The Reality

"While author of the book, Heaven, an Unexpected Journey, Jim Woodford lay in a hospital bed, clinically dead for more than 11 hours, he was transported to the wonders of Heaven and the horrors of hell. Jim, an experience airline pilot was alone in his truck on a range when he died from the disease ghee-yan bar-ray. However, just before he died, Jim called out to God, “God forgive me,” the first o...

"While author of the book, Heaven, an Unexpected Journey, Jim Woodford lay in a hospital bed, clinically dead for more than 11 hours, he was transported to the wonders of Heaven and the horrors of hell. Jim, an experience airline pilot was alone in his truck on a range when he died from the disease ghee-yan bar-ray. However, just before he died, Jim called out to God, “God forgive me,” the first o...

"From a late-night vision as a 20-year-old, Loren Cunningham went on to found Youth with a Mission or YWAM, a global ministry with over 37,000 workers. Today, YWAM reaches the lost for Christ, disciples believers and brings loving aid to millions of desperate people across the globe. On the next The Reality, with Dudley Anderson, we repeat an interview conducted with the late Loren Cunningham in 2...

"From a late-night vision as a 20-year-old, Loren Cunningham went on to found Youth with a Mission or YWAM, a global ministry with over 37,000 workers. Today, YWAM reaches the lost for Christ, disciples believers and brings loving aid to millions of desperate people across the globe. On the next The Reality, with Dudley Anderson, we repeat an interview conducted with the late Loren Cunningham in 2...

"Dario Bucceri was always a very positive and happy person. However, he recently began suffering unexplained depression coupled with a lack of facial expression and a lack of dexterity. He was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. Dario discovered the reality of Christ at age 13 so when he was diagnosed with PD, he put his trust in God. Dario says, “I learned to lean into God.” Today Dario is a succ...

"The Bible book of Revelation is filled with anticipation for Christ’s return. What a blessing. While in exile to the isle of Patmos, the apostle John was raptured to heaven to experience a vision of the glorious throne of God. On The Reality Bible Special Pastor Peter Jenkins and I will be getting into the book of Revelation to discuss Revelation chapter 4 and the magnificence of the revelation a...

"On the next The Reality we meet musician and composer, Reinhardt Buhr. Early in life Reinhardt fell into a dark cycle of parties, drugs and alcohol abuse. The longer it carried on, the more he lost touch with reality. When he reached an all-time low of paralysing hopelessness, despair and grief Reinhardt fell on his knees, and pleaded with God for help. Today Reinhardt Buhr composes and performs...

"Author Rhett Vorster grew up in an antisemitic home but latter discovered that the Jews were chosen by God to bring us Jesus the Messiah. As a child, Rhett experienced a dream where he had an out-of-body experience. In the dream, God showed him things that only his dad knew about. This was confirmation to him that Jesus was real. Later when Rhett hitchhiked across America, he was to discover the...

"Christalla Bailey, author of “Your True Identity” suffered with ME or Chronic fatigue syndrome, a long-term condition with a wide range of symptoms, the most common of which is extreme fatigue. She was bed ridden, able to move freely and not even able to sit in a chair unaided. Christalla heard about a place where God was performing healings and she wanted to go there. On the way there, in the ca...

"On next The Reality we feature The Reality Bible Special with Pastor Mark Hodgetts. In part 2 in a chat about the fruit of the spirit, Mark reminds us that good fruit only results from seeds planted in good soil. As seen in the parable of the sower, Satan’s attempts to rob us of the word of God result in bad or fake fruit in our lives. Mark Hodgetts refers to the counterfeit fake fruit of the spi...

"Rick and Jane McKinney obeyed the call of God to trek across continental USA by foot. For 6 months they walked 2770 miles across their homeland. One day as Rick was reading Joshua 1:3 saying, “Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you,” he heard the audible voice of God prompting him to walk across America, claiming every place his foot tread for Jesus, one step at a...

"Julie sensed the call of God to visit ladies in prison. As a schoolteacher, she taught the children about the work of Mother Teresa in India and felt challenged by God to visit people in prison, facing the need for a better life. Jesus has called us all to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, heal the sick and visit those in prison. Julie meets with women to offer them the only hope she knows can l...

"Pastor of 'City Gates' church in the UK, chairman of Tean Challenge, London and author of the book, Out of the Ruins: How God Brings Hope Out of Disaster, Stephen Derbyshire shares his incredible story of healing and recovery in the name of Jesus. Steve was severely addicted to hardcore drugs by the age of 14. But his father, a believer, prayed endlessly for his son. One day his dad had an experi...

"Neuroscientist Dr Bill Price shares how important it is to develop a whole approach to life, body, soul and spirit. God created mankind in his image. That is, he made us spiritual beings. Our brains are part of our physical bodies. But our brains are so marvellously designed that they house our very being. Bill explains how the brains are like the hardware while neurology is the software that mak...

"Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control, the fruit of the Spirit. How can we live by all 9 of this fruit 24/7. On the next The Reality I’m joined by Pastor Mark Hodgets for The Reality Bible Special. We’ll be discussing the Fruit of the Spirit. We’ll see how walking in the Fruit of the Spirit is a partnership between the Holy Spirit and our spirit...

"David Lutes grew up in an agnostic home. As a teenager, he was aggressive and self-centred. But in his words, his life was a fake. On a student exchange programme one day, David was compelled to go to a Christian youth camp. Here he heard the reality that Jesus was, is, a genuine historical character. But it was a 5-year-old who God used to convince David that Jesus was, is, a living caring frien...

"Mohammad grew up a devout Muslim in Iran and set out to become the most pious Shia Muslim he could ever be. Intent on offering his life in Jihad, he trained in Iran’s elite forces. Disappointed he was never sent to war, Mohammad embarked on a sacrificial lifestyle of self-abuse, beating himself severely to earn points with the god of Islam. Until he discovered the one real sacrifice of all when J...

"Dana Emanuel became infatuated with the paranormal. Looking for ways to help people who believed their houses were haunted, Dana became a paranormal investigator or ghost hunter. She believed she was helping people connect with the spirits of dead loved ones. However, she wondered, if people believed their dead relatives were in heaven, how is it that they manifested as ghosts in their homes? Dan...

"Once a month on The Reality talk show we feature The Reality Bible Special. I’m joined on the next The Reality Bible Special by pastor Peter Jenkins to ask the animals once again. We’re sharing parables from the word of God about what animals can teach us about godly living. On the next The Reality Bible Special Pastor Peyer Jenkins and I will be looking at Proverbs 30:24-28 to examine the wisdom...

"On the next The Reality author Tope Pearson shares how she sensed God’s nearness when she was aboard a train in the London Underground in 2005 when the city was attacked in the 7/7 London Transport bombing. Fifty-two people lost their lives in that event. Tope tells how God gave her vision after this tragedy, of a jigsaw puzzle showing her that he had prepared a place in life that only she could...

"Nigel Swaby, founder, Firstfruits Music Awards, gave his life to Jesus but he wasn’t serious about his faith. Heavily focused on making money with a weakness for alcohol, he and his wife moved to Malta and then Australia. Here Nigel became disillusioned and depressed. He returned home financially broke with his mental and physical health suffering. In time God broke through in Nigel’s life and he...

"American Idol contestant, Tasha Layton grew up in a small town where she attended church with her parents. She found Jesus as Lord and began leading worship. Sadly, she suffered verbal and emotional abuse from one of the leaders which left her disillusioned. Tasha embarked on a quest to find truth by studying other religions. In her quest, she found herself making a circle back to church. Here Ta...

"Jesus taught with parables. Some were true stories while others were fictitious, but all help us to understand the purposes of God. On the next The Reality we feature The Reality Bible Special with Pastor Peter Jenkins. Peter will be sharing his own parables, asking the animals. Scripture exhorts is to ask the beasts, and they will teach us and the birds of the air, and they will tell us. Peter w...

"Founder of Carmel Ministries in India, Pastor Ebenezer Sastry has a vision to plant 100 churches. Past Ebenezer preaches across India and abroad and runs a Bible college and children’s homes. Though he was brought up to know Jesus, he walked away from the faith in his youth. But God had plans for Ebenezer. At an evangelistic meeting, out of a crowd of 300,000 people, God called Ebenezer by name....

"Singer-songwriter Chris Eaton is well known for the Cliff Richard 1990 number one Christmas song, Saviour’s Day. Since the early 1980s, Chris Eaton has been writing life-changing music and is considered to be one of Britain’s classic songwriters. His songs have been recorded by the likes of Sir Cliff Richard, Amy Grant, Janet Jackson, Donna Summer, Grover Washington Jnr. and many others. Chris di...