The Incredible Journey

There’s a lot of fear and uncertainty today regarding the future.  People wonder what the future holds in store for them and their families.  In this program, Gary Kent looks at an ancient king’s dream that gives clear, reassuring evidence that God is in control of our world and we have a bright and wonderful future ahead of us as He guides history towards one incredible event. 

It’s no secret that Australians love chocolate. On average Australians consume 32 kg of chocolate per person per year. And what’s our favourite brand of chocolate? Well, it's Cadbury! But the Cadbury family has shared more than chocolate with the world. They’ve shared something far more important. The high ideals and Christian legacy of the Cadbury family are still visible in our modern society.

It is estimated that there are about 3 million shipwrecks lying on ocean floors across our planet.  Over 8,000 of them are found in Australian waters.  One of these shipwrecks was discovered by the Australian National Maritime Museum in 2009 and involves an amazing story of escaped convicts, the circumnavigation of Australia, the discovery of two major rivers, links to Napoleon, and rescue and reunion.  But the story doesn’t end there. This shipwreck is linked to a series of four other shipwrecks that are all involved in one of the most amazing family reunions of all time.  

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a brain like Einstein? To be able to create complex theories and formulas that could change the world in some remarkable way? As important as IQ is, it turns out that IQ tests are notoriously bad at determining someone’s success or failure in life, and that scoring a high EQ – or emotional quotient – is a better indicator of success. 

Join Gary Kent and Dr. Neil Nedley in our program ‘How to Succeed in Life: IQ vs EQ’.

Travel to almost any city, town or hamlet in Australia and New Zealand and the chances are you will find some sort of memorial to the Anzac soldiers of the Great War. But of the thousands of memorials found across the country, this one here in Mullumbimby in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia, has special significance to me personally.  That's because of the four names that it represents — my grandfather his two brothers and his brother-in-law. 

I am taking the opportunity of exploring the First World War Anzacs in our family. We’re trying to track down the men behind the pictures and fragments of memory that are part of our family heritage – and discover our own connections to the Great War.  Join us as we embark on a journey of discovery back into history to discover secrets from the past.  I’m sure there are going to be lots of surprises along the way.

It is the year 1632. The beautiful, remote town of Oberammergau nestles in the Bavarian Alps of Southern Germany - quietly and securely isolated from the turmoil and torment of the Bubonic plague that ravages the rest of Europe.

A humble woodcarver, Kasper Schisler returns to his home in Oberammergau from his labours in a nearby village. But unbeknown to him and the other inhabitants of the town, he silently carries with him the seeds of a calamity that will wreak havoc, terror, and destruction on Oberammergau and its people. Within a year of this day, over one-quarter of the residents of the town will be dead - claimed by the dreaded plague, the Black Death. This will give rise to an extraordinary covenant with God that still resonates to this day.

In December 1943, German ace fighter pilot Franz Stigler had every reason to shoot down the American B-17 bomber in front of him. Enemy forces had already killed his brother early in the war and they were now bombing German cities. Not only that, but if Stigler took down this bomber, he would round out his kill score and secure the German equivalent of the Medal of Honour. But just as he was about to squeeze the trigger, Stigler stopped. To find out why in our new program, Blessed are the Merciful: Fighter Pilots 

There are times in the course of history when streams of thought, new ideologies, and momentous events come together to form defining moments that affect and change the course of human history forever. The 16th century was such a time. A moment in history when a door for massive change opened. It was a time of religious awakening; it saw the invention of the printing press; it was an age of exploration and discovery. And, in a sense, it was all encapsulated in one pivotal moment on the 31st October, 1517, when a young German monk, Martin Luther, strode to the Castle Church in the town of Wittenberg and nailed 95 propositions on the front door.  These propositions, or questions, challenged the power and authority of the most powerful empire on earth – an empire that had ruled for a thousand years. His actions set in motion a course of events that would reshape Western civilization and change the world forever.  But this pivotal moment didn’t happen in a vacuum.  Just as sunrise is proceeded by the morning star so Martin Luther and the Reformation were proceeded by an Oxford professor who laid the groundwork or foundation for the momentous events of the 16th century.  This is the story of John Wycliffe – the Morning Star.

In March 2018 Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapsed onto a public bench in the English town of Salisbury. They were weaving in and out of consciousness and behaving like junkies experiencing an opioid overdose. 24 hours later they were hospitalised and placed under deep sedation in critical condition. Skripal was a Russian double agent who had been recruited to work for MI6, the British Secret Intelligence Service. He had been poisoned with Novichok, a nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union for use in their chemical weapons program. More than a decade before Skripal’s poisoning, Alexander Litvinenko, another Russian intelligence officer working for MI6 had been poisoned with a rare radioactive isotope called Polonium. Skripal and Litvinenko’s stories are eerily similar and yet diverge on a single fact; while Skripal survived, Litvinenko did not. Join us this week as we explore the fascinating story behind two Russian defectors.

On New Year’s Day 1915 Badsha Gool and Mullah Abdullah opened fire on a train of civilians, injuring seven and killing six. The men were Afghan cameleers living in Broken Hill, committed to upholding the values ad ideology of the Ottoman Empire. The attack was the first terrorist attack to take place on Australian soil and whipped the local community of Broken Hill and the nation at large into a frenzy. A spate of mob violence and discriminatory laws followed in the wake of the attack stirring up a whole host of questions. Foremost among them is this simple question; what motivates racism and prejudice? Join us as we take a look at this important social and moral issue in this week’s episode