The Reality

"Author of ANEW Creation and Co-Founder of Mitchell Thorp Foundation, Beth Thorp explains how to turn tragedy into something meaningful, while maintaining faith in God’s plan. Her book tells the story of her family and how they created a non-profit philanthropic ministry as a result of a family tragedy. Beth lost her son in the prime of his life. She shares about having faith and trust when all ho...

"The Bible is God’s handbook to you and to me revealing his personal plans for our lives. The Bible is God’s Word and God’s word is God’s revelation to mankind. The Holy Spirit is God and God is omnipresent which means he knows you personally. The Holy Spirit inspired the writing of the Bible. Therefore, the Bible is God’s personal guidebook for your life. Join Dudley Anderson and guest host Pasto...

"On the next The Reality talk show we meet Tony Peters. Tony came to know Jesus at age of 5 but, sadly, suffered intense physically and sexually abuse by the men in his mother’s life after she divorced his father. In despair Tony attempted suicide. At the crucial moment, God sent an angel to rescue him. Tony said, “God turned my hurdles into blessings.” Now Tony produces an online podcast called C...

"Christian contemporary music singer and songwriter Dallas Holm  has influenced Christian music throughout more than 45 years of writing, singing and ministry. He’s earned gold records, multiple Dove awards, Grammy nominations, number one songs, and countless other accolades. During his travels, Dallas teaches what God has taught him on his journey, to remain true to the Truth. Dallas Holm is prob...

"Author of Forgiving The Nightmare, Mark Sowersby shares how he was intensely sexually, physically and emotionally abused as a child. Could one forgive such an assault on body and soul? In the next The Reality, Mark shares how the power of God’s grace enabled him to forgive and how condemnation, shame, and guilt were replaced with joy and life in abundance.  Mark also points out the importance of...

"Taiwo Saola was born in Nigeria and worked in China for 6 years. Nigeria is listed in the countries on the Open Doors World Watch List where Christians face the most persecution for their faith, as is China. Ready to follow Jesus, we’ll hear how Taiwo and her family were victims of persecution in Nigeria. Taiwo is also an engineer working on the potential of using hydrogen as a fuel source to gen...

"We’re joined on the next The Reality by Pastor Chris Horwood for The Reality Bible Special. Pastor Chris is a seasoned missionary and Bible teacher. In The Reality Bible Special, we’ll be discussing the Bible. Was the Bible written by men or inspired by God? How is the Bible compiled? Can we trust what was written? And what is the central theme of the volume of 66 writings we call the Holy Bible....

"Pastor Ray Bevan was once blown and buffeted by a search for stardom as a rock star. His life was set to be filled with music, money and fame but these could not fill that God-shaped vacuum in his heart. Then he let Christ in and learned to go where the Holy Spirit was blowing. Ray has a deep revelation of the grace of God, tuning what-ifs into even ifs. Hear how the grace of God can fill the vac...

"Dr Joshua Adegoke is the founder and CEO of Ezra Community Helpers Initiative, an initiative designed to empower people of various marginalized groups including children and youths in Nigeria. Nigeria is listed as one of the countries in the world where Christians are persecuted the most. Hundreds of Nigerian children are being kidnapped by armed gangs and militant Islamic groups. Joshua Adegoke...

"Neil Baldwin was diagnosed with a learning disability as a child. Leaving school at 16 he joined the circus where he performed as Nello the Clown for three seasons. Neil has met some amazing people like the Archbishop of Canterbury, famous footballers like Gary Lineker and members of the British Royal family including Queen Elizabeth. Neil was appointed as Stoke City Football Club’s kit-man by th...

"Depression is a common mental disorder. Globally, more than 300 million people of all ages suffer from depression. On The Reality, we speak to a retired psychiatric nurse, Ewan Gear. When Ewan gave his life to Christ, he says everything became clear like looking at the world through a new pair of eyeglasses. This clarity influenced Ewen’s work, helping him to counsel people suffering from depress...

"Based in Texas, USA, Doug Pitman and his wife, Angie, serve as full-time missionaries to Europe. They have a mission to preach the gospel, equip and train pastors and leaders and to mobilize the local church into the global harvest across that continent and beyond. During the crisis of the European war in Ukraine, Doug spent some weeks in that war-torn nation, encouraging people to turn Godward a...

"God’s word is so powerful. God’s word is so wonderful God’s word is so important for us to believe in and live by. The Bible is God’s authoritative literal word to us. In The Reality Bible Special, I will be getting into the word of God, talking about being fixated with Jesus. We’ll look at fixing our eyes on Jesus in Hebrews 12, walking by the Spirit in Galatians 5 and how we can be mindful of J...

"Dave Newton, principal of Regents Theological College in England  has experience in equipping leaders and helping shape God inspired ministry in young people. He has served on the YFC leadership team in the UK, has pioneered projects of national significance in Justice and Education and is a gifted strategic thinker, speaker and trainer. His research interests include the place of gospel articula...

"Author of To Catch a Thief, Richard Taylor, is the founder of the drug rehabilitation centre, Gateway Foundation. To Catch a Thief is the gripping story of how God set Richard free from a life of crime, violence and drug abuse. As a heroin addict, crime seemed the only way to fund his habit. But one night in the isolation of his prison cell as he was tearing a page from the Bible to roll a cigare...

"Vadim Preobrazhenskyi is a member of the David Hathaway ministry team in Kyiv, Ukraine. Ukraine has seen the most brutal attack on its sovereignty in its history during the Russian invasion of the country that began in Feb 2022. As the Ukrainians prayed, the militarily superior Russian forces were beaten back and retreated from Kyiv. Vadim has emphasised how vital prayer is during a crisis like t...

"Do you ever feel like you’re in a valley of dry bones? The Bible is God’s word to us. On the next The Reality we feature The Reality Bible Special with Peter Jenkins, discussing Ezekiel 37 where Ezekiel spoke to a valley of dry bones. When you feel as though you’re in a deep dark valley of dead dry bones do as Ezekiel did, speak to those bones. If you do what God tells you to do, God will do what...

"Author of the book, From Crack to Christ, Natasha Wyer was abandoned at birth and experienced a troubled childhood. As a young adult, she spent 15 years battling addiction, crime, domestic violence, prostitution and mental health problems. Then one day, in Luton, England, at cash point on the same street where she would normally be hustling, Natasha had a real encounter with the Holy Spirit that...

"Born in England, Jonathan Winter is a seasoned missionary. He spent many years serving the Agta tribe in the Philippines, sharing the love of Christ and leading many to accept him as Lord and Saviour. Holding postgraduate degrees in Contemporary Missiology and Intercultural Studies, Jonathan is gifted in cross-cultural communication and ministry. During the Russia/Ukraine war, Jonathan visited Uk...

"Founder of Preach the Blood Ministries Nathan Wild chased after women and a culture of underground nightlife. Nathan had found a relationship with Jesus as a child but as he reached his later teens he became caught up in the wrong crowd. He ended up in a deep dark valley of drug abuse and the occult. He was troubled by demons for some time until he experienced the power of the blood of Jesus Chri...

"In July 2018 Henrietta Blyth was appointed CEO at Open Doors UK and Ireland. Open Doors is a suffering church relief agency that works to wake up the body of Christ to the great persecution of Christians taking place worldwide and to strengthen hearts in countries where Christians are persecuted for their faith. Henrietta is passionate about strengthening the Church as an agent of change around t...

"Israel is a nation like any other. However, God in his wisdom chose that nation to be his barometer in the world – God’s prophetic Clock to the world. On the next The Reality we feature The Reality Bible Series with Pastor Peter Jenkins. Peter and I will look at Ezekiel 36 where Ezekiel prophesied that God’s people would return to the land promised by God to Abraham. In 1948 that prophecy came tr...

"On the next The Reality we meet singer/songwriter, worship leader and pastor, Dave Wellington. Dave honed his skills in church music, singing harmonies to the rich British hymnody and Chorus tunes of his youth. As a teenager, he started writing songs and soon became a published songwriter. He progressed to become Music Pastor at the large Kensington Temple church, in London. Dave Wellington disco...

"Clyde Thomas was lured into drug abuse by pear pressure when he was offered cannabis by friends. Soon he was taking ecstasy and became addicted to heroin and cocaine. Clyde began stealing to support his addiction. By the time he completed school he was living a life of brokenness. One day, in prison, he was given a Bible. Reading Psalm 40 it struck him, if God could put a new song in the psalmist...

(Thank you to Richard Hanson for the use of this picture.) "Andrew Boyd is an ordained pastor, journalist, author and experienced communications consultant. Andrew produces news releases and acts as a spokesman for Christian persecution. He has worked as a reporter for several major news outlets in the UK including Channel 4 and the BBC. Andrew has reported from many trouble-spots, including Iraq,...