIE TRAILER & MORE INFO: http://www.cmdafrica.com/#!the-path-of-the-wind/vp0a2 Synopsis Starting over is never easy and sometimes the hardest things in life are forgiveness […]
Originally published in Christian Today A rare letter from Bob Dylan in which he makes frequent references to his faith is being auctioned online and may be sold for more than $20 000 (R317 000). Written on Park Plaza paper in April 1980 to a friend named ‘Steve’, the letter […]
Originally published in Christian Today Singer Lady Gaga has hit back at a Catholic blogger who insinuated she is a hypocrite for sharing her Christian faith while living an “obscene life”. The 30-year-old challenged the author of an article entitled ‘From Lady Gaga to Steph Curry: 5 Things to Remember […]
[notice]Pieter Pohl, founder of Innovation Films and marketing manager of CMD Entertainment Africa, sheds some light on the latest movies.[/notice] NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD STANDING FIRM MOVIE TRAILER & MORE INFO: http://www.cmdafrica.com/#!standing-firm/os2fq Movie Synopsis: “What is God’s purpose in suffering? After the death of his wife, reluctant churchgoer Dave Corwin […]
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 […]
[notice]Pieter Pohl, founder of Innovation Films and marketing manager of CMD Entertainment Africa, sheds some light on the latest movies.[/notice] NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD RAGAMUFFIN MOVIE TRAILER & MORE INFO: http://www.cmdafrica.com/#!ragamuffin/qc62s Movie Synopsis: “Ragamuffin” is the true story of Rich Mullins, a prodigy musician who rose to Christian music fame […]
The movie, Miracles from Heaven, “is not only about miracles. It’s about families and struggle,” says TD Jakes, producer of the movie which premieres in theatres across South Africa on Friday, May 6, 2016. Pastor, author and filmmaker Jakes believes the film is a powerful, provocative story about how a […]
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” […]