South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By David Baker — Originally published in Christian Today The passing of a monarch – the end of an era, bringing with it uncertainty, questions and a sense of change. Recently I preached on Isaiah 6 and even just a few weeks ago I was struck by the parallels with […]
We live in an age where for most of us, everything must be scheduled. Including time spent with those we love. The other evening, my younger brother and I had a long overdue catch up. We message each other on WhatsApp at least once a week. But we haven’t spoken […]
Originally published in Honest Reporting Believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, Bethlehem is revered in the Christian faith and attracts more than a million pilgrims every year who come to pray at the famous Church of the Nativity. Here, visitors queue daily by the hundreds to enter a […]
I have been immersed during recent months in a series of new books on the Holocaust. Fresh testimonies from people who experienced the sheer terror and trauma of those hellish days keep emerging into the cold light of day, even 77 years after the horror of the concentration camps was […]
Tables are one of the most significant places of human connection. We’re often most fully alive when sharing a meal around a table. We shouldn’t be surprised, then, to find that throughout the Bible, God has a way of showing up at tables. Jesus himself wanted to explain to his […]
There are some profound lessons that I have learned from that old couch in the lounge. The secret is to be relaxed, receptive and open to the things it can teach you. For most people, it’s the place we plop down after a horrid, crushing day at the office. It’s […]
Keith Mathee SC, a practicing senior advocate in South Africa, Christian author and pro-life activist shares his views on a Constitutional Court finding two months ago that unborn babies less than 26 weeks old are not human The South African Constitutional Court handed down its judgment in the ‘Voice of the Unborn […]
There’s a popular worship song that goes like this: “I’ve got peace like a river, peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river in my soul. I’ve got peace like a river, peace like a river, I’ve got peace like a river in my soul.” It is […]
Originally published in Religion News During the Cold War, Russia’s refusal to allow Jews to leave the country reflected its political aims. The same is likely true today, a Jewish studies scholar explains. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sparked a surge of refugees fleeing the war zone, but political repression […]
Well, having just returned from Mogale City (Krugersdorp), I can smell revival in the air. Jeremiah 33.3 (NKJV) (Jesus’s telephone Number)– “Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and [a]mighty things, which you do not know.” And that is exactly what we are going to be […]