South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
Originally published in Charisma News A Kentucky court ruled on Monday (April 27, 2015) that a Lexington printer is free to decline to print messages that conflict with his religious beliefs and that the government cannot force him to do otherwise. The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission ruled last […]
[notice] A special report by attorney, Nikki Venter, written on behalf of Freedom of Religion South Africa (FORSA)[/notice]There is a rising legal challenge that will soon reach the courts in many western countries, if it has not already. CNSMonitor.com summed it up nicely: “As more and more same-sex couples across […]
By agreement between the parties, the settlement agreement concluded last week between same sex couple Mr Neil Coulson and Mr Jonathan Sedgwick, and Wolseley guesthouse owners Steph and Marina Neethling, was made an Order of the Bellville Equality Court yesterday (Tuesday, April 21). The Magistrate who granted the Order in […]
Following a successful mediation on Wednesday, 15 April 2015, the unfair discrimination case instituted against the Christian owners of “House of Bread” guesthouse in Wolseley by a homosexual couple in the Bellville Equality Court last year, is now something of the past. Against all odds, the parties managed to reach […]
Originally published by For Sa Tomorrow (Wednesday, April 15), the Christian owners of “House of Bread” guesthouse in Wolseley will be meeting with the homosexual couple who took them to Court for unfair discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation last year, in an endeavour to mediate the dispute. (For […]
In Gateway News earlier this year, I wrote of the recent proposal by the South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) to remove Good Friday and Christmas as public holidays on the SA calendar. According to the SALRC, to have the two main Christian holidays as paid public holidays, amounts to […]
The Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday (holy)days observed this past weekend again focussed the world’s attention on mankind’s greatest triumph – Christ victory over sin, death and the grave! Jesus Christ, the Son of God, defeated sin and death at the Cross – and by so doing – overcame the world. […]
This weekend, Christians around the world will celebrate the resurrection of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, who paid for our freedom (from eternal condemnation) not with gold or silver but with His precious blood. Our freedom cost Jesus everything and it (our freedom as believers to serve Jesus) will cost us […]
The US state of Indiana recently enacted a Freedom of Religion Act that has come under severe liberal fire. The media has not exactly been forthcoming on the facts of Indiana’s new “Religious Freedom Restoration Act” (RFRA) and this has triggered a knee-jerk reaction from portions of the public. So […]
Free to believe but not free to act! In South Africa, as around the Western world, it is becoming increasingly difficult for Christians to live out their faith. Sure, you can have religious convictions and beliefs — as long as you don’t act on them! This is the message of […]