Originally published in Charisma News Lauren Daigle won the award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. During her acceptance speech, she said: “This record, I’ll tell you, it just came out of a season of realising we’re just supposed to look up. With […]
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New E Cape Mighty Men venue taking shape
With only three weeks to go before the Mighty Men Conference, there is a hive of activity on the farm Mooi Uitsig as teams of volunteers help to prepare the venue which will host an estimated 15 000 people. Tractors are levelling roads, volunteers are laying water pipes, crews are […]
Britain says sorry to Jews — Charles Gardner
By United Kingdom correspondent, Charles Gardner Foreign Secretary regrets Britain’s turning back refugees from Nazi-occupied Europe British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s apology over the country’s treatment of Jews during the Mandate of Palestine is an encouraging development to be greatly applauded. But it has been a long time in coming. […]
Modern-day fanatic building boat on mountain near Alice — Robbie Hift
One festive Christmas, many years ago, a group of us old friends were relaxing after an enormous Christmas lunch at the Savoy Hotel in Jeffreys Bay. The streets were filled with festive, laughing people enjoying the warm midday sun. We were sitting out on the verandah enjoying roast turkey with […]
Is singing the same as worship? — Hugh Wetmore
Hugh Wetmore is a songwriter and student of worship trends. He invites you to join the worship conversation by commenting on his monthly column. As 2018 swivelled into 2019, I was gripped by my devotional reading in Deuteronomy 31, 32. These chapters challenge the popular idea that congregational singing is […]
Focus on Nigerian elections: Prayer call amidst threat of violence
By Elizabeth Kendall — Originally published in Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin As Nigeria’s General Elections loom, one cannot help but feel a dreaded sense of déjà vu. Tensions soared and conflict loomed back in March 2015 as Muhammadu Buhari (a Fulani Muslim from the north) ran for the presidency against the […]
Dr Myles Munroe — The Purpose & The Power of the Holy Spirit: Book Review
Dr Myles Munroe’s life provided him with unique opportunities to observe the purpose and power of governors in colonial administrations. It also gave him special insight into the work of the Holy Spirit, who he aptly describes, in this book, as the Governor of heaven who communicates the Creator-King’s desires […]
Women’s conference at Jeffreys Bay over Mighty Men weekend
Women are invited to a time of spiritual refreshing and fellowship at the My Beloved — Beauty from Ashes Ladies’ Conference at Lombardini wedding venue near Jeffreys Bay on Saturday March 9. “We are thrilled to be hosting this event for the second year. Last year this event had such […]
Moves to reform Electoral Act gain momentum
The New Nation Movement (NNM) — a non-partisan nation-building movement that wants political power to be transferred from parties to people — met with 12 small political parties in parliament on Wednesday ahead of its March 7 date in the Western Cape High Court where it is challenging the government […]
About half of millennial Christians think it’s wrong to evangelise, Barna finds
Originally published in The Christian Post New research from Barna reveals that a about half of millennial Christians believe it’s “wrong” to evangelise. The new report, Reviving Evangelism, commissioned by Alpha USA, examines the experiences of persons who share their faith and their attitudes toward evangelising. Nearly every practicing Christian […]