South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Book Review by Val Viljoen THE ARTIST’S DAUGHTER by ALEXANDRA KUYKENDALL This memoir starts with the author’s first meeting with her elderly artist father at the age of eight in Barcelona. Alexandra had high expectations of this meeting and the father-daughter relationship that she assumed would result. Her disappointment in […]
[notice]Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column.[/notice] Lately SABC TV3 has shown Andre Rieu concerts, and we have enjoyed immensely their 21h30 slot on Saturday evenings. Andre and his orchestra have the knack […]
By his own admission, former Creed lead singer Scott Stapp has been to hell and back, a difficult and circuitous trip to be sure. Yet, you won’t hear the 40-year-old Stapp complaining about the pain and difficulties he endured on the way to becoming one of the world’s top rock […]
[notice]A new weekly column in which Pieter Pohl, founder and managing director of Innovation Films, sheds some light on the latest movies. Check in each week for reviews and previews of mainstream and Christian movies at the cinema, on TV or on DVD.[/notice] NOW SHOWING IN CINEMAS: The much-anticipated biblical […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen LIFE ON THE LINE: THE STORY OF DES AND ROS SINCLAIR AS TOLD TO AL GIBSON In the first chapter of this testimony of Des and Ros Sinclair’s ministry we are told of Des’ miraculous escape from a West African jail cell after his abduction […]
What an opportunity for a city of believers to unite across cultures on Saturday (March 29), together with a visiting ministry team from Bethel Church in California, for a 7 hour BURN at Good News Community Church in Kwakakhele, Port Elizabeth! So says Burn 24-7 coordinator, Pete Gooch, of the […]
[notice]A monthly interview column in which Mike Beets tunes into the heartbeat of Christian musicians and the SA Christian music industry.[/notice] Ju-aan’s story is one of a young man that survived the agony of his parents’ divorce and stood up against depression to overcome the lies the darkness was spewing […]
Music Review by Ellenor Lotter SONS OF LIFE: WE WILL FLY This week it is my great pleasure to follow up on an article Andre did on the 7th of November 2013 on the collaborative efforts of Jake Hamilton from Jesus Culture and our own homegrown boys, SONS OF LIFE, […]
The Karoo will host three of South Africa’s foremost worship musicians when Joe Niemand, Retief Burger and Dewald Gouws lead praise and worship during the Karoo Mighty Men Conference 2014 (KMMC 2014) from April 25 to 27. All three know and love the Karoo. They agree it is an amazing privilege to […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen MADE TO CRAVE: SATISFYING YOUR DEEPEST DESIRE WITH GOD, NOT FOOD by LYSA TERKEURST The whole issue of our eating habits versus the need to be healthy and /or slim is the subject of a vast array of books, magazine articles, websites, etc. This is […]