South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] There is no marriage that starts with divorce in mind. Even the most educated, modern couple, they want their marriage to work. Yes they know about the high divorce rate but they believe that their marriage will be among those that make it. […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] As a church we were very blessed this past Sunday when our former pastor came to visit. We had a very special service at church when we were welcoming for the first time our senior pastoral couple who got married two weeks […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Revelation 3:20 says, “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.” I have always read this and understood […]
The Marriage Life Mag (MLM) which will be launched this Saturday is a Christian publication that focuses on marriage and family issues. With the divorce rate as high in the church as outside of it MLM fills a void in the South African Christian Media landscape. I spoke to MLM […]
Originally published in Testimony1.com An elderly Christian couple from Wisconsin, USA, was featured on Time magazine and other US media recently when they revealed to a local news network that they never had even a single argument in their 75 years of blissful marriage. Arlene and Richard Baughman, age 96 […]
[notice]Jesus came to give us abundant life (John 10:10). In this new monthly column, Jacob McMillen examines what it means for men, young and old, to father abundant life in their families, communities, businesses and churches.[/notice] 1 year of marriage is in the books. I’d make a joke here about […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] Approximately 10 years ago, July of 2005, we lost our second child through a miscarriage. The dictionary describes a miscarriage as “a spontaneous abortion and pregnancy loss. It is the natural death of an embryo or foetus before it is able to survive […]
What does the Bible say about marriage and about the veneration of ancestors? Youth from all walks of life are invited to a seminar in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth, from Friday July 31 to Saturday August 1, where these “controversial topics” will be put under the microscope says Youth Back To […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] The Word says in Proverbs 29:18 “Where there is no vision people perish but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” Since 1990 I have been living with short sightedness. My highschool teacher, Mrs Robb, saw that I struggled with seeing […]
Originally published in Christianity Today For most evangelical leaders, the discussion of Friday’s (June 25, 2015) nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage in the United States revolves around how best to express their dissent amid the legal uncertainties for churches and pastors. “Outrage and panic are not the responses of those confident in […]