South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Staff of the international media organization TWR joined churches, partners and other friends on Friday (October 31) to celebrate four decades of broadcasting from the ministry’s powerful transmitter complex in Swaziland. The main gathering was at the transmitter site itself near Manzini, Swaziland. A simultaneous celebration at Croydon Baptist Church was […]
The Western Cape High Court today (Monday, November 3) ordered StarSat to stop broadcasting pornographic channels with immediate effect. Upholding an application by Justice Alliance for South Africa (JASA), Cause for Justice (CFJ) and Doctors for Life (DFL), Mr Justice Bozalek, struck down the licence granted by the Independent Communications Authority […]
Originally published in CNN News Boko Haram laughed off Nigeria’s announcement of a ceasefire agreement, saying there is no such deal and schoolgirls abducted in April have been converted to Islam and married off. Nigerian officials announced two weeks ago that they had struck a deal with the Islamist terror […]
Originally published in Huffington Post Christian tightrope walker Nik Wallenda completed two record-breaking tightrope walks on live television on Sunday night. Wallenda, a seventh-generation performer, first walked across the Chicago River on a rope strung between the Marina City west tower and the Leo Burnett Building in Chicago. Starting at a […]
Originally published in Christian Today At least 220 members of a tribe that opposed the Islamic State were found this week to have been executed, according to a Reuters report. The news agency said the bodies of the men aged 18 to 55 were found in two mass graves in Anbar […]
Originally published in CBN News Houston’s mayor has finally withdrawn her subpoenas demanding pastors surrender their private communications. Mayor Annise Parker, a lesbian, had targeted five pastors as part of a lawsuit over a pro-gay ordinance. The religious leaders said the subpoenas violated their First Amendment rights. Parker said her […]
Originally published in Christianity Today The Sistine Chapel is more dazzling, and its artwork better preserved, due to recently completed lighting and ventilation system upgrades. The three million euro (R40m) renovation included the installation of 7 000 specially-designed LED lamps, and a state-of-the-art ventilation system, according to Yahoo News. The […]
If you are a Christian, what or who sets the agenda for your life? In other words what or who determines what things you should care and comment on? When you scroll down on social media platforms you will notice that many Christians simply regurgitate or follow whatever line has […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Anything of value in life requires some level of sacrifice; some level of letting go of the comfortable. We should be willing to sacrifice going without for a short while so we can benefit from something more valuable in the long term. […]
Music Review by Ellenor Lotter Maybe this week’s review should be entitled “Confessions of a Worshipper.” How is it that I didn’t know about Lincoln Brewster? There is two things I like about this guy, no make it three! 1. He is 6 months older than me, underlining the fact […]