South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A column in which Marzanne Slabbert explores the enigmatic fusion of faith and art in South Africa. Join her on an artistic journey and explore the many ways in which God is using the visual arts! Today, as I prepared tomorrow’s journal prompt for the “21-Day Biblical Affirmation Journey” with […]
A monthly column in which Julita Kok shares on living adventurously with God Many years ago, around 2013 I would say, my office received a phone call from a nightclub manager wanting to meet with me. He said that they opened up a new nightclub in an area not too far […]
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY Q: Despite our best parenting efforts, our adult son has developed a talent for making dumb decisions and behaving irresponsibly. He recently financed an expensive car he couldn’t afford, only to write it off three weeks later – after he’d cancelled the insurance. He’s now in […]
Originally published in Christian Today The persecution of Christians worldwide has “significantly worsened” in the last year, a human rights charity has warned. In a report published this week, Aid to the Church in Need said that Christians are living under increased threat of violence, discrimination and other human rights […]
No, being prosecuted is not nice. But after five years, Päivi Räsänen is surprised that she found her real joy in the court case against her. Because God blessed her with new friends and opportunities to testify that she never dreamt of. In her article below, which was originally published […]
Originally published in Premier Christian News A new study has revealed that a significant number of practicing Christians, including pastors, admit to viewing pornography, with many expressing comfort in their habit. The research, published by Barna in collaboration with Pure Desire Ministries, highlighted the widespread prevalence of porn use across all demographics, with the gap […]
In a good way and definitely in a bad way too. We have no appreciation for what we have available to us here, simply because we do not know. Only if you travel outside of SA, do you realise this — and of course, this is generally speaking. In SA […]
By David Parsons, ICEJ Senior Vice President and Spokesman Over recent decades, official visitors to Israel felt obliged to make a pilgrimage to Sderot, near Gaza, to view the rusting heaps of Hamas rockets on display behind the town’s police station. Even presidential candidate Barack Obama stood there in 2008, […]
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY Q: Sometimes I feel that my wife and I spend so much time in our roles as mom and dad that we neglect our own relationship. Do we just need to recognise that our needs as a couple have to be put on hold until our […]
Originally published in Faithwire A new study claims to expose the true “consequences of anti-biblical worldview,” finding a refusal or inability to see the effects of harmful beliefs could lead to serious issues. According to Dr George Barna of the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University, hundreds of thousands of people […]