The Reality

"James Gwilt was the only child of a hard-working single mom. He struggled in school, began smoking cannabis at 14 and committing robberies. Arrested for firearm offenses at 20 he received 7 years in custody. On his release, he began to sell cocaine. Despite the money, he felt empty. At an amateur boxing match one day a stranger told him God was calling him. James later had an out-of-body experien...

"Evangelist Mark Greenwood has been a full-time itinerant evangelist since 1988. He’s also served on the ministry teams of two churches helping them create an evangelism culture and pattern. He is known as an evangelist who presents the gospel in a humorous and engaging way. Mark makes it clear that not all people respond instantaneously to the gospel. It is a process. He says that deciding to bel...

"Frans Cronjé is a film producer, director, writer and actor. His debut feature film “Faith like Potatoes”, telling the story of Evangelist Angus Buchan, has been a blockbuster with over 4 million DVDs sold. Before moving to film production, Frans Cronje played professional cricket for South Africa and England. His brother, Hansie was the South African cricket captain for several years through the...

"Rob Stewart is founder of Swords Ablaze Int. focuses on healing and the prophetic. Rob makes use of social media for ministry output and is involved in Christian TV. He shares the reality of Christ from the standpoint of personal experience. One day, after coming home from a cricket match tanked up on beer, he was on the verge of taking his own life when he suddenly heard the audible voice of Jes...

"John Whittaker, CEO of Northamptonshire Association of Youth Clubs & Action Centres UK, is a seasoned man of faith. When he was 18 he took a group of young folks on an adventure, via road, from England to Jordan. This experience birthed in John a desire to work with young people of all nationalities, creating opportunity for adventure. Hear how John Whittaker stepped out in faith to create mu...

"After training as a secretary and working as a Tupperware dealer acclaimed author and health & well-being expert, Rosemary Conley, started her own Slimming and Good Grooming business in 1971. Her first book, Rosemary Conley’s Complete Hip and Thigh Diet sold more than 2 mill copies worldwide. She was soon to appear on TV while the total combined sales of her books and fitness DVDs approach 9...

"Psalm 118, one of the Hallel Psalms, is a Messianic Psalm prophesying the coming, death and resurrection of Jesus. According to Jewish custom, a Psalm from the Hallel Psalms is sung at the close of every Passover meal. Tradition has it that at the end of the Last Supper, Jesus and his disciples sang Psalm 118. The Psalm predicts Jesus’ imminent death. As he faced certain suffering he was able to...

"Michael Emmett was a career criminal along with father. In 1993 both men were arrested for their involvement in a £13-million smuggling operation and sentenced to twelve years in prison. Inside Exeter prison, Michael found something he never expected. A seemingly chance encounter in the prison chapel when someone simply prayed ‘Come Holy Spirit.'" NOTE TO RADIO STATIONS: THESE SEGMENTS ARE FREE T...

"March 2021 commemorates 10 years of civil war in Syria. This war has displaced millions and resulted in the death of hundreds of thou-sands. Over these 10 years the Christians have suffered great loss. However, even under the server and traumatising circumstances of war, Christian believers in Syria have been on hand to offer help, care and pray in a war-torn community. Ibrahim Najjar from Syria...

"Worship leader and apostle, Wynne Goss began playing guitar at an early age. He soon found himself performing at night clubs, bars and on radio & TV. Wynne become well known and began making good money. But fame and wealth failed to meet an emotional need deep in Wynne’s soul. One evening he found himself on the verge of suicide. Wynne heard the voice of God calling him by name. On the cliff...

"Life coach, Hannarich Asiedu’s early life was based on good deeds. She understood about the gospel of Jesus but didn’t encounter Christ until late in her teens. Hannarich was a model child – a very quiet and well-behaved introvert. One day Hannarich had a such a dramatic encounter with Christ that turned her life inside out. She was instantly filled with the Holy Spirit. From that moment on, Hann...

"Radio & TV host, Shaneen Clarke grew up in a Hindu home. Her father had planned an arranged marriage for her while she was still in her teens. Thankfully, she escaped the planned marriage but sadly later found herself in an abusive marriage. That marriage failed. But Shaneen found Jesus Christ as her Lord at 14. By his grace, her Lord guided her through the difficulties of early life revealin...

"From young Fatima Oliver was convinced that pain and family were synonymous. Living with physical and sexual abuse she developed relationship with anxiety and depression. Having grown up as Buddhist, Fatima had little understanding of who Jesus was. One day she heard the message of God’s love through Christian TV and when on the verge of suicide, the Holy Spirit spoke into Fatima’s heart. She hum...

"Singer-songwriter Scott Wesley-Brown’s Career has spanned four decades. He has released 25 albums had 9 number one songs on Christian radio and performed in concert ministry in over 50 counties. Scott’s music has been recorded by many top artists including Amy Grant, Aaron Shust, Sandy Patti, Bill Gaither, Pat Boone, Bruce Car-roll and Metropolitan Opera Star Placido Domingo. His wedding song "My...

"On the next The Reality we meet Stephen Smith who found the Reality that God meets us in our mess. Stephen was raised in Christian home but turned his back on God and rebelled. After suffering bullying at school, Stephen turned to drugs and alcohol. In and out of prison, Stephen nearly died 4 times. But the God of his youth had his hand on Stephen. One day, after a futile effort to turn his life...

"Press officer of SAT-7, Lindsay Shaw discovered a great opportunity to serve Jesus though the ministry of this international television service. SAT-7 reaches millions across the Middle East and North Africa bringing the message of the living God as found in a real relationship with Jesus Christ. SAT-7 helps provide the churches and Christians of this region with an opportunity to witness to Jesu...

"Stan Lander grew up in a Jewish home but soon found Jesus as Messiah. The very day after he gave his life to Christ, he inadvertently met that great woman of faith, Corrie ten Boom who encouraging him and taught him about God’s plan of salvation. Stan began an adventure of faith that was to culminate in healing when he developed a life-threatening cancerous brain tumour. Listen to a life-changing...

"Ezekiel the prophet had an amazing vision of water issuing from the Holy of Holies in the temple out toward the east. As the water flowed it became deeper and deeper until it was a flowing river that swept Ezekiel off his feet. This river flowed to the Dead Sea and gave life wherever it ran. Ezekiel’s river represents the living water spoken of by Jesus, water that brings eternal life and fellows...

"Iraqi priest Father Daniel Jospeh leads congregations in Erbil and Kirkuk and has partnered with Open Doors International for several years. Iraq is featured at number 15 on the Open Doors World Watch list of the 50 countries where Christians are persecuted the most. As a minority, Christians in Iraq suffer much under Islamic extremists. This has been compounded by the Covid-19 crisis. Father Dan...

"Born in Ashland, Kentucky experienced Bible teacher, RT Kendall has ministered across the globe. Author of more than 50 books he is a man of great authority and leadership with an amazing knowledge of the Scriptures. RT experienced a deep sense of the call of God to salvation by faith and sensed the call into full-time ministry in his teens. His teaching is seasoned with the revelation that those...

"Like any young girl, Sariah Hastings hoped she would one day marry her knight in shining armour and settle down to a loving married life Sadly, her upbringing pointed her in the wrong direction. Kicked out of home at 18 she found herself in the sordid opulent world of prostitution. She was trafficked by various pimps, beaten, raped and abused. Find out how the grace and love of God rescued this w...

"Nichole Marbach is an author, speaker, teacher, an ordained minister who teaches people that Jesus paid the price for their healing and encourages them to never give up hope on the promises of God. Nichole suffered an abusive life as a child that led to self-harm, alcoholism and numerous mental disorders. Find out how Nichole Marbach overcame bipolar disorder, PTSD, suicide attempts, panic attack...

"Darnisha Taylor plays piano and writes music that shows her passion for Christ. Her husband, Scott is a gifted writer. But Darnisha's journey includes trauma. Days after returning from honeymoon, Darnisha suffered a malfunction in her equipment while diving in a lake and drowned. Before her husband, Scott, found her and prayed her back to life, Darnisha experienced a touch of heaven." NOTE TO RAD...

"'At the cancer clinic I could sense despair and hopelessness. I was full of hope, the hope of a Living God and I remember encouraging as many people as possible as we waited for our sessions.' The words of cancer sufferer, Solome Lumala. Solome endured two operations, radio therapy and chemotherapy. Yet, even as she endured her plight she encouraged other people facing similar difficulty. Scriptu...

"Director of Research & Strategy for Open Doors International, Ron Boyd-McMillan has much experience of the plight of Christian believers under persecution worldwide. He speaks out against religious persecution of any kind. Religion is often viewed as the source of all conflict in the world but religion merely exasperates loyalties and political tension. Having covered religious conflict and C...