South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Compiled by Gateway News from Spiegel Online, Christian Post, Times Live, Aina News. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has decreed unprecedented powers for himself in a move seen by critics as an ominous step towards the Islamisation of Egypt. The unforeseen power grab by Morsi, a member of the radical Islamist […]
Originally published in Christian Post Cairo officials ruled Wednesday that seven Egyptian Christians in the US and Canada be sentenced, in absentia, to death for their participation in the controversial “Innocence of Muslims” film, which was published to YouTube in September and resulted in riots and protests among Muslims in […]
Building a Christian school in the Angolan bush-bush is a far cry from the broken and worldly life that missionary Juan van Tonder lived before he encountered Jesus. But activities like this have become normal for the former businessman who left Cape Town on a mission outreach to Pomfret, a […]
[notice] A fortnightly column by Anna Heydenrych: the fourth of a series of reflections on the nine fruits of the Spirit (Galations 5:22-23)[/notice] “We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized. We do not […]
Rugby Cricket Motor Sport Football Golf Rugby: Wales 10 – 33 New Zealand Cardiff France 22 – 14 Samoa Paris Scotland 15 – 21 Tonga Edinburgh England 15 – 16 South Africa London Italy 19 – 22 Australia Rome Ireland 46 – 24 Argentina Dublin Cricket Momentum One […]
Originally published in Charisma News The teenage actor who plays the half in the hit CBS comedy Two and a Half Men says it’s “filth” and through a video posted by a Christian church has urged viewers not to watch it. Nineteen-year-old Angus T Jones has been on the show […]
Music Review by Shelley Wasserman JOSH WILSON: NOEL Released in SA by Brettian Productions Now we are talking!!!! This album is not your typical Christmas album. This has something special. The plan was to review all 3 Christmas CD’s I have to do together…but I just can’t bring myself to […]
Music Review by Shelley Wasserman FINDING OUR WAY — Hyland Genre: Pop/rockReleased in SA by Brettian Productions. Track listing: 1. Power and Love 2. Wondering and Waiting 3. Beauty in the Broken 4. Brothers 5. Calm in the Storm 6. More than Famous 7. Work in Progress 8. Lucky in […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen NOWHERE BUT UP: THE STORY OF JUSTIN BIEBER’S MOM By Pattie Mallete with A.J.Gregory One of the reasons I am glad I read this book is that I now have a far better idea of just who Justin Bieber is. I was particularly pleased about […]
Christian Groups that have opposed Lady Gaga’s South African tour are glad that they have taken a stand even though the controversial pop megastar is on track to perform at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday and at the Cape Town Stadium on Monday. “At least we have made […]