South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
By Olea Nel — novelist who writes on the life and works of Andrew Murray Most Christians today know of Andrew Murray as a prolific author of devotional books. But few know that he was a great visionary and the first to spearhead women’s education in South Africa via establishing […]
By Olea Nel — novelist who writes on the life and works of Andrew Murray The opening of the Andrew Murray Spirituality Centre in Wellington took place in late February and was accompanied by a two-day conference with the theme: Rooted in Christ. The vision for this Centre is to […]
By Olea Nel — a novelist who writes on the life and works of Andrew Murray By 1895, South African church leader Andrew Murray (1828-1917) had become one of the best-known devotional authors in church circles in the English-speaking world. It was therefore not surprising that he was invited to […]
Stumbling upon a confronting quotation Several years ago now, while browsing through some books in a large bookstore in Cape Town, I came across Hermann Giliomee’s impressive tome titled The Afrikaners. As I was trying to balance it in the palm of one hand, it fell open to page 208, […]
Tell us about yourself and the how you were inspired to write about Andrew Murray. I grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. And it was there as a young teenager that I grew to love Andrew Murray’s devotional works. My grandfather used to purchase them from market stalls on […]
