The Incredible Journey

Dr. Graeme Clark and his team are responsible for restoring hearing to hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. This ground-breaking, life-changing technology was made possible through the leadership of this amazing man who constantly took time to step away from his work and allow God to lead and guide him.

The Sami People live in Lapland deep inside the Arctic Circle. They are known as the people ‘who walk with reindeer’, but they not only walk with reindeer, they also rest with them, and they bring us a reminder of an important message from our ancient past, a message we would do well to remember in our modern world.

History depicts the holocaust as one of the worst incidents of genocide the world has ever seen. When we think of Jews during World War II our minds more often than not conjure up images of pale emaciated figures peering listlessly through chain link fences or the leering smokestacks of countless gas chambers belching plumes of smoke into the sky. Rarely do we see Jews during World War II as heroe...

Cape Otway Lightstation is the oldest surviving and most important lighthouse in mainland Australia.  Built-in 1848, the lighthouse perches on towering sea cliffs 90 metres above the ‘Shipwreck Coast’, where Bass Strait and the Southern Ocean collide. This is one of the most treacherous stretches of coastline anywhere in the world, littered with the wrecks of hundreds of ships.  Many lives were lo...

This is the age of the Brain. State-of-the-art imaging equipment is opening up our understanding of the brain in much the same way as ocean-going ships explored and opened up our understanding of the world. Because of this, the world seems to be getting smaller in a sense because we now know more about it. So it is with the brain. Learning more about it can help us to see it as a friendly and help...

In AD 67, members of a mysterious religious sect hid a collection of over 900 sacred scrolls in caves in the Judean desert bordering the Dead Sea. The chance discovery of the ancient scrolls 2000 years later was considered one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of all time and sent shock waves through the world of Bible scholarship. Who wrote them? Why were they hidden? And why are they so...

Join Gary Kent as he pays a visit to another world, another age, a nineteenth-century New England village, that has been rebuilt. And talks about why a town like this embodied freedom as a key destination for the Underground Railroad. Follow in the footsteps as we discover how many people took a voyage to freedom and how even today we can find freedom when we follow in the footsteps of Jesus.

The natural world is full of marvels.  From tall mountains to huge forests, to waterfalls, to winter wonderlands, our earth is full of breathtaking natural wonders.  These beautiful natural scenes bring balance to our lives and nourishment to our souls.   We are the only creatures on earth, that can be moved to tears by a sunset, that marvel at the stars at night, that feel awe, and humility at th...

This program is part of a series on the Beatitudes of Jesus. In this episode, we will look at what Jesus meant when he taught, “Blessed are those who mourn.” This teaching will be illustrated with the experience of Horatio Spafford, who lost his three young daughters in a disaster at sea, and who also wrote the hymn “It Is Well with My Soul”. There is a real sense in which the beginning of eternal...

Heartache.  Anxiety.  Brokenness.  These are well-known symptoms that people suffer after experiencing terrible loss.  A Mum and a Dad lost their blonde-haired, brown-eyed baby boy – Maverick – in a tragic accident right on a family farm in the northern tablelands of NSW.  This is their story of heart-wrenching pain and loss.  But it is also a story of amazing hope and remarkable strength that thi...

This program is the fourth and final episode in a series of programs that compares and contrasts the lives and the legacies of Constantine the Great and Jesus Christ, and how both have impacted the way we think and the way we live today. Constantine embraced Christianity for his political ends and brought about the union of church and state which resulted in the compromise of Christianity and a lo...

This program is the third and final episode in a series of programs that compares and contrasts the lives and the legacies of Constantine the Great and Jesus Christ, and how both have impacted the way we think and the way we live today. This episode will focus on how Constantine embraced Christianity for his political ends and brought about the union of church and state. It explores the consequenc...

This program is the second in a series of programs that compares and contrasts the lives and the legacies of Constantine the Great and Jesus Christ, and how both have impacted the way we think and the way we live today. This second program will focus on the persecution of the Christians and Constantine’s rise to power. The Diocletian persecution, together with a broken family, and political divisi...

This program is the first in a series of programs that compares and contrasts the lives and the legacies of Constantine the Great and Jesus Christ, and how both have impacted the way we think and the way we live today. This first programme will focus on their births and their childhoods. Starting with Constantine’s inauspicious birth, we will then consider that of Jesus, and how, through his follo...

Egypt is a land of wonders.  It’s the land of the pyramids and sphinx, temples and palaces.  It’s also one of the lands of the. Bible.  In fact, Egypt is mentioned over 600 times in the Bible.   The Bible mentions Egypt more than any nation outside of Israel.  Of the 66 books of the Bible, Egypt is mentioned in 29 of them.  Egypt obviously plays an important role in the Bible.  In this program, we...

More than 140 years haven’t dulled our admiration for those who wear the baggy green. But if we want to remain on a good wicket for eternity, we’ll need more than a straight bat to get us through. Join me to discover what The Ashes and Cricket can tell us in our new program: “The Ashes and More”.

Everyone loves penguins! They are amazing and enchanting birds, unlike any you’ll ever see in a park or garden. Whereas most birds have wings for flight, penguins have been specially designed for swimming in a marine environment. While most species are found in Antarctic regions, the Fairy or Little Penguin makes its home on the southern shores of Australia and New Zealand. But when a thriving col...

It's hard to forgive others. Especially when the damage is life-shattering, or when the offender continues doing things that cause us pain. Soon our whole focus is on how can I repay them? The bitter thoughts swirl through our minds and become all-consuming and potentially can be very destructive to us.  The question is, how do I move on before the anger consumes me? How do I forgive even if...

If there was just one simple thing you could do that would turn your life around, improve your relationships, make a difference in your career, boost your energy and wellbeing, and help you feel less stressed and anxious about your life - would you want to know what it was? Of course, we would!  Well scientific research is showing that it is not always the big things that make the largest differen...

We're going to go back in time to a remarkable scene on the plains of Dura right near ancient Babylon.  An enormous statue of King Nebuchadnezzar had been set up, and thousands of representatives from his empire were invited to pay homage to it in a splendid ceremony.  But when the vast assembly on the plain bowed to the ground toward the image, three young men defied the king and remained st...

51 years ago, on 20 July 1969, over 500 million people watched in awe as Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon. One of the little-known facts about Neil Armstrong and the Apollo astronauts is that they were not just the best and the brightest scientists and engineers that America had to offer but many of them were Christians. In this program, we discuss the Christianity of those astronauts and why N...

Albert Namatjira is one of Australia’s most celebrated watercolour painters. What makes him such a compelling artist is his love for the landscapes he painted. He painted his country. His father’s country. But most importantly he painted his home.  A home he had an intimate knowledge of and deep respect for. Note: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are advised that the following progr...

In a New England village, Gary Kent explores a Civil War that divided countless American families, that scarred countless homes. But he also uncovers remarkably gracious messages from soldiers on the battlefield. Gary shows why there is a kind of grace that can bring God’s peace to all the civil wars inside us.

Join us as we follow the emotional and suspenseful recovery of this ancient boat, and more importantly the inspiring story of the most famous fisherman in history whose life is illuminated by the discovery of this ancient fishing boat. This fisherman was a bold, brash, up-front man who found peace and happiness on the shores of the Sea of Galilee where his life underwent a remarkable transformatio...

Do you ever feel like celebrating Spring? Well, there’s no better place to do it than Canberra. I’m standing here surrounded by a sea of flowers, over one million blooms. The colours, variety and shapes are overwhelming. The sculptures and designs of the flowerbeds are truly magnificent. It’s a blaze of colour and beauty. Floriade, the name of this flowery extravaganza, is an annual month-long cel...