A Different Perspective Official Podcast

So many people on this planet are living so deeply in the debt of their – well, their sin – that they've forgotten that all along, God has a plan 'A' for their lives.  A glorious, wonderful, Plan 'A.'

Most of us would be familiar with the term "downward spiral". The sense that things are heading inexorably downwards. And whilst we have quite a few "up" times in our lives, one of the things you get a ...

We live in a world of cause and effect. You spend more than you earn, you end up in debt. Cause and effect. So how come, well why is it that you and I are such masters of self-deception when it comes to the consequences of our…sin.

We live in a world of cause and effect. We know that; you work, you earn, your bank balance goes up. You buy, you spend, your bank balance goes down. Cause and effect. You spend more than you earn...

There's a great swindle, a great con going on in our society – and in part, we're all being conned.  It goes like this – if you look after numero uno – everything else will be fine.  We know it doesn't work, but somehow we still want to believe it.

Today … today we're starting a new series that, I have to warn you, the devil does not want you to hear. In fact he'll do anything he can to keep you a...

The vow people make when they get married is to be with their soul mate until the end. And yet almost half of all marriages fail. So, given those human frailties, sometimes we expect God to desert us too – but it just doesn't work that way.

I'm someone who, by and large, enjoys their own company; I don't need a lot of people around me. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy being with people but I don't need a lot of company, if tha...

It's great that God is God. But is He willing to step in and help? Is He able to step in and help?  I mean – when it really counts.  Well, let's meet some people who can answer those questions firsthand.

Do you recognise these words?

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a pla...

Trustworthy people – people who stick by you through thick and thin can be few and far between. God on the other hand – He has an abundance – an abundance of steadfast love and faithfulness.

Yesterday on the program we started talking about trust, people we can trust. And God, can we actually trust Him? It's a big question, let's say God's all powerful, let's say He can actually do anything He wants to do. Well th...

All too often these days, people fly off the handle. We're under pressure, all this stuff happening – so we just react.  But there's a promise of God that runs in completely the opposite direction to that.

It's amazing these days how quick people are to fly off the handle. Just recently on the evening news I was listening to reports of a man in his fifties who murdered his wife and his two grandchildren with an axe. What...

When we hit the odd bump in the road, it's great to know that there's someone that we can call on. Someone that we can depend on. And that's why it's so important to understand exactly who God is.

There are times in life when we need to know that we're safe; times of turmoil, times of uncertainty, times when we're down or alone, times when we need help and advice. That's not to say that you or I are a bunch of losers, that we can't...

One day – your time on this earth will be over. Then what? If God is God – how are you going to fare when you stand before Him? I mean how can you be certain that He will forgive you?

For such a long time you know, I poo hooed any notion that I needed God's forgiveness. I mean, give me a break! If you'd asked me, back in those days, about what I thought on that whole subject, I would have given you quite a mouthful. But...

There are times in our lives when we need protection – from other people or from ourselves or from circumstances we can't control. But where do you get that sort of protection?

Now there are times in our lives when we need protection. Sometimes its from our enemies, sometimes its from situations we find ourselves that we can't control and sometimes it's from ourselves, our own short sightedness or selfishness or the consequen...

There are times in life when we go through pain. When we mourn a loss. When we're lonely and afraid. What we need is someone to comfort us – but it seems that nothing anybody does or says can make it better.

I want to spend some time talking about comfort today. Not about the sort of comfort you get from sitting in a comfortable armchair but comfort in times of distress. It's an interesting concept. comfort. You know when we'...

Sometimes – money can be a real problem in our lives. So many people spend so much time worrying about their financial future. We need to know that it's going to be okay.

Have you ever been in a place where you don't know where the next dollar is coming from? I certainly have and so many people in this world are in that place right now. I mean, where I live, mortgage foreclosures by banks are at record levels, people are stre...

When things aren't going particularly well in our lives – the things that happens, is that we lose sight of our hopes and dreams for the future. And that's devastating. We need to know that there's a plan.

These days' people are saying that one of the biggest issues in their lives is stress. We stress about this, we stress about that and you know, sometimes the things we are stressing about they're very real. There are people...

What you and I want, is life on our terms. We do…and yet, we can't for the most part have that. And it's the same with God.  Before we can take a hold of all His blessings, we have to let go of a whole bunch of other stuff …

Over these last two weeks we've spent some time, each day, exploring different aspects of a story that kind of talks about having solid ground under our feet; the story of a simple woman with...

If only we could have God on our terms.  You know, He blesses you when you need blessing and the rest of the time, He's just kind of there when you need Him.  Wouldn't that be nice?  But – well, it's not like that.

Have you ever wanted something in life, I mean really, really, really wanted it and then, you finally get it and you just want to give it back. I think we've all experienced that at some point and yo...