[notice]A response to what is happening prophetically in the world today — A monthly column by Julie de Lisle[/notice] I had heard the name Surprise Sithole, on a number of occasions and was more than eager to meet him. On Sunday afternoon the 10th of march while ministering with team […]
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Christians wash feet of Syria’s most vulnerable
Originally published in Charisma News As the world watches Syria implode from a bloody and brutal civil war, missionaries are going to the front lines to try and bring comfort and healing to more than a million people who have escaped the fighting. Many Syrian refugees are finding comfort in […]
Christian media conference will focus on ‘reclaiming the culture’
Delegates at this year’s annual conference of the Association of Christian Media (ACM) will focus on ‘reclaiming the culture’. The conference will be held at the Ocean View Hotel, Cape Town, from June 19 to 21, says the ACM in a media release. The keynote speaker will be Dr Mark […]
Warm tale behind reopening of wool shop
I really thought I was on to a good story. No scratch that – a great story. I’d bumped into a lady at the wool shop and we browsed and chatted, as shoppers sometimes do. As she spoke it became apparent that she’d dealt with some terribly hard things in […]
Male Rape Part 3 — Consequences and healing
[notice]Male rape has, for a long time, been almost completely unacknowledged, rarely reported and often scorned. How, after all, can a man possibly be raped? In the third article in a 4-part series, DIANNE STEVEN focuses on the physical, emotional and spiritual consequences of male rape, and the road to […]
Zuma thanks Christians for prayers for ailing Madiba
Originally published allAfrica.com Former president Nelson Mandela was still in hospital receiving treatment for a lung infection, the South African Press Assocation (Sapa) reported on Tuesday morning. Mandela, who turned 94 in July, was admitted to an undisclosed hospital on Wednesday with a recurrence of a respiratory infection that saw […]
Will Graham: Billy Graham has started filming for likely last sermon, ‘My Hope America’
Originally published in Christian Post Will Graham, the grandson of well-known evangelist Billy Graham, says that his grandfather is preparing hard for likely his last sermon in November and has started filming for “My Hope America with Billy Graham.” “This is so exciting for me as a grandson to see […]
How Jesus endured the pain on the cross
By J.Lee Grady — Originally published in Charisma News Nobody performed an autopsy on Jesus’ mangled body after He was taken down from the cross. But doctors who have studied the Bible’s description of His death say the pain would have been beyond excruciating. In fact, the word excruciating means […]
Libya to release 4 jailed missionaries, including SA woman
Originally Published in Christianity Today Libya has announced that it will free from jail four foreign missionaries who were arrested last month on allegations of evangelism, according to Bloomberg News. Citing “homeland security” concerns, police arrested the missionaries on charges of printing and distributing Christian pamphlets in Benghazi. It originally […]
Law against human trafficking a decisive step closer
A long awaited law against human trafficking in South Africa moved a step closer to enactment when the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) adopted the “Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill” on March 19. The bill, which has been before Parliament for six years, must now be signed […]