South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A new book is available to passionate followers of Christ. A book that will challenge you and shake you – but leave you on firmer ground than you may have been on before. Former PEFM Christian Radio presenter, Graham Ries, spent years consumed by a burning passion to pen a […]
The Loft House, a hard-hitting, South African, faith-based drama movie that seeks to support healing addicts through the journey of inner healing, forgiveness and restoration, is now available on DVD. “Most people struggle all of their adulthood to overcome their childhood” says producer, Dalene Gibbens, who has 30 years of […]
Originally published in Cleveland Last week on the Billboard 200 chart, a Christian album sat at No 3, nestled between Kamikaze, Eminem’s diss track-laden new release, and Zoo, the sophomore effort from rapper Russ. That marked an impressive debut for Look Up Child, the second studio album from contemporary Christian […]
Stumbling upon a confronting quotation Several years ago now, while browsing through some books in a large bookstore in Cape Town, I came across Hermann Giliomee’s impressive tome titled The Afrikaners. As I was trying to balance it in the palm of one hand, it fell open to page 208, […]
Cape Town – This year the David and Jonathan Foundation are staging two celebration evenings for the Feast of Tabernacles, one in Meadowridge on Friday evening (September 21) and the other next Saturday (September 29) in Brackenfell, with the focus, “Fear not for the Lord is with you” remembering our […]
Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column. The Bible is one of the most comprehensive books ever compiled! And God had the major hand in this compilation. God wants His pastors to preach […]
Originally published in Ecumenical News A movie based on the life of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, titled The Forgiven that was panned by American critics earlier this year might face some unsympathetic reviews when it is released to South African cinemas next month. The film, which […]
Tell us about yourself and the how you were inspired to write about Andrew Murray. I grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. And it was there as a young teenager that I grew to love Andrew Murray’s devotional works. My grandfather used to purchase them from market stalls on […]
Harvest Christian Church, Port Elizabeth, recently held a debut art exhibition for what I believe will develop into an increasingly significant event on their annual calendar. It was very good, from the attention to detail throughout the show, the initial call for artists and work, to the arrangement and hanging […]
October 2017 marked the 500th anniversary of the action that is considered to have sparked the enormous religious and social changes known as the Reformation. That a humble monk by the name of Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-five Theses to the door of Wittenburg Castle Church in October 1517, traditionally […]