South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A column in which Marzanne Slabbert explores the enigmatic fusion of faith and art in South Africa. Join her on an artistic journey and explore the many ways in which God is using the visual arts! Imagine your faith and creativity merging on a canvas to reveal deeper spiritual truths, […]
A few days ago, a close friend passed away after a three-year battle with cancer. When I say, “battle” I really mean “war” given that she was faced with numerous challenges, one after the other without reprieve – from adverse reactions to prescribed therapeutic medication, to recurrent hospital admissions including […]
Originally published in The Christian Post As the influence of Christianity on the West reaches historic lows, a growing list of atheists and agnostics, some of whom have argued that Christianity is bad for the world, are backpedaling. Apparently, as a post-Christian world takes shape, they are rethinking their critiques of religion and its impact on […]
A monthly column in which Jenni Pretorius Hill shares stories of hope which bring Heaven’s perspective to Earth My daughter is gifted in making cards: the old-fashioned kind – on card or paper that can be slid into an envelope and attached to a gift. But these are a lot […]
I recently returned from what must surely be among the most inspirational Christian events on the planet. The Keswick Convention celebrated 150 years of its annual Bible teaching festival which now runs over three weeks in the summer amidst the spectacular scenery of the English Lake District. As usual, everything […]
Oiginally published in God Reports Atheist Businesswoman Akane Fujimoto had all the success — career, house — but she felt purposeless and empty. So the nominal Buddhist prayed to the God her mother had received 10 years earlier: “If you really exist, if you really love me for who I […]
Gateway readers know by now how God sends me on these journeys — or adventures as I like to call them. Some, I know long before and others God “jumps” on me shortly before I have to go. I have just returned from such an adventure. I thought I would be […]
I have just been sent a Daily Express newspaper cutting dated June 9 1967, full of smiling faces as Israel swept to victory in the Six-Day War. Described as “pictures of victory…of a people happy to be in complete control – for the first time in nearly 2 000 years […]
A 3-part series by political analyst and leadership consultant Craig Bailie’ See Part 1 I Part 2 What the Bible says about the role and, therefore, the limitations on government, is relevant because another criticism against the GNU cabinet has less to do with its leadership quality and more with its […]
South African swimming star Tatjana Smith struck gold in the 100m breaststoke in Paris on Monday night in some welcome bright news for South Africans in an Olympics clouded by a controversial opening ceremony. The ill-conceived opening extravaganza on Saturday night sparked global outrage and justifiable charges of blasphemy over […]