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Have you ever noticed how some people walk through chaos with calm you can't explain? It's not that life spares them. They've just found a peace that doesn't depend on what's happening around them. Amazing! In 1944, Dutch watchmaker and Christian, Casper ten Boom, was betrayed as a member of the Dutch underground, and then arrested by the Nazis for hiding Jews in his home. At 84 years old he was t...

We all want to be blessed. Sure we do ?' problem is, sometimes we have a bad sense of direction We expect all the blessing to flow in one direction ?' inwards, to us. Hmm. That's not how it works. Join Berni Dymet, on Christianityworks as he opens God's Word to discover exactly what God has to say about blessing, and our sense of direction. Support the show: https://christianityworks.com/channels/...

When was the last time you were truly lost for words – that kind of awe that stops you mid-sentence? Maybe a sunset that lit up the sky, a newborn's cry, a piece of music that somehow reached right inside your soul. We all have those moments when beauty breaks through the noise – when you sense, even if just for a heartbeat, that there's something more. In 1968, astronaut William Anders joined the...

When an Ebola outbreak kept a ministry outside a displacement camp in Congo, an unexpected messenger carried comfort in.

We tend to spend our lives chasing happiness. You know the sort of thing: holidays, success, approval, possessions. And look, there's nothing inherently wrong with any of those things. The problem is that they're never enough to fill that God-shaped hole that we all have deep inside.   In 1965, psychologist Viktor Frankl, a survivor of Nazi concentration camps, wrote that happiness cannot be pursu...

Some people are trapped by the past – and that ruins their present and robs them of their future. But Jesus has a plan. It's a good plan. A plan for our welfare and not our harm. A plan for a future full of hope. The past, some people look back at their past with a fondness, they remember their childhood with great joy but the more I chat with people the more I firm up on my belief that it's simpl...

This week we catch up on the CAF Champions League, as holders Mamelodi Sundowns failed to make the group stage. And we look ahead to the 2026 CAF Women’s Champions League, starting on Sunday in Egypt. We have lots on the EPL, plus Yan Diomande’s good form at Real Madrid. And we highlight the qualities that made Harry Kane a Ballon d’Or winner.

Someone else receives the answer you’ve been praying for, and your own waiting hurts even more. What can you do with the question, “God, what about me?”

Fear's a powerful motivator. It keeps you in line, makes you comply, and even drives you to perform. But it never changes your heart. Because while fear may force compliance, only love inspires devotion  Have you ever worked in a place where the boss is a tyrant? Sure, things get done – but there's no joy, no loyalty, no life. Contrast that with a healthy workplace, where people give more on the j...

The lies that the world tells us about ourselves – who we are, who we aren't, who we should be – you know all that stuff – we'd like to think they don't have any impact – water off a duck's back. But that's just not true. Sticks and stones aren't the only things that break our bones – because words do truly hurt us. I don't know if you've been able to join us so far on the program this week but I'...

When life hurts, the faith that once seemed clear can become full of questions. Can you still turn to God when you’re struggling to trust Him?

Every day we're told to  "follow your heart." It sounds freeing, fantastic – until your heart leads you into something dangerous. Deep down, even the most independent soul still obeys something: desire, fear, money, approval. The question isn't  whether  we obey, but  who or what we obey . Just imagine a pilot ignoring the control tower. He believes the instructions are good – he just doesn't foll...

This week on the program, I'm joined by a special guest Mike Ricchini – who had one of the most difficult starts in life and a tough childhood as an Hispanic Kid in a white neighbourhood in America –and today he's going to be sharing how it was that his life took a turn for the better. The last couple of weeks on the program we've been chatting about the fact that the lies that the world and peopl...

God doesn’t ask us to pretend our parents never hurt us but He invites us to discover that His care isn’t limited in any way by the care we’ve known.

When our lives fall apart, hope is usually the first casualty. The dream dies, the light fades, the silence feels final. But in God's story, even the grave isn't the end – it's merely the turning of a page. In 2010, Chilean miner Luis Urzúa and 32 of his colleagues were trapped underground for 69 days after a mine collapse. For weeks, no one knew if they were alive. Temperatures soared, food ran l...

So many of the lies that the world tells us, society tells us – people tell us – end up messing around with who we are. Messing around with our lives. Racial tensions, the stigma of adoption – that'd have to affect you in your later years wouldn't it? Exciting week this week on the program because we're following up on what we've been chatting about over the last few weeks. It's the fact that all...

You know better. So why does the same compromise keep winning? A wise king’s story reveals how familiar warnings can become surprisingly easy to dismiss.

When life hurts, our first question is almost always  why . Why this sickness, this loss, this setback? But what if the greater question isn't  why , but  who  – who's with me in this, and what might He be doing through it? In 1951, Japanese sculptor Chiharu Matsunaga lost both hands in an industrial explosion. His career – his very identity – seemed lost. During recovery, he began experimenting w...

Imagine starting out life as the baby of a 15-year-old mother, with a drug habit … growing up bumping from one uncaring foster home to the next – when you grew up that sort of a past would mess with your head wouldn't it? Every now and then God makes a divine appointment for us, have you noticed that? What appears to be a random decision or a chance twist or turn in life, all of a sudden you run i...

Obedience sounds easy until it costs something. It's one thing to say "yes" to God when life feels safe – but another thing entirely when His call leads you straight into surrender. In 1519, Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés arrived in Mexico with eleven ships and hundreds of men. Facing fear and potential mutiny, he did something shocking – he burned his own ships. There would be no retreat. His men...

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If you're ever going to be successful at what you do, you need to embrace efficiency – keep moving, stay focused, don't get sidetracked. But love is rarely efficient. It often arrives disguised as an interruption. In 1996, Tokyo train commuter Shizuo Tsuji, was running late for work when he noticed an elderly woman collapse at a busy intersection. Dozens of people had hurried past. But Tsuji stopp...

A Bible verse can spark a search for God, and a caring conversation can help faith take root.

People seem obsessed with being noticed – climbing higher, getting ahead, standing out. But the higher you climb, the more tempting it is to forget who lifted you up. Truth: in God's kingdom, greatness doesn't rise – it bows. In 1970, Japanese engineer Soichiro Honda, founder of Honda Motor Company, was offered a prestigious government medal for industrial achievement. But contrary to everyone's e...

When the people around us start behaving badly, as they invariably do, we sometimes want to use that as an excuse for us to end up stooping down to the same level. And at the end of the day – that just doesn't work. We pretty much all understand the concept of the lowest common denominator. You look across a group of people and you pitch your message or your idea or whatever at the lowest common d...