South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God. In Acts chapter 17, verses 17 to 34 highlight the apostle Paul visiting and preaching the gospel in Athens. What would that have to do with contemporary discussions in South Africa and the global South on the […]
A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God. Recently, I was having one of those conversations about our history in South Africa. A few days later, I stumbled upon a video shared on Facebook. The video is entitled A lesson on South African history by President […]
A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God. 2 Samuel 12 records an unusual story. King David had just done the unthinkable: he had taken another man’s wife, slept with her and ensured her husband Uriah was killed on the battlefield. This was David’s shocking fall […]
A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God. Since the high-profile reports of the murder and abuse of women and children, hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear about the most shocking acts of violence and abuse. Recently the Minister of Social Development brought […]
A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God. A few weeks ago a friend of mine sent me an article on the little known or talked about African-Arab Islamic slave trade. After reading the article and another book on slavery, I discovered how little I knew […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] In the light of the recently ended Justice conference and my recent reading of the book Rethinking Social Justice by Darrow Miller, I thought it would be appropriate to pen some thoughts on the issue of social justice […]
A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God. “As we face the new millennium, we acknowledge that the state of the church is marked by growth without depth. Our zeal to go wider has not been matched with a commitment to go deeper.” — John Stott […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] Unsurprisingly, 2017 has already presented a host of challenges to the church. As believers, we often don’t know where to start. We often end up silently going along with what is wrong with the world, knowing deep down, […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] Fidel Castro, the world’s longest ruling leader (1959-2008), passed away recently. While exiled Cubans celebrated jubilantly in Miami, several heads of state and media houses gave glowing tributes to the founder of Cuba’s Communist inspired society with “free […]
[notice]A monthly column that reflects on living in the Kingdom of God.[/notice] In my line of work, I am approaching a very emotional time of the year. Leading a church that is mostly made up of university students, we are about to say our goodbyes to a good number of […]