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We’re talking about what Christians think about what some describe as a gradual advance of Islam today. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in with Mandy Worby with an update on Israel. We’ll hear thoughts on progress towards a resolution in the conflict between Iran and America, and some thoughts around the complexities in the upcoming Israeli elections about 11 days away. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stephen McAlpine is back with us. And more on the hostile tensions that exist between Islamist nations and the Western (Judeo-Christian founded) nations. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in with one organisation who are welcoming the Federal Government’s new Digital Duty of Care legislation. They’ve been asking for this type of legislation for many years to protect vulnerable children who are exploited online. We’ll talk to David Braga from International Justice Mission about the upside of a Digital Duty of Care. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our special guests today are with FEBC (Far East Broadcasting Company), a global ministry focused on difficult to reach communities. They’re adapting to changing technology reaching out in more than 150 languages across those 50 countries often where traditional mission work is restricted. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s Marriage Week. So, we’re asking why couples should invest in a reset. We’ll check in with Focus on the Family’s new CEO Hilton Edwards, on why investing in a ‘Reset’ is a good idea. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in on moves to expand the reach of the Lutheran Church finance arm called LLL. As an alternative to banks Church para-church and entrepreneurial Christians find a willing partner with Christian based finance operations. We’ll check in LLL and hear of their plans. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There is a significant development in the challenge coming from the conservative side for the Victoria State Election. Late last week a political manoeuvre has given Family First Party a high-profile sitting MP heading into the Victorian election. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’ll check on this week’s political agenda with the Australian Christian Lobby. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in with a regular listener to 20Twenty who was working as a Police Chaplain 25 years ago in the US. We’ll be remembering the Terror Attack that caused the collapse of the Twin towers of the New York World Trade Centre. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our special guest today says somewhere between the promise and the fulfillment many of us ‘Stop Dreaming’ altogether. Australian Pastor Nico Smit is joining us to unpack the treasures we can glean from the amazing biblical character of Joseph. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re remembering Charlie Kirk who was assassinated a year ago. Bill Muehlenberg is back with us reflecting on what has been lost in this fine young man whose death from an assassin’s bullet demonstrates the depth of the internal struggle and even ‘war’ the West is facing. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our special guest today identifies four fundamental concepts or paradigms that need to be re-aligned to incorporate recent Information Age discoveries. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in on our own Vision UCB Asia Pacific team working to bring Christian radio to South Pacific Islands. We’ll chat with our own Grant Kennedy about his expedition to the Solomon Islands upgrading transmission services. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Andrew McColl from Family Voice has been working on a series encouraging Christians not to stay in perpetual training but to progress to being ‘active’ followers of Christ. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in on developments in Israel and around the Middle East. Even some insights today into what’s happened to the economy in Israel and the Standard of Living in light of all of the war battlefronts. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re back today with the creator of the ‘Fasting Companion’ App. Rod Byfield says his new App is designed to help people engage with Biblical fasting in a grounded healthy and spiritually meaningful way. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re talking about ‘What having a relationship with Jesus feels like and looks like’. Tim Freyer from ‘Power to Change’ is back with us. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in with Barnabas Fund in Australia. One of the organisations that supports the persecuted Church. They have some movement and change they’re navigating. We’ll check in with Ashley Saunders who leads the Australian outfit. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There is a developing story engulfing a Christian school in Brisbane. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re talking about what is called the ‘Bush Christian Network’. Some conversation about building unity between Christians in the bush. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re turning our attention back to Artificial Intelligence, and our ‘attitude’ to it as Christians. The latest research shows that Aussies are increasingly using A.I but most of us don’t trust it. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in with Samaritan’s Purse; talking about packing a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re back with the Australian Christian Lobby and the political agenda for the week ahead. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re turning our attention today back to one of those sometimes-difficult topics. We’re talking ‘Deliverance’. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new ‘Reconciliation Song’. It’s performed by the OZY Youth Choir. We’ll talk to OJ Rushton about the song and its connection to both our Australian Defence Forces remembrance and reconciliation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bill Muehlenberg from Culture Watch is back with us for thoughts on what we might make of the result in the Secret Harbour by-election. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In light of the huge flood disaster that killed and displaced so many just a week ago it may be good to frame a Christian view of what many have framed as a disaster caused by ‘climate change’. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Sunday is Father’s Day, and the NEW award has been introduced recognising the Australian Christian Man of the Year. The award is the initiative of Family Voice Australia and the National Alliance of Christian Leaders. They are looking to promote and encourage the role of Christian men. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On another level we might wonder how Christians think about whether as some are quick to say the flood is the direct or indirect result of ‘Climate Change’. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So often it’s children that bear the pain when families don’t look like the ‘cookie cutter’ model we might all think looks perfect. And it’s not that we shouldn’t have a good ideal or aspiration for a ‘model’ family BUT we know that lots of families do look a little more ‘thrown together’. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking on the latest developments around the nation of Israel and some of the significance of the latest celebrations that are back for another year like what is known as the Feast of Trumpets. Enoch Lavender from Olive Tree Ministries is back with us. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re back with Christian commentator Stephen McAlpine and some reflection on the outcome of the WA Secret Harbour by-election. One Nation won the seat convincingly on Saturday. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Getting an understanding of another big battle for parents rights and the freedom of Churches to pray for people without being criminalised. We’re checking in with Mike Southon from Freedom for Faith about a push from the Greens in the state of Tasmania. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is there a way to live by ‘wisdom’ not ‘fear’? We’ll even ask today is preparing for difficult times biblical wisdom or a lack of faith? Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re talking with Baptist World Aid about their response to the dreadful disaster and humanitarian response in Nepal. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in with the World Vision in Nepal. We’ll talk to Roslyn Gabriel the National Director of World Vision Nepal. They are concerned NOW about the growing threat of water-borne disease for children. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our special guest today says... endless rumination ... or ‘doom scrolling’ on social media ... only serves to keep us under condemnation. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re back with the Australian Christian Lobby. Late last week the ‘Rights of the Terminally ill Bill 2026’ passed unanimously in the NT. Let’s check in with the Australian Christian Lobby for reaction to the way the bill sailed through the NT Parliament unopposed. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We might be encouraged that ‘no one’ is beyond the reach of God's grace and transformation. Our special guest today had a radical conversion from a culture of ‘hatred’ racial division and political extremism. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Talking about what appears to be a big plan for ‘Meet the Candidate Forums’ leading up to the Victoria State Election. We’ll check in with the 21-year-old leader of Young Conservatives for Christ John Martin. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Just ahead we’re checking in with Bill Muehlenberg from Culture watch. We’ll be talking about ‘Big and Little sins’ with a focus around the lingering controversy around the Sydney Swans AFL players. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hearing about the latest research into the Generosity of Australians. We’re checking in with Sophie Renton Social Researcher with McCrindle Research. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over the next 20 years developed economies including us Aussies will experience the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth in history. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It feels like a coincidence but we are back for the next part in a series we have been talking through with Family Voice Australia. Andrew McColl from Family Voice has been digging deep with a biblical focus on what he has called ‘The Inheritance of The Saints’. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Checking in on the latest developments around Israel and the Middle East. Enoch Lavender from Olive Tree Ministries will be joining us. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So many of us are familiar with the words we use to talk about the beginning of our Christian experience. Jesus used the words in John chapter 3 when talking to Nicodemus. He said you must be ‘Born Again’. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We’re back with Power to Change. With some reflection on the passing of Dolly Parton who died overnight aged 80. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our special guest today says healthy communication with Tweens and Teens begins with ‘Connection rather than Correction’. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Running through the list of winners from the Australian Chrisitan Book of the Year Awards. We’ll check in with Michael Collie from Sparklit to talk about what was so unusual about the winning book. Life, Culture and Current Events from a Biblical Perspective with Neil Johnson.Your support sends the gospel to every corner of Australia through broadcast, online and print media: https://vision.org.au/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.