South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
It’s always been about the government. After Esther became the queen of Persia, married to King Xerxes, by divine order and orchestration, in Esther 2:22, we see Mordecai discover a plot by Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officers who guarded the doorway, to assassinate the king. Mordecai then […]
Will Christians in South Africa vote according to their Christian values next Wednesday? For a country in which more than 70% of people apparently identify as Christians, only a small percentage have voted for parties that acknowledge God in their constitution and promote biblical family values. In 2014, such parties […]
Continuing with his 2-part pre-election teaching series on “The Sword and the Keys” Port Elizabeth pastor Daan Botha stressed that the right to vote is a privilege that should not be taken for granted — and that for Christians, prayerfully exercising that right is a biblical responsibility. Botha, who is a […]
Ajith Fernando, a theologian in Colombo, is teaching director of Youth for Christ, Sri Lanka, and author of Discipling in a Multicultural World (Crossway 2019). Following the brutal bombings on Easter Sunday across the nation of Sri Lanka, which killed at least 320 people, he declares that God gives Christians the freedom to […]
“South Africa you are called to pray together as children in one accord. I urge you to come into unity of My love by the power of My Holy Spirit as you are in critical times. This you know too well,” Says the Lord. A greater reverence will fall upon […]
Originally published in Daily Maverick Arguments in favour of the decriminalisation of ‘sex work’ is dubious. The focus should shift to reducing demand and addressing pimps, brothels and traffickers. For the past 17 years, I have had an insider’s perspective on the abuse, rape, torture and murder inflicted on persons […]
Originally published in Charisma News Prophet, author and pastor Shawn Bolz shares a word in the wake of the terror blasts at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka yesterday. The death toll from the bombings has reached 290 and the atrocity has been linked to an Islamist group Anytime there […]
When I was a little girl I was terrified of storms. Why? You may ask. Because in my mind storms meant Jesus was coming, and if Jesus was coming chances were He was going to leave me behind. So whenever a storm would come I would be in my room, […]
By Michael Swain, executive director of Freedom of Religion South Africa How greater levels of voluntary and self-regulatory accountability can effectively resolve problems It seems that every day there is another article or TV exposure of some so-called pastor or prophet doing something that is either outright criminal or borderline at […]
By John Stonestreet — Originally published in Christian Headlines C S Lewis’s The Screwtape Letters has a lot of amazing insights on the working of our enemy, but one of my favourites occurs when the demon undersecretary advises his nephew: “Above all, do not attempt to use science…as a defence […]