South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Article originally posted in Religion News The design is now responsive and accommodates synchronized personal user notes and Bible highlights The world’s most visited Christian website, the online Bible search engine Bible Gateway has remade its site to include new functions for users to personalize and deepen their online experience. […]
[notice]A monthly column by Michael Cassidy, evangelist, author, Christian leader and founder of African Enterprise whose ministry in Africa and the world has spanned more than 50 years.[/notice] Unless we are cabbages or total nonentities, every one of us will have our critics. That criticism will come from people near […]
Cricket: Proteas win in style Opener Hashim Amla smashed 109 and Ryan McLaren took two wickets in three balls as South Africa thrashed Sri Lanka by 75 runs in their first one-dayer in Colombo on Sunday. Amla, 31, hit eight fours in his composed 130-ball knock and shared a 151-run […]
Originally published in Charisma News The US Supreme Court on Monday (June 30, 2014) ruled that business owners can object on religious grounds to a provision of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law that requires closely held companies to provide health insurance that covers birth control. The court held on a […]
Originally published in Christian Telegraph Sudanese authorities demolished the Church of Christ in Thiba Al Hamyida, North Khartoum on June 30, after giving the church’s leaders 24 hours notice of the action. However, a mosque on the same plot of land was left standing, reports Jeremy Reynalds, Senior Correspondent for ASSIST […]
Originally published in Gospel Herald SA calls for restraint The mourning citizens of Israel have vowed that Hamas terrorists will pay for abducting and killing three Israeli teenagers earlier this year. The bodies of Gilad Shaar and U.S.-Israeli national Naftali Frenkel, both 16, and Eyal Yifrach, 19, were found in […]
Originally published in Charisma News Meriam Ibrahim, the Christian Sudanese mother who was forced to give birth with her legs chained in prison, says that her baby daughter is disabled as a result. “Something has happened to the baby,” she said, according to The Telegraph. Ibrahim said she doesn’t know […]
Originally published in Christianity Today They say faith and football don’t mix (‘they’ being Wayne Rooney’s PR team). But the 2014 World Cup has been packed with examples of the blurry line between the two. From players thanking Jesus to others just acting like him, the fingerprints of God have […]
A group of hip-hop singers is suing Katy Perry and Capitol Records because the pop star, they say, ripped off their creation. According to the suit, Perry’s “Dark Horse” infringes on the copyright of a Christian song “Joyful Noise.” (You can click each link and judge for yourself.) The suit […]
Music review by Ellenor Lotter BETHEL MUSIC: YOU MAKE ME BRAVE — LIVE AT THE CIVIC It is such a great privilege for me to review music that truly impacts the way I worship Jesus. This time last year I had the indescribable privilege of attending the Bethel School […]