South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
In July 2015 a fire in one of the houses at SIM Southern Africa’s Mseleni Children’s Home in northern KwaZulu-Natal claimed the life of a child and of a brave care worker who tried to save the toddler. The Department of Social Development ordered the closure of Mseleni pending an inquiry […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Adam and Eve…How many times have you heard that phrase? We have never heard of Adam and another woman’s name or Eve was with another man. It is always Adam and Eve. In our day with people arguing against homosexuality they say […]
Originally published in God Reports “I tell you the truth,” Jesus said, “corrupt tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the Kingdom of God before you do.” (Matthew 21:31, NLB) And so he angered the religious people of his time by associating with sinners, with liars, thieves and prostitutes, accepting […]
In 2013 Stuart Wragg finally had the chance to go to a Mighty Men Conference (MMC). He had wanted to attend an MMC for years, but the opportunity had not presented itself. However, Stuart had heard from a friend that a group was planning to go to the Karoo Mighty […]
Lately, we have been bombarded with apocalypse, end-times, Armageddon and catastrophe prophecies, predictions, articles and news. In the world the word apocalypse is commonly used to describe a disastrous upheaval expected to occur just before the end of the world. Other synonyms for apocalypse are: disaster, catastrophe, destruction, Armageddon, Day […]
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] The discourse on the decriminalisation of prostitution is one that I try to follow as far as […]
Jefferson Bethke the 20-something spoken word poet and speaker whose 2012 YouTube video “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus,” has at this time been viewed more than 28.5 million times, will be visiting South Africa in 2015. Quintis Jacobs, youth pastor of Spirit Word Ministries which is organising the SA tour […]
[notice]Revivalist Shannon-Leigh Barry shares her wit and passion and the pursuits of her 20something heart in a monthly column that speaks to the desires of young adults in today’s Christian society. [/notice] Last night while I was cleaning my bedroom I accidentally knocked over a candle and saw hot candle […]
What started out in August 2011 as a prayer ministry to the long list of prostitutes advertising in the local East London newspaper, has grown to something much bigger and now Alabaster Jars has a variety of functions to help women out of prostitution. The primary aim of the ministry […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice]LIFE IN FULL BLOOM with Neziswa N Kanju GRACE!!!!!!!!! WE LIVE BY GRACE!!!!! I have found myself saying this more often than not these past few weeks as I was supernaturally protected from being involved in two accidents. On both those accounts I […]