Rugby Commonwealth Games: South Africa stun New Zealand for sevens gold South Africa stunned four-time champions New Zealand with a nail-biting 17-12 final victory to seal Commonwealth rugby sevens gold at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow on Sunday (July 27). Tries from Seabelo Senatla (2) and Cecil Afrika, one converted by […]
Other News
US scientist fired for questioning evolution
Originally published in Christian News Network A legal defense organization filed a lawsuit this week against California State University, alleging that the school fired a biologist for discovering scientific evidence that contradicted evolutionary theory. Mark Armitage was a scientist at California State University—Northridge (CSUN), where he worked as a researcher […]
Two Finnish Christian aid workers killed in Afghanistan
Originally published by World Watch Monitor Two Finnish women working for a Christian aid charity have been killed by gunmen in Herat, Afghanistan; both had worked in Afghanistan for 16 years, having arrived there together in March 1997. Two men, travelling by motorcycle, shot two women, who worked for the International […]
Global Leadership Summit 2014 — Weekly Update: July 25, 2014
The Willow Creek Association 2014 Global Leadership Summit will run in South Africa at 11 venues from October 10. The consistently inspiring two-day leadership training event which is held in 105 countries celebrates its 20th anniversary this year — and its 10th anniversary in South Africa! MEET THE SPEAKERS — […]
Christian perspectives on Israel-Gaza conflict
By INcontext Ministries — Originally published in A World In Motion, Issue 104, 24 July 2014 The United States will provide $47m in humanitarian aid to help Palestinians hit by Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip, Secretary of State John Kerry has said. The comment comes as Kerry embarks on a […]
Till death us do part!
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] We have heard that line over and over and over again at weddings. Those of us who are married have said those very words when we said our vows. All of us when we said them meant when the physical death do […]
Meriam Ibrahim, finally freed from Sudan, meets with Pope Francis
Originally published in Charisma News Pope Francis met Meriam Ibrahim, the Christian woman spared a death sentence for “apostasy” in Sudan, at the Vatican on Thursday (July 24, 2014) after she was flown to Rome by the Italian government following a vigorous international campaign to free her. Ibrahim, 27, was […]
Kidnapped girls’ parents die as Chibok’s trauma rises
By Worldwatch Monitor For the missing Nigerian girls kidnapped over 100 days ago, another trauma has emerged. Eleven of the group of grieving parents have died, many of them after heart attacks and stress-related illnesses. Some reports said that at least four fathers’ bodies were among those brought into the […]
Chance chapter on child’s active faith sheds light on powerful prayer
Faith has been on my heart recently: firstly, because a number of friends have been faced with faith-testing trials, either in terms of their health or finances; and secondly, it is so hard when we have been praying, but our prayers do not seem to be answered, even though we […]
Man’s healing leads to God encounters for 20 others
In April 2013, by which time he had endured several years of severe abdominal pain with no plausible medical explanation, Andre Klaasen responded to yet another healing altar call — this time at the Karoo Mighty Men Conference (KMMC) 2013 in Middleburg. Three weeks later Klaasen, of Port Elizabeth, was diagnosed with […]