South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
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 […]
By Sima Samar and Dyan Mazurana — Originally published in RNS Since returning to power three years ago, the Taliban have been enforcing oppressive laws that violate people’s freedoms and human rights, especially those of women and girls. But a newly passed “vice and virtue” law goes further. It is among the […]
By Jessica Lea — Originally published in ChurchLeaders Pastors and church leaders who are fearful about artificial intelligence (AI) have good reason to be. But they should not let their valid concerns prevent them from missing the opportunity the Church has to shape the cultural conversation on AI. Such was the […]
Originally published in My Christian Daily US author, media personality and Messianic Jewish apologist Dr Michael Brown reflects on the mysterious exploding pager attack on Hezbollah members in Lebanon on Tuesday. Since he published this article, Hezbollah members in Lebanon were hit by a second wave of attacks involving exploding […]
By Massimo Introvigne and Rosita Šorytė — Originally published in Zenit In April 2023, media all around the world carried the news that a Kenyan religious movement they called a “cult”, led by a local pastor called Paul Mackenzie, was responsible for the death of hundreds of followers, who had starved […]