South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
So it was that God sent Moses to deliver the nation of Israel from slavery in Egypt, as the Bible recounts. But God, knowing where He wanted His people to be geographically, in belief and in lifestyle, understood that He had more to do than just take them out […]
In America, we see what others might call a cathartic response in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. Americans of all ethnicities have taken to the streets to demand justice and an end to police brutality. Floyd’s death has struck something deep within the psyche of many people […]
One of the saddest incidents in the Bible, in my view, is the story in 2 Kings 4:1 (ESV) — Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, “Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the […]
Three million South Africans have lost their jobs during lockdown, according to a new study released this week. Some, including many former church employees who should have qualified for UIF claims are not even eligible for this relief because their employers did not submit the prescribed levies to the Department of […]
The Day After Tomorrow is the title of a Hollywood disaster film of the early 2000s. We may believe that the day after tomorrow will not change! But what about the week after tomorrow, or the month after tomorrow or even the year after tomorrow? Once the coronavirus has run its […]
It is dangerous to allow our musical preferences to divide the Church. We disobey Jesus when we allow our preferences to erode the unity for which Jesus prayed. All believers, young and old, white and black, are one in Christ. Worship together. Sing together. Serve together. Witness together. Because this […]
When we look at the situation in the country and indeed the whole world, there is so much confusion, there is so much fear, there is so much uncertainty — what can we do? Well, the Bible tells us very clearly in the Gospel of Luke 21:28 (NKLV) — “Now when […]
By Donnelly McCleland — originally published by INcontext International Turkey and the European Union (EU) clashed on Monday [July 13] over Ankara’s decision to change the status of Hagia Sophia from a museum to a mosque and its continued energy exploration in disputed Mediterranean waters. After their first face-to-face meeting in […]
Martin Luther King Jr is credited for saying: “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends”. Anyone who has ever lived for anything in any environment would have experienced the brutal betrayal of friends or supporters who fail to stand […]
It was 2am when I jolted up in bed; there was a banging on my bedroom door: “Mark, we can’t find Cathy!” cried Jenny. The look on her face startled me and I knew the girls were worried. Cathy was a quiet lady who had come to the farm for […]