South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]In this guest column, Johannesburg engineer and blogger Niel Knoblauch says that an identity crisis is at the heart of greed and hopelessness that is gripping many people as our nation faces tough times.[/notice] After a year of not really thinking too much about it, the current state of South […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] Whatever happens between now and the rest of the year, the University of Cape Town has not had an ordinary year, if media publicity is anything to go by. I was recently invited by an evangelical, interdenominational Christian […]
God’s word tells us to be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble” (1 Peter 5:5) and, “For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted” (Luke 14:11). Yet, I often feel there is an element of […]
[notice]A new, monthly column by Vivienne Solomons who is a legal consultant who passionately believes that God wants His people to make a difference right where they are and to stand up for what is true and just. She is also passionate about encouraging young women to walk victoriously with […]
[notice]A monthly prophetic perspective from Marian and Kate Fitz-Gibbon[/notice] Holy Spirit has been referred to as a “rushing wind”, “breath”, “wind”, “a violent rushing wind”, but is it ours to even ask or to understand the “wind”? John 3:8 says “The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound […]
[notice]Jesus came to give us abundant life (John 10:10). In this new monthly column, Jacob McMillen examines what it means for men, young and old, to father abundant life in their families, communities, businesses and churches.[/notice] 1 year of marriage is in the books. I’d make a joke here about […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Approximately 10 years ago, July of 2005, we lost our second child through a miscarriage. The dictionary describes a miscarriage as “a spontaneous abortion and pregnancy loss. It is the natural death of an embryo or foetus before it is able to survive […]
Originally published in theconversation.com Human trafficking is a global crime affecting countless victims around the world. Yet its actual scope remains a mystery. The methodologies used to arrive at estimates about its nature and extent have been widely criticised as flawed or lacking in scientific rigour. In South Africa, claims […]
[notice]A monthly column by farmer, preacher and writer for Jesus, Angus Buchan[/notice] If we look at The Word of God in Nehemiah 9:21 (NKJV) it says “Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; They lacked nothing; Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.” We need […]
Little to celebrate on 4th anniversary of indepenednce By Richard Stearns, President of World Vision US and author of ‘The Hole in Our Gospel’ and ‘Unfinished’Originally published in The Christian Post Yesterday (July 9, 2015), South Sudan celebrated its fourth Independence Day, but almost no one there is celebrating. Instead […]
