Originally published in Premier Christian News Explorer and TV presenter Bear Grylls has fulfilled a lifelong dream, by being baptised in the Jordan River, the same sacred place where Jesus received baptism from John the Baptist. Grylls shared a picture of this significant moment on X, formerly Twitter, writing: “It […]
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Anglican Church ‘misleading’ SA on Israel, says SA Friends of Israel
A decision by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) to declare Israel an apartheid state “is highly concerning” as it “portrays a false view of the conflict between the Palestinians and Israel,” says Bafana Modise, head of communications at South African Friends of Israel (SAFI). In the resolution passed […]
Transforming the Nation: Strongholds over our cities and families!
Sponsored In today’s episode of the twice-weekly podcast, Transforming A Nation with Janet Brann-Hollis, Pastor Richard Crompton discusses strongholds over cities and families — and how the Church can arise and discern the season for SA. Each week we will be publishing the latest episode of the podcast which can be […]
Ugandan teenager locked up, starved for becoming a Christian
Originally published in Morning Star News An evangelistic team in eastern Uganda this month discovered a Muslim had locked up his son and starved him for more than four months for accepting Christ, sources said. Musobya Aramanzani of Nankoma, Bugiri District learned that his 17-year-old son had accepted Christ earlier […]
Waiting — Vivienne Solomons
Waiting. I think it is the one thing that most of us do not do well or at least not without complaining. And if we do wait, it is simply because we have to. In South Africa, we need look no further than our loadshedding schedule, which provides many opportunities […]
Crammed with Heaven: RAS — the gatekeeper of our brains
A monthly column in which Jenni Pretorius Hill shares stories of hope which bring Heaven’s perspective to Earth The reticular activation system (RAS) is a part of the brain that is located at the stem, above our spinal column. It’s a bundle of nerves responsible for filtering information that the […]
Kouga Dam pictures say it all. God is good!
Search “Kouga Dam” on Facebook today and you will see pictures galore of Nelson Mandela Bay’s (NMB) largest water storage dam at 92% full and expected to overflow by tomorrow. What an answer to millions of prayers by believers in this area that has faced over seven years of drought […]
Call to move from caring to action to save dwindling rhino population
Nikki Bolton of One Land Love It (OLLI} reports on the launch of two rhino conservation initiatives on World Rhino Day and calls on Christians to participate in the battle to save the species threatened by relentless poaching The Eastern Cape has seen great success in rhino conservation in recent […]
Parliamentary committee snubs public concerns in adopting BELA Bill but ‘fight far from over’
The Basic Education Portfolio Committee adopted the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Bill on Tuesday after six members voted for its adoption, while the DA, ACDP and FF Plus voted against it. Opponents of the bill accuse the state of pushing it through for ideological reasons, while ignoring the public […]
Pastor to downtrodden shares amazing ‘Damascus Road encounter’ in ‘Blown Away’ book
By Charles Gardner — UK Correspondent Amid the growing darkness in our land, and the rising tide of opposition to the Gospel, there are some shining lights breaking through. One example is the so-called Church on the Street in the deprived northern town of Burnley, reaching out to the homeless, […]