South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]A new monthly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice]It’s a beginning of a new year and all of us make resolutions. We might not necessarily call them “resolutions” but we all find ourselves taking stock of where we are in life and we RESOLVE to do something to improve how […]
Originally published in ioL News A North West man is claiming R250 million from Eskom for preventing power cuts through his own prayers, Beeld newspaper reported today (Wednesday, January 22). Nelson Thabo Modupe, of Lichtenburg, has argued that he prevented power cuts during the 2010 Soccer World Cup through his […]
Originally published in World Mag Early results indicate Egyptian voters have overwhelmingly passed a constitutional referendum that paves the way for presidential elections in a country that has ousted two presidents in less than two years. Initial reports show that more than 90 percent of Egyptians approved the new constitution […]
Originally published in MLive When Sarah Farkas of Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA, decided to donate a kidney to a man she barely knew, she broke the news to him one Sunday at church. “This is going to sound crazy,” she said, “but I think God told me to give you […]
Originally published in Israel Today Israel’s newly-passed health budget for 2014 includes a significant increase in government funding for legal abortions, a move that Sandy Shoshani, national director of the pro-life organization Be’ad Chaim, says is a serious indictment of the nation’s spiritual condition. Last month, the Health Basket Committee […]
The official body with responsibility for judicial conduct in the UK has chastised a leading High Court judge, who is also a Christian, over comments asserting that biblical marriage is the best option for society. Sir Paul Coleridge was given a formal warning by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) […]
By Jonathan Feldstein — Originally published in Charisma News Since 2006, former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was in the news regularly, though less frequently as the years passed, not for what he’d done, but for what he hadn’t done until this week. He died. I write this neither […]
Music Review by Ellenor Lotter DISCOVER VINEYARD WORSHIP — FORM US This year is a pursuit of the Kingdom and we as sons and daughters of the Most High God, have an opportunity to seek out this King of Glory. To seek out and discover more of His character through […]
Cape Town church leader Andrew Selley has called on Christian leaders in South Africa to take urgent united action to avert a new threat to religious freedom posed by a proposed Government Bill on gender equality. In a letter to church and ministry leaders he warns that while the intent […]
DVD Review by Val Viljoen This is a delightful DVD with visuals of happy animated young children singing, dancing and doing various actions. Each song has been done in a different setting and includes cutaways to other visuals. The overall impact is one of beauty and joy. Subtitles allow you […]