South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Dennis Prager — Originally published in Jewish World Review The alleged butcher of the off-duty British soldier, Drummer Lee Rigby, defended his carving up of a living human being by claiming that he was engaging in “an eye for an eye” because the British army is killing Muslims in […]
[notice]DANIE MOUTON vertel hoe ‘n dorpie in die Karoo seën begin ervaar het toe Christene saamwerk om behoeftige matrikulante prakties te ondersteun. Dit is ‘n inspirerende verhaal van die seën wat God uitgiet wanneer gelowiges in eenheid dien (Psalm 133)[/notice] Christene van verskillende kerke op Steytlerville het ‘n paar jaar […]
[notice]Musings around children’s ministry. Reflections on weeks 5 and 6 of a 10 weeks teaching stint.[/notice] Last week I sincerely hoped this thing with my classes would not end with me in a jail cell singing, “He had it coming! He had it coming! He only had himself to blame, […]
[notice]DIANNE STEVEN looks at an aspect of abortion that receives scant attention. How does it affect men? Why are men so silent about their experiences with abortion? What if the silence was broken?[/notice] More than 2,9 million * babies have been aborted in South Africa over the past five years […]
Originally published in INContext Ministries’ World In Motion, Issue 76 The pan-Arab news giant is laying the groundwork for the launch of al-Jazeera America after its purchase of Current TV, a struggling US cable channel. Adel Iskandar, a professor of communication at Georgetown University and co-author of a 2002 book on the […]
Will religious extremism or tolerance mark the future of Egypt? By World Watch Monitor A “big force” is pushing Egypt towards greater conservatism and religious extremism, according to Bishop Thomas of the El-Qussia and Mair Diocese in Upper Egypt. However, he said he still believes Egypt can enjoy transformation of […]
Recently I was among a group of Port Elizabeth pastors and leaders who were privileged to have Deon Pretorius, a sociologist, address us. Deon holds a Doctorate in Sociology and his company, Development Partners supplies and analyses data on social development. The subject of his address was ” How can […]
Iran’s human rights record questioned in run-up to June elections By Steve Dew-Jones — World Watch Monitor Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani greets his wife Fatemah after his release from prison in September 2012.Nadarkhani family for World Watch Monitor Iran’s treatment of its Christian minority has come under fresh scrutiny in recent […]
By Rev Dr Kenneth Meshoe — Originally published in the San Francisco Examiner On my recent trip to San Francisco, I was deeply disturbed to learn about the posters in The City accusing Israel of apartheid. As a black South African who lived under apartheid, this system was implemented in […]
Originally published in Charisma News Scientists in Oregon say that they have created cloned human embryos, and then destroyed the embryos to extract embryonic stem cells. The cloning technique is essentially the same one used to create Dolly the cloned sheep, with some modifications to make cloning work using human […]