Q: My wife and I are giving serious thought to starting a family, and now I’m having second thoughts. The idea of being responsible for a child is daunting enough. But I read a recent report suggesting that parenting often leads to unhappiness. What’s your perspective? Graeme: Scientists love to […]
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A story of hope: when his porn use nearly destroyed their marriage
The final episode in a 6-part series which aims to open eyes and free lives from the damaging effects of porn. The series is brought to you by Naked Truth, a UK charity, now in South Africa, which works internationally to change lives and minds through awareness, education and recovery, […]
JULITA EXPLORES: Encouraging God’s people serving amidst persecution, witchcraft
A monthly column in which Julita Kok shares on living adventurously with God It is the most wonderful thing to me that I am writing to you from Matema in Tanzania, right on the shores of Lake Malawi. As I am writing, I hear the soothing sound of the waves […]
NASA Links Jesus’ Crucifixion to Jerusalem Lunar Eclipse
Orifinally published in Israel365News NASA scientists announced that they may have determined the day the New Testament claims Jesus was supposed to have been crucified. The Daily Mail reported that NASA made this discovery in the 1990s but went unnoticed until it was published recently in ABP News, an Indian Hindi-language news service. […]
Gospel lessons for today from Paul at the Aeropagus
Dr John Span, a senior lecturer at Mukhanyo Theological College, says Paul’s example (Acts 17: 16 – 34) of addressing the Areopagus (forum of leaders and thinkers) in Athens provides pertinent lessons for today on how to share the Gospel in a pluralistic society like our own The Apostle Paul […]
Will UK court ruling influence transgender restrooms policy in SA?
A landmark ruling given by the UK Supreme Court last Wednesday has set the tone for much thought and for the possible revision of policies that previously granted access to “transgender women” to use women’s restrooms. The unanimous ruling states that “transgender women” are not legally women and is therefore […]
Experiencing the Holy Trinity — Vivienne Solomons
This week as part of Holy Week, our local church congregation has gathered at our venue every day to reflect on the significance of this special time in the life of every believer. On Tuesday evening, we had an opportunity to spend time at three different stations to contemplate each […]
IN-DEPTH: Opposition to court bid to decriminalise prostitution finally rising
In this special report on a move to oppose a new court bid for the legalisation of prostitution in South Africa, Ryan Smit founder and director of Cause for Justice (CFJ) considers the biblical and constitutional implications of the matter. He also explains why it is an opportune time for […]
2 000 years after World’s greatest miracle, signs and Wonders continue at Garden Tomb
Originally published in CBN Jesus rising from the dead is the most celebrated miracle in Christianity. And in the Garden Tomb in eastern Jerusalem, the very place place many believe that wondrous event occurred, it seems that miracles and wonders still occur. Scholars are divided on the exact location of […]
Crammed with Heaven: Finding Jesus in Glasgow
A monthly column in which Jenni Pretorius Hill shares stories of hope which bring Heaven’s perspective to Earth I don’t know much about art, and the little I do know has been inspired only by the emotions that certain works have provoked in me. One such piece was a depiction […]