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Almost everyone knows something about the death of Jesus on the cross. What many don’t often think about or perhaps don't know is that three men were on crosses that day. Who were those other two men, and what does their fate say to us today? In this program, “Death Sentence,” Gary Kent takes a look at the two criminals crucified with Jesus, and from their story shows viewers just what God’s grace is really all about.

History is full of stories of those who betrayed their country, especially in time of war. This week Gary Kent looks at Judas Iscariot, focusing not just on his treachery but more on the grace that God was willing to give even to him.

Perhaps the greatest doctrine of Christianity is that of “substitutionary atonement,” the teaching that Christ substituted Himself on the cross for us. In this program, Gary Kent explores this wonderful truth, and the hope it offers us all.

Scripture teaches that as human beings we have all done something wrong in our life. It’s just our nature and there’s nothing that we can do about it. But the Bible offers us a solution.

How do we know what is right, or what is wrong? This question gets even more difficult because culture influences our moral values, and cultures vary from place to place, changing over time. But there is a solution.

We all live under the rule of law. Unfortunately, not all laws are good. Human laws can even be bad. But not God’s law. God’s law is there to define for us good and evil, right and wrong. So what good comes from obeying the law of God? 

People often view the keeping of the law in terms of cold, hard legalism. And sometimes that has been the case. But in this program we learn how keeping the Ten Commandments is really an expression of love—love to God and love to others. 

Christians have long been talking about the end of the world, even setting exact dates for it. And in every case, the predicted date for doomsday turned out to be wrong. But one day this world will end and a glorious new one will begin.

As the world population grows, it gets so easy to forget the importance of the individual. With billions of people having come and gone, what does any one person really matter?

Many people are tracing their heritage, discovering their family history. In this year of the centenary of ANZAC, I am taking the opportunity to explore the ANZACs in my family tree. To discover their journey & how the war affected them. 

Tiny Emmaville in New England, New South Wales is the hometown of Australian sprinter Debbie Wells who represented Australia as a teenager at 3 Olympic games. But did you know this town holds bragging rights to another Australian legend?

In this episode we are exploring the family history of Gary Kent’s wife, Robyn, who has several Anzacs in her family tree. We will discover the experiences the war brings and a newfound faith they were left with.

Though Christian culture is common, faith is lacking. Many people only go to church for weddings or funerals. But what are they missing out on? Gary Kent looks at Jesus and what He teaches us about what God is really like.

There can be no doubt about human sinfulness. But the good news is that Jesus loves us anyway as proven by the cross. In this program we will learn what the death of Jesus teaches us about the character of God.

In previous programs, we saw how much God wants to and can forgive us for our sins. In this, Gary Kent will show us what God’s forgiveness of our sins ultimately means for us.

In this program, Gary Kent looks at what the life and death of Jesus must have said to the angels about God’s amazing love. What must these beings have thought as they watched their Lord suffer and die for the sins of the human race?

Many people have asked: Who are we and what do our lives mean in the face of death? In this program, Gary Kent looks at 19th century writer Leo Tolstoy’s struggle with these questions and the answer that he came up with.

God has given us good reasons for believing in Him. Yet us humans easily deceive ourselves. In this program, Gary Kent challenges listeners to open their hearts up to evidence for Jesus and to make a decision to believe in Him.

"People dedicate their lives to all sorts of causes. In this program, Gary Kent looks at what some of these causes are, and asks the question, What does it mean to make Jesus the cause whom one dedicates his or her life to?"

"We are creatures of habit, and habits aren’t easy to break. But God is in the business of changing and freeing people. In this program, Gary Kent looks at how God changed Saul of Tarsus into the Apostle Paul, and how he can change us as well."

In this program, Pr Gary Kent looks at just how insecure life can be here, and then points us to Jesus and the promises He has for us—the only true security we can ever have.

"The Bible teaches something very different about humanity than what modern science often portrays. In this program, the first in a series on Jesus, Gary Kent talks about what the birth of Jesus alone says about our worth as human beings."

We live in an amazing world of natural laws and incredible wonders. In this program, Gary Kent looks at some of the miracles Jesus performed which defied this earth’s physical laws. He also talks about the hope Jesus’ acts point us to.

One thing is certain: there’s a lot more evil in this world than there is justice. Yet, according to the Bible, justice will be done. In this program, we will look at what Jesus said about justice and the fate of evil and wickedness.

The Bible is emphatic about forgiving those who have wronged us, just as we have been forgiven. In this program, Gary Kent looks at another aspect of this question: that of receiving forgiveness itself.

One of the worst feelings is to be falsely accused, to get a ‘raw deal’. Unfortunately, this happens to God all the time. In this program, Gary Kent shows us where the true character of God is found, in Jesus.

"We all have questions about the meaning and purpose of life. The issue is, how do we find the answers to these questions? In this program, Gary Kent looks at a group of writers and poets and at the paths they ultimately chose."

"How are we to know right from wrong? God has given the world the Ten Commandments precisely for that purpose. In this program, Gary Kent looks at the secular version of the commandments and draws important conclusions about grace."

Your mind has a bent. It functions best a certain way. And when you really get into that bent, you’ll really get into a life! In this program, we will be featuring Dr. Arlene Taylor, one of the world’s leading speakers on brain function.

Ever feel like your brain is going downhill? Just getting older---that seems to slowly diminish our mental capacities. But in this program, we’re going to see how to reverse the slowing-down process.

Sometimes you can picture a vacation you took ten years ago so vividly. But what did you eat for dinner last Monday?! Memories seem to fade. In this program, you’re about to discover how your memory can actually go from hazy to clear.

Who are we? Why are we here? What is life about? Scientists can speculate about what happened in the first one millionth of a second after the big bang theory, but still have no answers for what the universe, and human life in it means possibly means. But that does not stop us wondering about these questions. This program investigates one mans unique attempt to understand these questions.

The Digital Age Beethoven

Dietitian Brenda Davis provide's her expert recommendations on what we should be eating for optimal physical, intellectual and emotional health.