Category Archives: stories

Ancient Rome Christians

3 March 13Christian, storiesfeaturedsongsofhope883

Listen again to the story of the first Christians in ancient Rome. Their morals and ethics and view of God set the new direction for Europe for the next 2000 years. Broadcast on Southern FM 88.3 on “Songs of Hope” on Sunday 2Apr2017.

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References: Rodney Stark “The Triumph of Christianity” Harper Collins 2011; Alvin J Schmidt “How Christianity Changed the World” Zondervan 2004

Joseph Scriven – Top life story for 2012

26 February 13Christian, storiesfeaturedsongsofhope883

Here it is, the top “Songs of Hope” story for 2012. It was selected by listeners. The story with the most downloads was adjudged the winner.

The winner is the story of Joseph Scriven and his writing of the hymn “What a friend we have in Jesus”. The story was presented by Noel Greig. Listen again and enjoy.

The runner-up stories were:

“Carl Boberg and How Great Thou Art” by Noel Greig, and
“The story of Dr Jim Fanstone” by Rod Carr.

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Post date 7/1/2013

Michael Faraday made electric motors & generators possible

25 February 13Christian, podcast, stories, YouTubefeaturedsongsofhope883

Listen again to the story of Michael Faraday, the scientist and devout Christian who discovered the principles needed to build electric motors and generators. He also built the first such devices. Broadcast on Sunday 24 Feb 2013 on “Songs of Hope”.

Click the play button for the audio or download. Play time is 3 minutes

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Monique Lisbon – Easter Special

24 February 13Christian, songs, storiesfeaturedsongsofhope883

On Channel 7 on Good Friday the Christian Television Association will screen a new documentary called “Forgiven People”. It is produced by Vic Campbell and features Vic interviewing three people who find help from God.

One of the interviewees is Monique Lisbon. Monique in our spotlight podcast below sings “Evermore”, a song based on Psalm 46.

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Fanny Crosby – hymn composer

17 February 13Christian, hymns, stories960x300, featuredsongsofhope883

Listen again to the story of Fanny Crosby, the blind hymn writer who wrote the hymn Blessed Assurance. Prepared and presented by Noel Greig. Broadcast on Southern FM “Songs of Hope” on 88.3 FM on Sunday 4Dec16.