How can a country in which 86% of the population identify as Christian also be ranked as among the worst in the world when it comes to the likes of rape, violence, crime, unemployment, corruption, failed state instituitons, educational and economical decline, xenophobia and more? Political scientist and leadership consultant […]
Opinion
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY: Key to genuine intimacy in marriage
Q: I’m getting married in June. My fiancée and I want to have a great life-long relationship, so we’re asking various people for advice and input. What’s your perspective? Graeme: Every couple wants a loving marriage that’ll endure for the long haul. So it’s worth asking: “Why do so few […]
ELECTIONS OPINION: Afrika Mhlophe warns voters of danger of mixing politics and African religion
In a video message (see above) to the nation ahead of the election next month, author, speaker and media personality Afrika Mhlophe warns that Christians in South Africa cannot afford to ignore the reality of the role of African tradtional religion in certain political parties. If we do, we will […]
The Christian political task — Ryan Smit
In part 1 of a 2-part series on Christian engagement in the political sphere, Ryan Smit, Programme Director of the Wilberforce Academy, South Africa, discusses the Biblical bases for socio-political engagement. [See Part 2] As with all other areas of life and culture, Christians’ engagement with political structures and processes […]
‘US campus protests really against God of Israel’
With anti-Israel protests taking place at over 80 US university campuses many people are asking what is going on. In this insightful video, Dr Erez Soref and Dr Golan Broshi of One For Israel, a unique, Evangelical, Hebrew-speaking Bible College in Israel, probe the real reason for the orchestrated, antisemitic […]
MYSTERIOUS WAYS: Whose image is on it?
A column in which Simon Kumm unpacks the mysterious ways of God, to connect believers with their Father and His incredible living inheritance! A while ago I woke up from a dream with a clear phrase in my head. It said: “A coin holds in tension two things, identity and […]
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY — Let’s call a family meeting
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY Q: I’ve built a pretty successful career in the corporate world, but I’ve recently recognised that I don’t interact with my wife and children nearly as well as I do my employees. I want to lead my family even better than I do my business, yet […]
ELECTIONS OPINION: Be guided by character of leaders
Couple answer God’s call to become family of nomads
Neziswa Kanju reports and reflects on a SA couple’s testimony of making a radical lifestyle change that puts family above possessions. Eastern Cape-born, Darren and Rouchelle Peens, a husband and wife music duo known as Digby and the Lullaby are travelling throughout the country living out their South African nomadic […]
ELECTIONS OPINION: Critical juncture to ‘course correct’ — Rev Chris Mathebula
May 29 is a “critical juncture” which gives every eligible voter an opportunity “to course correct the mistakes that have cost us dearly as a nation”, says Rev Chris Mathebula, founder of the Devoted Citizen Movement and pastor of Hope Restoration Minisitries, in an open letter to the nation. Saying […]