South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Book Review by Debbie Hemmens This is another book that I would love to rename, because while it deals very aptly with content relating to the title, there is so much more in it that it kind of needs a title plus a title. I get the privilege of passing […]
Kerke: ’n baken van hoop? Waar is die hoop? Mense het rede om tans bedruk en swaarmoedig te wees, weens soveel uitdagings soos armoede, werkloosheid, regeringskorrupsie, misdaad, droogte, haat, rassisme, grondhervorming, egskeidings en depressie, waarmee hul daagliks worstel. Om dit als te kroon is die einste plek — die kerk, […]
Book review by Wendy Duminy Ruined is a memoir by Ruth Everhart who is a writer, Presbyterian Pastor and rape survivor. This memoir is a candid and honest glimpse into the emotional and spiritual journey that Ruth had to venture on to find healing after being raped at gun point. […]
Book review by Wendy Duminy For some, life is far too busy to sit down and read a novel. Or there are simply too many people needing your attention that finding more than five minutes to read feels almost impossible. If that rings true for you, then I recommend The […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen I had the very great privilege of attending the “It’s Time” prayer event in Bloemfontein in April.. So the publishing of this book caught my attention immediately. And what a joy it has been to add to my experience of the event by reading this […]
Book Review by Debbie Hemmens I was very excited to have the opportunity to review this book. I have read Raising a Modern Day Princess by the same author and regularly implement the rite of passage course that goes along with that book. It was therefore no surprise that this […]
Book Review by Alf James Rather than trying to produce good works we should focus on being God’s work . . . by His grace . . . in His service . . . for His glory – this is the essence of a message that recurs in various forms […]
Book review by Charles Gardner Persecution of the Jews — at least from those supposedly following Jesus — would perhaps have been largely avoided if the Church had fully understood the Messianic promises of the Tenach (Old Testament). Biblical illiteracy among Christians (certainly in the West) is a major contributing […]
Book review by Debbie Hemmens I find books on how our brains work very fascinating and this one was no different. It had a different way of looking at the workings of the brain to previous books I have read and it kept me riveted right the way through. This […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen For many years, Diane was a New Age teacher. From her perspective, Christanity was archaic and irrelevant. She was very confident in her beliefs and enjoyed encouraging others along the same path. All this despite the fact that she was regularly tormented by a spiritual […]