South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Q: My fiancé and I are getting married this spring for the first time and we’ve run into a conflict concerning finances. Should we have joint or separate accounts after we’re married? What are your thoughts? Graeme: Opinions on this question vary, but as I see it, a “yours and […]
Originally published in Faithwire A couple with the longest-running marriage in the US state of Arkansas has some simple advice for a successful marriage: “Seek the Lord.” Cleovis Whiteside, 102, and his wife Arwilda Whiteside, 98, got married in 1939, and with 84 years of matrimonial ups and downs under their […]
Originally published in Charisma News God wants to strengthen marriages and use them as a powerful tool to address some significant cultural and community problems. I have this mental picture of how people see Cupid “angels” on Valentine’s day in Western culture and how stupid these images are compared to […]
Originally published in Aleteia Zechariah and Shama’a married when they were just 12 and 10 years of age. Both were orphans and it was common practice in their native Yemen for children to marry young so they would remain within their Jewish community. However, life for the youngsters was hard: “We didn’t […]
Originally published in The Christian Institute One of the first couples to be married in England following the easing of lockdown restrictions on July 4, have told the BBC why their Christian faith made the ceremony so important. Phil Hobbs and Beth Johnson had originally planned to be married three […]
Her end has come “Go down, sit in the dust, Virgin Daughter Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, queen city of the Babylonians. No more will you be called tender or delicate. Take millstones and grind flour; take off your veil. Lift up your skirts, bare your legs, and wade through the streams. […]
A monthly column by Michael Cassidy, evangelist, author, Christian leader and founder of African Enterprise whose ministry in Africa and the world has spanned more than 50 years. Don: Well, Valentine, you must be feeling pretty good this month — what with all these cards in your name doing the […]
Originally published in Premier Christianity News A US woman who was battling cancer has died 18 hours after she tied the knot from her hospital bed. Heather Mosher’s vows to Dave Mosher at Saint Francis Hospital in Connecticut were one of her last words on December 22, 2017. The couple […]
Originally published in The Christian Mail Well-known Christian singer Carman Licciardello, known simply by his stage name “Carman,” recently tied the knot in what he called a “miracle story.” Carman has achieved a lot of success in his music career. He has sold over 10 million records and has received […]
Book Review by Val Viljoen In this book, newly-weds Gabriel and Shannon Ntshikose tell a rather beautiful story. It is a love story — their love story of how God drew them together. It is also a story of God’s faithfulness towards two people who each surrendered their search for […]