Hear Indian scholar Vishal Mangalwadi interviewed by Leigh Hatcher. Vishal has written a book entitled “The book that made your world”. In this interview Vishal discusses how the Bible is the foundation for Western values and also for our key Australian values, our nationhood and our parliamentary democracy. Broadcast on Songs of Hope on 6 October at 7:30am.
Click the play button for the audio or download. Play time is 20 minutes. Thanks to Hope 103.2 FM for this material.
Listen again to the story of Andrew White, an Anglican Christian priest who has worked for reconciliation and peace in the middle east for the last 20 years. He has had outstanding successes, despite poor health and huge setbacks.
Click the play button for the audio or download. Play time is 6 minutes
Listen again to one hour of Christian praise and worship. Broadcast on 15 September 2013 on “Songs of Hope” on Southern FM, 88.3 in Mentone, Melbourne, Australia. Includes both traditional hymns and modern worship songs.
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The church above is located at Lake Tekapo in New Zealand.
Songs of Hope segment “Words for Life” for 15 September 2013, was brought to us by Chris Witts. His topic was “How to mend a broken heart”, and is the second in the series.
Click the play button for the audio or download. Play time is 5 minutes. Audio provided by Hope 103.2 FM. Songs of Hope website: http://songsofhope883.com
Our Songs of Hope spotlight last Sunday 15 September was a poem by Ellen Carr. The title of the poem is “You” and is a poem in praise of God. Here it is as a podcast. Click the button to play the audio or download.
Here are the words for the poem You:
From the start of all time you laid out your plan,
your designs for the world, and for woman and man.
The earth was set out to circle the sun.
As you tilted its axis the seasons could run.
You measured out time into day, into night.
You portioned the darkness and rationed the light.
You ordered each sunrise and each close of day.
You made us for work and for rest and for play.
You programmed our bodies to grow and mature.
Your intricate blueprints are perfect and sure.
From the womb to the casket you measure our days,
you order our timing, you note all our ways.
The animal kingdom you planned to a tee.
Their instincts and habits were all meant to be.
The birds that migrate at the same time each year,
their nesting and breeding, the timing is clear.
The universe shows in its clockwork precision
the power of your word, your creative decision.
You’re the master of time, of free-will and of grace.
In eternity’s time-line we’ll meet face to face.
When time is eternal, when darkness is done,
in the light of your presence, forever has begun.
When the sun isn’t needed, the moon needn’t shine
all things are made new and eternity’s mine.
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