South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
“It looks good!” we might say. “It sure is impressive. It’s excellent, creative, grand and chic…” But is it beautiful? What defines beauty? Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder? Or does our Creator get to decide if it makes the cut? Within an ever degrading standard of […]
Gateway News interviews pastor, author, columnist and public speaker Afrika Mhlophe about his latest book A Passion for Position In your first two books you boldly challenged the prevalence in our part of the world of Christians who also worship ancestors, and believers who care more about their ethnicity than […]
A new book about the life of Mary Magdalene was released this week in her hometown Magdala, Israel. The author, Jennifer Ristine, spent four years as a tour guide in the ancient Galilean town, which is the site of an ongoing archaeological project. A press release from Magdala announced the […]
While many think the trauma of the Holocaust ended with the Nazis, that is not the case. The concentration camps became assembly centres for displaced persons (DPs) and didn’t close for another five years. A newly launched book by Simon Bloomberg, who led the Belsen DP Camp after World War […]
Originally posted in Christian Today Despite the daily news of the persecution of Christians around the world by Islamist groups, there is another, lesser-known story of growing numbers of Muslims around the world who are turning to Christ as Lord. Missionary David Garrison’s book, A Wind in the House of […]
Joan McKenzie’s first novel: ‘Mary of Bethany’s Dream’, was launched on August 2, at Shalom Church, Witbank. An appropriate venue to the storyline of the novel, Shalom’s building was formerly home to the synagogue. Pastor Jen Andrews opening in prayer before McKenzie explained how, “after a night in deep prayer,” […]
How can you complete one of the toughest extreme sports events in the world with just six months preparation? How can you do that with a team of unfit, overweight individuals? Only when God is in it with you and you experience the reality of the promise of Philippians 4:13 […]
Retired Anglican Bishop, Eric Pike, launched his book “Who do you say I am?” at a function at St John’s Church, Port Elizabeth last week. He said that each chapter of the book looks at his personal journey through the question that Jesus asked his disciples. The book grew out […]