New Year’s Eve is here. The countdown will soon begin. How fast and easy the change from the old year to the new one occurs. In this program, Gary Kent talks about how it’s not so easy to change our lives.

God could force everyone to obey Him, to fear Him, to worship Him. But He can’t force anyone to love Him. To love and to be loved, has to come freely or it can’t be given at all.

In part two of his series on freedom, Gary Kent looks at the perennial question of free will, fate, and human destiny. Do we really have free choice, or is our fate and future already predetermined, regardless of whatever choices we do make?

In the last of his series on freedom, Gary Kent shows why freedom, true God-given freedom, is at the core of the greatest of all human attributes.

Money is an important part of human life. After all, look at all that you can accomplish with it. On the other hand, money is not the answer to life’s deepest and most important problems.

Guest Nicole Johnson talks about dramatic encounters with Jesus Christ and how she’s seen that phenomenon transform people around her. You will discover how Christ’s grace can turn the darkest places into a good life.

Who are we? Why are we here? Where are we going? These are just a few questions that humans have been asking for millennia. Some people answer that we are nothing but chance products of a godless cosmos that has doomed us to destruction.

Our universe is a place of wonder, astonishment and mystery. And perhaps the biggest wonder, astonishment and mystery of all is, How did it get here to begin with?

Some people in England started what had become known as the London Atheist Bus Campaign. They placed ads on buses in the city making claims about the non-existence of God and what that means for us.

Guest Nicole Johnson talks about how you can actually feel like a prince, or princess, in a world so not like a fairy tale. And Gary Kent shows how we can find contentment - even after life’s disappointments.

It was Berlin, 1936. And Adolf Hitler was presiding over the games. Everything smelled of Nazi propaganda. But two men somehow formed a bond that would shake up Hitler and inspire the world.

Ask Australians who was the most famous ANZAC of the First World War and most will probably answer, ‘Simpson, the man with the donkey.’ But if you were to ask the soldiers who fought in that War, you would get quite a different answer. For them the most famous ANZAC of the Great War was Captain William McKenzie – a courageous, enthusiastic Christian minister keen on evangelism but utterly against booze, brothels and bad language. This is the extraordinary story of the ANZAC clergyman who won the hearts of a nation and the nickname, ‘Fighting Mac’.

Our world is a big, complicated place, which is why for most of history people have found themselves in ignorance and superstition. Left to our own, we often don’t get things right. Gary Kent points to the one source of knowledge that people can trust.

Christians claim that the Bible is the Word of God. But why should we trust the Bible? In this program, Gary Kent looks at one event that not only provides powerful evidence for the truth of the Bible, & gives us great hope about death.

“The Night Questions,” questions that people often ask while lying in bed at night. Who am I? Why am I here? What is the purpose of my life?

Gary Kent pays a visit to another world, another age, a nineteenth century New England village, rebuilt. And he talks about why a town like this embodied freedom - as a key destination for the Underground Railroad.

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.

Many think that slavery was a terrible thing that haunted the world---ages ago. And yet, there are more slaves in our world today, than at any other time in history. In a New England village of the mid-1800s, Gary Kent finds clues as to how we can best be part of an anti-slavery movement today.

A New England town, re-created from the mid-1800s, actually pictures a higher life, a better life, for people today. Gary Kent shows how America’s most famous authors, and the Transcendentalist Movement, all emerging out of that time and place, give us colorful glimpses of a more elevated mindset. And he shows how the Bible fleshes out that perspective---in the most powerful way.

The Taj Mahal is one of the most spectacular structures in the world. No wonder, it is visited by over 2 million visitors each year, but not many people know the love story at the heart of this magnificent masterpiece.

Life can be hard, very hard. What’s even worse is that we are told by people who claim to be in the know, that we are alone in a cold and hostile universe, and that no one out there cares for us. In this, the first of a series called “The Human Condition,” Gary Kent takes issue with that view. Instead he points us to the ways in which God’s intimate interaction with humanity helps reveal His love for us.

Modern psychology says that deep down we, as human beings, are good at heart. The Bible, however, says something quite different. It tells us that we are sinners, and that we are all corrupt to the bone. In this, part two of a series called, “The Human Condition,” Gary Kent seeks to answer the question, “Are we really that bad?” And he shows us the answer is found in the cross of Jesus Christ.

It’s pretty clear that life is not what it should be. We live in a harsh and unforgiving world. And though people tried to create utopias, it has never worked. Why? Because we are fallen creatures in a fallen world. Today, Gary Kent looks at some of these failed utopias and points us to our only hope: Jesus Christ.

What are the truly important things in life, the things that really matter? Sometimes, especially in materialist developed countries, it’s easy to get our priorities skewed and distorted, with money and materialism taking precedence over almost everything. In this program, “Wish List,” Gary Kent looks at a three thousand year old story from the Bible that is still relevant today and provides insight on what’s really important in life.

So many people walk around with masks on their faces. Not literally but figuratively, in the sense that they try to cover up what’s really inside them. They want to present a face to the world that’s not real. In this program, called “Facades,” Gary Kent reveals that God can see behind our masks and faces. However, the good news is that He loves us anyway.

Life can seem so empty at times. People are always looking for something different, something to satisfy an inner longing that cars, bank accounts, drugs and partying can’t. In this program, called “Looking to Mars,” Gary Kent shows listeners that the answer they are looking for can be found in what Jesus offers us, and not in anything else.

Evelyn Marsden, a nurse aboard the Titanic, would prove to be the one Australian who survived that tragedy. She would keep rowing a lifeboat through the darkest of nights. This young woman had a fiance waiting desperately. Evelyn’s love story gives a memorable picture of how we can find peace—in the midst of a storm.

There are a lot of us, in our world today, that seem to have a hard time getting into prayer as something effective, something that makes us feel good. It can be a bit frustrating. It can even make us feel quite disappointed, have you ever wondered, "how come God doesn’t really answer me?"

This is the beginning of our three-part series: Getting a Prayer Life. There are very specific ways any person can make communication with God, a very real thing, and a very productive thing. And in this first program you will learn the essential elements of asking.

Prayer can be more of a challenge these days.  We’re bombarded by so many high-tech messages.  We’re distracted by so many images flashing around us---from cell phones to ipads to big screens.  

Yes, our minds wander.  Who can really focus on an invisible God? In this second program in the series “Getting a Prayer Life,” Gary Kent shows three ways in which prayer can become a real conversation that actually makes an impact.

Way back in Bible times prayers produced miracles. The Red Sea parts; manna comes down from heaven; lepers are healed. But often it’s hard to believe that our little prayers today can create those huge events. Gary Kent shows amazing examples of miracles in the Bible becoming miracles in our world. In this series, “Getting a Prayer Life,” he laid out practical things that show “How to Ask” and “How to Focus” more effectively. In this final program, people can see the big impact of prayer in real lives, right here, right now.

Marriage is one of the first things that God gave to humanity. It goes all the way back to Eden. But many marriages are anything but paradise. The divorce statistics speak for themselves. But they can’t even begin to describe the pain and suffering involved. In this program, “Principles of Marriage,” Gary Kent goes to the Bible, and from it He derives four principles that could help our marriages be what they were originally meant to be.

Studies have shown that so much of what is fatal in Australia, rolls back to one thing: addiction. Taking in too much, for all the wrong reasons. In this series, “Getting Over Addictions,” we’re going to find out how we can get away from the biggest things that drag us down. Our first program will focus on alcohol and something much better, much stronger.
 

It happens with antidepressants. It happens with stimulants. And it happens with illegal drugs. Grabbing those pills can be a big problem, a big addiction. And all too often the strongest of athletes, the biggest of celebrities find themselves giving into drugs. But in this program Gary Kent shows how a very weak, vulnerable woman clearly overpowered her drug problem. In our second program in the “Getting Over Addictions,” series, we’ll focus on the kind of actions that make us strong.
 

Gambling may seem like a lot of fun on the surface. What harm could come from this when I’m just putting in a few dollars here and there? Especially when I could potentially win double, triple or even ten times my investment. Unfortunately, all too often it starts taking over. In fact it can reduce some people to a complete zero, not just financially, but emotionally. Take a look at why identity can take us way beyond this habit.
 

Life is full of risks and some as we know, are bigger than others. Gary Kent interviews special guest, Dr. Ben Carson, in this program, “Taking the Right Risks” to discover how one of the greatest neurosurgeons looks to God to help him manage risk and make good decisions.

Angry and harmful words are hard to take back.  Too often people find that they are unable to control their words in the heat of the moment.

In this program, Gary Kent turns to the Bible to discover how we can replace those verbal arrows with something much better, something that actually heals.

The world continues to be a troubling place, with unforeseen events surprising even the experts. None of this, however, takes God by surprise, who knows the beginning from the end. In this program, “King’s Dream,” Gary Kent looks at the Biblical prophecy of Daniel 2, which presents compelling rational evidence that not only does God know the future, but He has revealed it to us as well.

He came from a wealthy, distinguished family---and ended up in a cave, drifting through the drug world. But Doug Batchelor would discover one book, that opened him up to the best kind of life. In this program you’ll hear this man’s remarkable testimony and how he felt God was calling him to a higher purpose.

We sometimes feel we don’t have a creative bone in our body, but God gave each one of us an imagination with a unique creative ability. In this episode Doug Batchelor joins us to discuss how the Bible came alive in his life and we will discover how the creative Word of God can come to life for you too.

Everybody dreams of intimacy, that ultimate state of bonding. But almost every couple also faces challenges. So in this series of programs, we’re going to focus on “How to Bond Best.” And we’re going to see how to get over the most common bonding obstacles. In this program “ Your Heart and Your Eyes” is about how your eyes, can shape your heart---for either good or bad.

Husbands have been winking at their affairs for a long time. Wives sometimes slip into it - because of a disappointing marriage. But justifying adultery will kiss love, security and intimacy good-bye. In this series “How to Bond Best,” we will tackle three big issues that can prevent people from having an affair.

Couples bond wonderfully---after a marriage. But in time obstacles seem to jump up---they could never see coming. In this series “How to Bond Best,” we’ve been looking at how to counter some serious issues that break up a marriage. In this program we will focus on one thing that can make such a difference: the right words spoken.

We can learn a lot about a person by the kind of acts that they perform. Whether they focus on themselves or are self-sacrificing and loving people. In this program, called “Non-Random Acts of Kindness,” Gary Kent points us to the greatest and most self-sacrificing act in all creation, Jesus giving his life to save this world. He then asks, What does this tell us about the character of our God?

Please be advised, this episode contains images from WWII which may disturb some viewers.