History Makers Radio

Eddie Penney is a highly decorated former U.S. Navy SEAL and Marine Corps veteran known for his extensive combat experience in Iraq and Afghanistan. After retiring in 2016, he became an entrepreneur and speaker focusing on faith, mental health, and overcoming trauma. Andrew Mclennan caught up with him to hear his story. Listen in! Also, to hear the long form version of this conversation search up Let's go deep with Andrew Mclennan wherever you get your podcasts or go to:

Nicky Gumbel from the Alpha Course shares a story about Barbara Clapham who came to live in London. At the age of 33, she decided she was going to look for a church. One Sunday she arrived at Holy Trinity Brompton. The young woman who was welcoming people at the door smiled at her and...

Max Lucado tells the story about the man who wanted to learn to dance. He bought a book about dancing and went home and started to research it. Once he thought he’d finally got the knack, he asked his wife into the lounge room to show her what he’d learnt. He followed the instructions clearly...

With the ball tampering scandal and all the drama surrounding international cricket, it’s easy to be disillusioned. For one cricketer who is a man of faith who is Marnus Labuschagne who plays for Queensland as well as the Brisbane Heat. On the bottom of his cricket bat he has the verse Isaiah 40:31, which says...

Sam Humphrey is a New Zealand born actor who’s best know for playing General Tom Thumb in the film The Greatest Showman. He’s also been featured on the TV show Neighbours. He was born with a rare genetic disorder. A common form of dwarfism. As a child he was also diagnosed with the inflammatory bowel...

Eddie Woo is the high school maths teacher and internet sensation who won the Australia Day Local Hero Award in 2018. After one student couldn’t make it to class, he decided to film his maths classes and put them on YouTube. Now he’s reached millions of people all around the world with his Wootube channel....

Eddie Woo is the high school maths teacher and internet sensation who won the Australia Day Local Hero award in 2018. After one student couldn’t make it to class, he decided to film his maths classes and put them on YouTube. Now he’s reached millions of people all around the world with his Wootube channel....

One of the most popular Christian songs ever is “I Can Only Imagine” by MercyMe. The song was written by Bart Millard after a tough time in life. In the movie of the same name, “I Can Only Imagine”, it tells the story of how Bart was abused as a young man. His mother abandoned...

In 1857, in New York City, Jeremy Lanphier started a lunchtime prayer meeting, praying for revival in his nation. And after advertising the prayer meeting widely, only six people turned up. After three weeks of faithfully gathering, his prayer meeting had 40 people joining in on daily meetings. On October 10 that year, the stock...

A recent survey showed that 85% of US Christians only prayed for themselves and their families. Only 15% prayed for the world around them, yet the Bible tells us in 1 Timothy 2 that we must pray with supplications, prayers, intercessions and giving of thanks for all men, for kings and for all who are...

A man went to a barber shop to have his hair cut and hist beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things on various subjects, when they eventually touched on the subject of God. The barber said, “I don’t believe that God...

Have you ever taken your children to the shops and just at the checkout, there’s all the chocolate and they toys and the lollies that tempts the kids right at their eye level? They’re so clever at placing just the right thing to tempt your kids at just the right time. I heard a story...

The story is told of a police constable in Canberra that mapped out the worst crime spots in the city. He also mapped out the churches and then combined the two maps. It turned out that the areas that where the churches were had the lowest crime rate and the areas with the worst crime...

Doctor J. Edwin Orr, the greatest authority ever on revival in the church was a lecturer at Wheaton College. He took some students in 1940 in a brief visit to England, to visit the Epworth refectory where John Wesley was based. Beside the bed are two worn impressions in the carpet where it was said...

Bob Gas from “The Word for Today” tells the story of a nine year old boy named Philip who suffered with down syndrome. In Sunday School the other kids made fun of him because he was different. The Sunday before easter the teacher gave each of the kids a plastic egg and asked them to...

Nicky Gumbel from the Alpha Course shares lots of stories about how he loves his wife Pippa. But he says there is a difference between knowing his wife and knowing about his wife. He said that if there was a book about his wife called “The Book of Pippa”, he could read through it and...

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Is the cup half full or half empty? There’s a great story that’s told about a pair of twin boys where one was an optimist and the other was a pessimist. On the twins birthday when the boys were at school, the father loaded the pessimists room with...

Nicky Gumbel the founder of the Alpha Course tells the story about how he met Eric Idle, one of the comedians behind the famous Monty Python films. They sat next to each other on a chair lift in the Swiss Alps just after Nicky had conducted a wedding. He said they had a great chat...

Chuck Swindoll shares in his book the “The Grace Awakening” about how grace is risky. He said lets imagine that you have a six year old son whom you love dearly. Tragically one day you find out that your son has been horribly murdered. After a length search, the investigators of the crime find the...

I love watching eagles. They spread their massive wings and the wings lift them up to new heights. Did you know that eagles don’t fight snakes on the ground? They pick them up into the sky and change the battleground. In the sky, the snake has no stamina, no power and no balance in the...

Bob Gass from “The Word for Today” shares the story about John Griffith, the railway controller. His responsibility was for a draw bridge over the Mississippi River. One day he took his young son to work with him. After putting the massive draw bridge up, Griffith was eating lunch when suddenly he heard the whistle...

In his book “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”, C.S. Lewis described a world where truth and values had been usurped by another ideology. It was an ideology that created a world where it was always winter and never Christmas. And anyone that opposed it faced suffering and persecution. Many are noticing that in...

A little boy once said to his mum, “Who’s book is this?” The mum replied, “It’s God’s book, the Bible.” Then the boy said, “Well why don’t we return it? We never read it?” Many in the West have several bibles in each house, we have them on apps, online, on CD, DVD & some...

Brother Andrew from Open Doors, well known from the book, “God’s Smuggler,” took a courageous risk many years ago & started smuggling Bibles into Communist China. He prayed the now famous prayer, “Lord you can make blind eyes see, now make seeing eyes blind.” The guards at the checkpoint didn’t see the bibles in his...

An old Chinese pastor once said, “There are 3 kinds of christians. Some who have the bible but don’t read it, they don’t count. Some who read the bible & don’t live it out, they don’t count. And there are those who read the bible and live it out, those are the ones who count....

According to the university of Iowa, the average 2 year old child hears 432 negative statements each day, but only 32 positive statements each day. And by the time your kid is in high school he or she will hear an average of 15 negative comments to every one positive! The Bibles says in Ephesians...

Many people love the icing on the cake. I’ve even seen some kids just eat the icing and leave the cake on the plate. But the way cakes are created, it’s best to eat both, and too much icing is not good for you! Sex is a bit like the icing on the cake. You...

Once there was a river that was infested with dangerous crocodiles. People from the nearby village would often be attacked and lose limbs and have terrible scars, and sometimes lives would be lost. But the longstanding tradition of the village was that people would never talk about the crocodiles, it was a taboo subject. Many...

Research shows that the divorce rate for couples who marry in a church is 40%. For those married by a Celebrant it’s 60%. For those who live together before they are married it’s 80%. And for those couples who read their bible daily it’s 1 in 1051 that get divorced. When we follow God’s design...

They say that a smart chess player can think seven moves ahead before he makes his next move. I think we need to think the same way for our children’s sake and for the sake of our children’s children. Recently I spoke to a friend of mine who’s a pastor in Seattle, USA. He said...

With the introduction of social media into our lives. Everyone has become a broadcaster. Everyone like to share their opinions and their point of view. And people like to discuss and argue over different topics. Whether it’s online or face-to-face, we need to be careful about what we say. We need to be careful about...

I saw a poster recently that really got me thinking. It said “Jesus avoided people, so should you.” I thought, it’s true that Jesus did go off to solitary places to pray at times and he didn’t always avoid people. He loved them and he ministered to them, he did miracles with them. But it...

They say that a good leader will keep two steps ahead of the people they’re leading, but there’s a lot of pressure in keeping ahead of the rest. And now more than ever the spotlight is on the politicians and bosses and pastors. With social media available to all, they can come under attack from...

For thousands of years the definition of marriage has been between one man and one woman. And some are trying to change that definition in the name of equality. They’re saying it’s discriminating against what they believe. But for those that hold to the teachings of Christ and have been doing so for years, isn’t...

I heard a great story about what it means to have a relationship with God. The story is told about a first year Mathematics student that had an exam. He asked his professor “If you could take an A4 piece of paper as a cheatsheet into the exam. The professor agreed and told all the...

We’ve all heard the phrase, “It’s like a battle between David and Goliath.” This biblical term has stayed in our vocabulary for years. It’s often used when the small guy takes on the big guy. When I hear that phrase used, it reminds me to my visit to the Valley of Elah in Israel. The...

One of the most amazing and life changing experiences for me has been visiting the holy land in Israel. Walking on the same streets that Jesus and the Disciples walked. Visiting Jerusalem where King David and King Solomon ruled. Sailing on a boat on the Sea of Galilee. Visiting the valley where David slew Goliath....

As a pastor, one of the most moving experiences in ministry for me, has been to visit some of the asylum seekers at one of the detention centres. Sitting and talking with these refugees from Iran, Somalia, Myanmar. Many have come on boats, seeking a better life. Fleeing the persecution from their countries. Regardless of...

I heard a story about the importance of having a vision and having dreams for your life. There was a young guy who didn’t have much confidence in life. He didn’t brush his hair. He didn’t wear deodorant. He walked around dragging his feet. And didn’t have a dream or a goal for his life....

There’s a well known story about twin brothers who’s father was the town drunk. One of them grew up to be a successful business man. The other grew up to be the town drunk. When either of them were asked how they ended up the way they did, both of them said “Well, with my...

I remember when I first heard the song by “Amy Grant” called “Angel’s Watching Over Me”. I was only a new Christian, and it really got me thinking about the spiritual world. All you have to do is look at the movies coming out of Hollywood and the latest TV shows. The world has a...

According to the dictionary the definition of creativity is the ability to transcend traditional ideas and to create meaningful new ideas, forms and methods using your imagination. And its the process by which one utilises creative ability. The problem with our busy lives today is that many of us don’t stop to actually be creative....

In April 2014, two grandmothers from the Netherlands went on their first ever aeroplane flight. Anne, aged 71 and Ria aged 78 had never been able to fly before. Both of them had a deep-seated fear of flying. One of them said “If I don’t do this now, I never will.” Sometimes opportunities come up...

We’ve all heard the Bible story of Joseph and his coat of many colours. In Genesis 37:5 it says “Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more.” We need to be careful of the dream killers. These are the ones that will attack you and...

Australians are some of the most travelled people per capita in the whole world. There’s something in us that gives us a desire to travel to the nations. Unfortunately we do have a bit of a bad reputation in some countries for the way we behave. But I actually believe that one of the redemptive...

In a recent survey 71% of those with internet addiction are aged between 18 and 24. The study also found that 39% of Americans spend more time socialising online than they do in person. And with social media, many people check it first thing in the morning, throughout the day, when they get home and...

I made it to the shops the other day at two minutes before closing time. They were asking people to go to the registers, so I bolted around the aisles, picking up anything I had on my list and anything else I could find as well. I knew my time was short and I had...

Once upon a time there was a prince who was a master archer. He was so good, he believed he was the finest archer in the world. One day he came across a barn with painted targets along the entire side of the barn. There was a single arrow in the dead centre in every...

According to research the number of words spoken by the average man daily is about 10,000. The average woman speaks about 25,000 words. They say that often we’ve used up our words by the time we’ve finished work each day. And that’s why men in particular like to grunt and nod in front of the...

Author Gary Chapman has helped many relationships with his books on Love Languages. He outlines five ways to express and experience love and what he calls Love Languages. They’re listed as Gifts, Quality Time, Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service and Physical Touch. Some have suggested that food should be the sixth love language. Chapman...